4 NFL FanDuel Tournament Pivots for Week 5

Wide Receiver

Chalk

Like the quarterbacks, we can look heavily at the projected highest scoring game for this week's chalk wide receivers. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons will almost certainly be in a shootout on Sunday, and with a shootout comes the possibility for a lot of fantasy wide receiver points.

That means there will be a lot people with eyes on Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Julio Jones, and Calvin Ridley. They'll have every reason to as well. The 58.0-point total aside, AB, Julio, and JuJu are all among the top five most targeted receivers this year.

While Ridley's target share isn't that high, he's made up for it with 6 touchdowns on just 21 looks from Matt Ryan. Those six scores lead all wide receivers and are two more than the other three names I just mentioned combined. The chalk has served many people well this year, and it will likely do so once again this week at the wideout spot.

Pivot

Golden Tate, Detroit Lions: $7,400 (vs Green Bay Packers)

If you want to avoid the Steelers and Falcons game to try and get some differentiation, then the game between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions deserves consideration. You likely aren't going to want to look on the Packers' side outside of value plays this week given their slew of injuries, but the Lions (I almost typed Pistons... basketball season is less than two weeks away!) offer several receivers to target.

Our models have Golden Tate projected as the highest-scoring Detroit wide receiver this week. We show Tate projected for 85.6 yards, 19.2 more than Marvin Jones and 29.0 more than Kenny Golladay.

Tate has scored a minimum of 14.8 FanDuel points in his past three contests against the Pack. In those games, he is averaging 6.7 receptions on 8.7 targets for 98 yards and 0.7 touchdowns.

We have him projected for 6.8 receptions, 0.5 touchdowns, and the aforementioned 85.6 yards, which cumulatively is good for 15.0 FanDuel points. His projected upside is well beyond that, however, at 28.2. That would return a value of 3.8 points per $1000 and put you in great position to finish well in any tournament you enter.