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3 FanDuel Defenses to Target in Week 9

Dale Redman  —  @DTRedman Nov 1st, 2018
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Denver Broncos

FanDuel Price: $3,400
numberFire Projection: 7.6 FanDuel points

As shown by their 32.0-FanDuel-point outburst in Week 7, the Denver Broncos are capable of having monster games in DFS. With a matchup against the Houston Texans in Week 9, the Broncos carry perhaps the highest ceiling on Sunday, but they also bring with them a lot of risk.

Ranking 14th in points allowed (24.3) and 22nd in yards allowed per game (373.3), it makes perfect sense why the Broncos carry a bottom-eight salary this week. With the second-most sacks (24), fourth-most quarterbacks hits (53), and 1.5 turnovers forced per game, Denver offers enough upside against Houston to make them the top value option, per our models, of Sunday's main slate.

While Denver excels at getting to the quarterback, the Texans have struggled to keep Deshaun Watson clean, allowing the fifth-most sacks (26) and the most quarterback hits (71) this season. With Watson down one of his best weapons (Will Fuller), he could continue to struggle to score points. The Texans have scored 22 or fewer points in all but two of their eight games this campaign.

Traveling to Denver, Houston owns an implied point total of just 22.5 points, leaving the Broncos in a good spot to out-produce their cost this week.

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