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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football Helper for Week 6
Which studs and value plays should you target on DraftKings in Week 6?

Running Backs

High-Cost Option: Arian Foster $7,000

After seeing a full workload last week, Reaching five-plus yards per carry on half his rushing attempts, Bernard is playing like Hill was last year, picking up yards in big chunks and supplementing a heavy dose of receptions to boost his fantasy value. Facing a Buffalo front-seven that is only giving up 82.2 rushing yards per game, the Bengals will likely try to mix up Bernard's usage with screens and swing passes to slow down a ferocious pass rush.

The Bills are giving up the seventh-fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs, but the Bengals could use Bernard in a similar fashion to how the Patriots utilized Dion Lewis when they faced Buffalo. Lewis hit Buffalo in a variety of ways, ending the day with 40 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown to go along with nearly 100 yards receiving on 6 catches.

Low-Cost Option: Charcandrick West $4,000

By now, the cat's out of the bag given that most people are expecting Charcandrick West to step in as the lead back following the terrible injury Jamaal Charles sustained last week, ending his season. At only $4,000, West will be a very popular play, with similar astronomical ownership to Karlos Williams' Week 4 debut. Running in a balanced offense like the Chiefs utilize, West merits that heavy usage at such a steep discount.

West will face a Minnesota Vikings defense that is the fourth worst against the run per numberFire's Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP metric. While the Vikings are more towards the middle of the league in fantasy points allowed, they've given up the seventh-most rushing yards per game. Despite being the road team, the Chiefs are only 3.5-point underdogs in this contest, and with the way the Vikings have been playing as of late, this could be a close game all four quarters making West fantasy relevant throughout the entire game. Expecting Charles-like output is a lot for West, but at $4,000 he should be able to return value.

GPP Wildcard: LeGarrette Blount $4,400

I'll be really interested to see what kind of ownership percentage LeGarrette Blount has as New England has run all over the Colts in the past. The problem with Blount is the way the Patriots have redefined their running game this season with Lewis as their main back.

The passing game has taken off, as the Patriots have the sixth-highest passing play percentage (64.5%), leaving uncertainty in both whether or not Bill Belichick decides to run the ball in this game and with which running back he chooses to utilize. Blount has had enormous success in the past against the Colts in the playoffs -- 24 rushes for 166 yards and 4 touchdowns in 2013 and 30 rushes for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns in 2014 -- that not playing him in a GPP could be a very costly move. On the other hand, Belichick has heavily favored Lewis this season and he could see this type of heavy workload if Belichick really wanted to.

Bonus GPP Wildcard: Shane Vereen $4,200

Shane Vereen won't be surprising as many people as he did last week with his 8-catch, 86-yard, 1-touchdown stat line. However, in a projected highly scoring affair in which the Giants' defense may have trouble slowing down the Eagles offense, Tom Coughlin may need to rely on Vereen out of necessity this week if he wants his offense to keep pace.

Vereen doesn't face an overly easy task against the Philadelphia front-seven (allowing fourth-fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs), but the Eagles have allowed 29 catches on the season (14th-most). Injuries to inside linebackers Kiko Alonso and Mychal Kendricks have forced rookie Jordan Hicks into action, and he'll have his hands full keeping up with Vereen this week. In DraftKings full PPR scoring, Vereen could be a sneaky play at running back with so much attention going to similarly priced Charcandrick West.

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