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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football Helper for Week 11

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Quarterbacks

High-Cost Option: Tom Brady $8,500

Tom Brady's Week 2 visit in Buffalo quickly shed the notion of Rex Ryan's defense being one of the best in the league. Brady threw for 466 passing yards and 3 touchdowns torching the Buffalo secondary in a 42-30 road win. Week 11 provides Brady the chance to repeat that action, taking on Buffalo at home. The Bills are in the middle of the pack giving up fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks but are tied for the sixth-most passing touchdowns allowed. Brady leads the league with 24 touchdowns and should only further distance himself from the pack with Rob Gronkowski likely taking on a bigger role within the offense due to recent injuries. The recent loss of Julian Edelman hurts Brady's ceiling for this week, but Danny Amendola has performed admirably filling in during spot duty so far on the year. His exorbitant price tag has to be taken into account, but Brady provides safety and consistency at the quarterback position for those looking for it.

Mid-Cost Option: Derek Carr $6,300

The Lions are allowing the third-most fantasy points to opposing signal callers and take on a surging Derek Carr this week, who's averaged 27.2 fantasy points over his last four games. Detroit is a bottom-10 defense in passing yards allowed per game and ranks as the third-worst passing defense by numberFire's schedule-adjusted metrics. The Lions are also allowing a league-worst 4.8 red zone opportunities per game, something that Carr and the Raiders should capitalize on this week with their top-10 scoring offense. Carr continues to thrive, averaging over 300 yards per game and over 3 touchdowns over his last four games and should hit value with ease in what projects to be one of the highest scoring games of the week.

Low-Cost Option: Mark Sanchez $5,000

Sam Bradford is expected to miss this week's game and possibly Week 12's as well, leaving the door open for Mark Sanchez to try and regain that 2014 magic he had towards the end of last season. Tampa Bay comes to town to visit the Eagles in a game where the early lines have Philadelphia favored by six-points. Tampa Bay has recently had a mid-season facelift in the secondary, replacing both their starting cornerbacks and have simplified their defense into a more basic Cover-2 scheme. Sanchez should have a field day against this formation with slot receiver Jordan Matthews, who has actually performed much better with Sanchez under center -- he has averaged more receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and fantasy points with Sanchez. Bargain-bin priced at only $5,000, rostering Sanchez leaves tons of flexibility for lineups to pay up in other spots.

GPP Wildcard: Tony Romo $6,000

All signs are pointing to a healthy return of Tony Romo, who gets to take on the Miami Dolphins this week that has been struggling this season defensively. The Dolphins are tied for giving up the sixth-most passing touchdowns, and after a few games to get back into the swing of things, Dez Bryant looks to be well warmed up for his starting quarterback's return. In his lone full game this season, Romo put up 27.1 fantasy points against the Giants. Romo should have low ownership in his first week back, but the 13-year veteran shouldn't need much to get back to speed in a plus matchup with a favorable $6,000 salary.