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7 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Plays for Week 2
While some may look to spend on Graham and Gronk, you may want to go cheap with Delanie Walker this week.

Week 1 is a difficult time to project daily fantasy players - so much has changed that it becomes largely a guessing game. But as Week 2 approaches, we have more relevant matchup and usage data to draw off of when setting our lineups. And that's only going to get deeper and better as the season moves forward.

Let's take a look at some daily fantasy football tournament picks for Week 2. If you want to see who our algorithms like this week, ProFootballFocus.com, the Raiders number-one corner was thrown at eight times in Week 1, allowing completions on all eight attempts.

Tight End

Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans - The Cowboys defense had a bad showing covering tight ends last week, giving up two touchdowns to Vernon Davis. With the news that linebacker Justin Durant will miss three to four weeks, the Cowboys linebacking group is more ill-prepared than ever to stop tight ends. Walker's usage last week was promising for his touchdown potential as well. He was the only Titan to record multiple red zone targets, and he scored a touchdown on the only snap the Titans ran from inside the 5-yard line last week. With an incredibly favorable matchup and heavy red zone usage, Walker's reasonable price tag is hard to pass up.

Defense

Jacksonville Jaguars - The Jaguars' defense surprised everyone last week, holding the Eagles to an unimpressive first half, and finishing the game with 10 fantasy points. They're matched up this week against a Redskins offense that gave up a league-worst 24 fantasy points to the Texans defense last week. The Jags' defense also finished in the top half of the league (13th) in terms of Adjusted Defensive NEP per play last week. Despite their success and favorable matchup, they cost next to nothing on DraftKings, tied for the second lowest salary among defenses this week. With a reasonably high upside, a defense with a price tag this low presents an incredible amount of value.

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