Week 10 brings us another unfortunate Thursday Night Football matchup. In the off-season, a game with Bryce Young and Justin Fields playing seemed like a mouthwatering prospect. But here we are, both quarterbacks have missed time with injuries. And both teams have struggled with poor offensive line play not helping whoever has been throwing the passes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have some DraftKings DFS fun.
Obviously, Cole Kmet, Justin Fields, D.J Moore, and Darnell Mooney are all “must starts” against a Panthers team with a very up-and-down offense. But which players will seriously outperform their valuation on Thursday?
Thursday Night DraftKings DFS Bargains
The Impressive Rookie DraftKings DFS Pick – Roschon Johnson
The rookie running back is valued at $4,000 on this week’s DraftKings DFS slate. That’s not because he hasn’t been performing well, it’s because the Bears haven’t realized he needs to be a key part of the offense.
Johnson is averaging 4.7 yards per touch. He’s caught 88.2% of the passes they’ve thrown his way and his average of 4.5 yards per rush attempt is better than D’Onta Foreman’s season average. For some unknown reason, the Bears are only giving him six touches per game. If they want actually to start winning, they need to involve them more.
The Less Glamourous Rookie Pick – Jonathan Mingo
Mingo is another rookie and while he’s not grabbing headlines like Zay Flowers and Jordan Addison, he’s still having a solid debut season. Mingo is averaging a whopping 10 yards per touch! This week Mingo is valued at $3,400 on the DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown slate.
He’s caught 20 passes this season and 12 of those have come in his last four games. This week Mingo should line up opposite Tyrique Stevenson who was recovering from an ankle injury but seems good to go. Stevenson has allowed 500 receiving yards this season and 70% of passes thrown his way have resulted in completions. Da Bears are in the middle of the pack when it comes to allowing DraftKings DFS points to receivers, but they average 34.8 points per game so the Panthers should have some joy.
The DraftKings DFS Comeback Player Pick – Miles Sanders
Sanders hasn’t had a great season and is coming back from an injury, so he will only cost you $4,600 on this DraftKings DFS slate.
Unless he’s shown a dramatic improvement in the last two days it’s unlikely Sanders sees more touches than Chuba Hubbard. But that doesn’t mean he won’t be productive. Only five teams have conceded more DraftKings points to running backs than the Bears have this season!
Last week Sanders saw five targets in the passing game and ran the ball five times for 39 yards, or 6.5 yards per attempt!
The DraftKings DFS “Surely He’s Making That Name Up” Pick – Tommy Tremble
Apparently not, that is his real name. And he’s 6’4” and 250lbs so you really shouldn’t argue with him. You also don’t want to try defending against him. And only seven teams have allowed more DraftKings DFS points to tight ends in 2023 than the Bears, so they probably don’t want to try defending him either.
Tremble has caught 88.9% of his targets this season and in his last four games, he has only dropped one pass. He’ll cost you $2,500 on this DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown slate.
The Why Don’t They Use Him More pick – Robert Tonyan
Tonyan will also cost $2.500 in the DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown slate. But unlike Tremble hasn’t been used effectively by his quarterback. \Part of that has to be because the Bears have started a rookie quarterback while Fields has been injured. Another part of that is Luke Getsy (who was the Packers’ passing game coordinator while Tonyan was there) hasn’t been helping the signal callers get the ball out of their hands quickly.
Tonyan has only dropped two passes all season, but the Bears have thrown his direction nine times! He’s averaging 8.3 yards per catch. If they use him more often, he’ll be a useful foil for Cole Kmet.
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