Daily Fantasy Football News and Notes FanDuel and DraftKings – Week 11 11/20/16

Daily Fantasy Football News and Notes FanDuel and DraftKings – Week 11 11/20/16

In this article, we'll be breaking down the top news around the league and provide you with an analysis of what we expect to happen. We will also provide you with an "every lineup guy" section, just like we did for baseball. As always, these picks are informed by our lineup optimizer, the NFL spread for each contest, year to date NFL stats, and so on. So let's welcome football back into our lives, and let's get this show on the show on the road!

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A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there!

NFL News and Notes

  • Lamar Miller has been removed from the injury report, which means he'll play on Monday.
  • Doug Martin is expected to get a full workload this week.
  • Thomas Rawls is not expected to be on a snap-count on Sunday
  • Chris Hogan (back) has been ruled out for Week 11.
  • Jeremy Maclin will not play this week.
  • DeSean Jackson (shoulder) will suit up on Sunday.
  • Rob Gronkowski (lungs) was not able to fly with the team to San Fransisco, so he has been ruled out for this weeks contest.
  • Jarvis Landry is expected to play on Sunday.
  • Dez Bryant (back) is also expected to play this week
  • Victor Cruz will be back after missing last weeks game against the Bears.
  • Jordan Matthews was a full participate in Friday's practice and will be good to go for Sunday.
  • Zach Ertz (knee) was also able to practice in full on Friday and will be out there on Sunday.
  • Larry Fitzgerald will be out there on Sunday.
  • Will Fuller (ankle) is a game-time decision for Monday's contest against the Raiders..
  • Andy Dalton will be the starter on Sunday, no need to worry about his limitations in practice this week.
  • Jimmy Graham was removed from the injury report on Friday.
  • Amari Cooper (back) has been limited in practice this week, but will be active on Monday.
  • Jacquizz Rodgers (foot) will not play on Sunday.

"Chalk Plays"

Le'veon Bell(PIT) vs. CLE

Last weeks "chalk play" was David Johnson, but this week it's Le'veon Bell. Similar to Johnson, Bell is going to cost you a pretty penny. If you're playing cash games, I recommend using that pretty penny you've been saving on him. Not only does he have a gorgeous matchup against a Browns' defense that can't stop the run, but Bell also has tremendous upside. We've seen what he can do with his hands and his legs and I'm expecting him to hit twenty fantasy points with ease this week.

There is no real cheap guy this week that I see heavily owned, so don't expect to see a ton of similar lineups (besides Bell). And if you don't want to use Bell, you could pivot to DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy, LeGarrette Blount (should be pretty highly owned) and/or Spencer Ware.
 

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