Football Hotpage Week 11: Pay up for Running Backs?

The healthy, elite running backs have been killing it all season in DFS. From Todd Gurley (30.1) to Alvin Kamara (28.2) to Melvin Gordon (27.7) to James Conner (26.5) to Saquon Barkley (24.8), they have all been littering winning lineups all season. Even Christian McCaffrey, Zeke Elliott and Kareem Hunt have been excellent. But in Week 10 it was Nick Chubb and Aaron Jones, both on the lower end of the price range, that led teams to the big money.

So now I sit here in Week 11 debating whether to go with a lineup including Barkley (in what might be a lifetime game matchup against the Bucs) and Melvin Gordon (against a Broncos team that allowed back-to-back 200 yard rushers not to long ago). Or do I go with a lineup including Dion Lewis (20 carries last week and over 20 DraftKings points the two weeks before) and Alex Collins (seven TDs including four in the past three games) or Phillip Lindsay (at least 15 touches in each of the past three games).

As of now, I am debating between two lineups for the DraftKings single-entry GPPS:

Carson Wentz Phi $6,300
Phillip Lindsay Den $5,200
Dion Lewis Ten $4,800
Michael Thomas NO $8,800
Alshon Jeffery Phi $6,300
Amari Cooper Dal $5,400
Zach Ertz Phi $6,600
Adam Humphries TB $3,800
Panthers Car $2,800
$50,000
Cam Newton Car $6,200
Melvin Gordon LAC $8,900
Saquon Barkley NYG $8,700
Amari Cooper Dal $5,400
Willie Snead Bal $4,300
Adam Humphries TB $3,800
Greg Olsen Car $5,000
Dion Lewis Ten $4,800
Panthers Car $2,800
$49,900

 

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