Going to think out loud for cheap gpp options. I am mostly looking for cheap Rbs, as I am looking load up at WR this week. Not really looking at cheap TEs too much either, but will throw a couple out there. Remember, my feeble brain can't handle the fancy sites and stats, I mostly am just looking at scoring allowed at positions, yards, yds/attempt, implied pt totals, etc..
QB (under 7K):
Kaepernick 6500: IMO it begins and ends here for the most part. For starters, he brings the rushing ability to the table, so that should bring the floor up a bit. AT home, Hyde is dinged, and it's better to attack TB through the air, as they do cough up a fair amount of points to the WRS. 20pts and you are at tourney value.
Kessler 6600: Just like the GB/Dallas game last week, my eyes keep coming to this game. Problem is, it's looking like Pryor is dinged up, so that really drops his value, and make it so I am not looking him any more. BUT, there are only two games that I saw where there are 2 teams going head to head where the D's are top 10 as far as FD points allowed to Qbs/game. One is the SD/Atl game everybody is on, the other is this turd game. Clev is #2 for most pts allowed to QB, and Cin is #7.
RBs (under 6500):
Gio 6300: Cleveland sucks and Cinc should dominate this game. Hill has been dinged up, but Gio is out touching, looking better, and getting more RZ looks the last couple weeks, plus he is 500 less than Hill. Cleveland does allow the 6th most rush yds/game.
Riddick 6300: Keep track of the injury, I haven't looked at that stuff yet to be honest. Wash is a D I circle every week, as they are one of the 4 Ds that are top 10 in yds/att, yds/game, and td/game allowed to Rbs. We will get to another couple in a little bit.
Coleman 6200: Best boom/bust of this 6000 salary club. Last I looked, Atl's implied total was at 30, so you have to think about getting pieces of that in your LUs. SD gives up the 4th most points to RBs and the 2nd most rec yds to rbs. It seems like Coleman has this fun e/o week thing going for his 20+pt games, so hopefully that keeps up this week!
White 6100: Just like the Atl situation, you probably want to look to get pieces of NE's O where you can. Pitt is #5 for pts/game to Rbs, #7 for yds/att, #3 for rec.yds to RBs. He does get 7-8 rushes a game too. Don't think Lewis is quite there yet, so maybe one more week of production from White?
J.Rodgers 5600: the SF rush defense is THAT bad, folks. Again, another of those Ds that are top 10 as far as yds/game, yds/att, and TD/game given up to RBs. This is probably a must play if Martin is a no-go or limited. Honestly, this is might be a good play in general. Rodgers did quite well vs. a tougher Car D, so I wonder if we will see a KC situation even if Martin is a go, and they ease him in, especially if TB gets up on them early.
Ivory 5500: Jax favored at home, and as we saw last week, Oak rush D is as bad as their pass D. This is the 3rd of the D's I have been looking at with Wash and SF that are top 10 in the 3 categories I listed. I also found it interesting that Ivory got the RZ looks last week over Yeldon....
Duke 5300: Not so sure on this one as much. Cin. shows up in the top 10 for both rush yds allowed and rec yds allowed to RBs. This is a game that Cleveland is expected to be dominated in, and they are losing options left and right. Might be that Duke and Barnidge are all that's left for Kessler to throw to. Has the boom/bust factor, but Cincy's D is getting healthier too.
WRs (under 6K)
Of course, keep looking at Meredith and Thomas the other 2 that stuck out as I looked for cheap stacks:
T,Smith 5600: Kaep comes in, and the WR targets even out and now Smith is getting looks. Got a TD and barely missed on a 2nd last week. TB can be attacked through the air, and are #9 for pts allowed to WRs, #2 for TDs/game, and #4 for yds/attempt to WRs. They are also fairly tough vs. the run, so again, SF might have to take to the air at home.
M.Lee 4500: Come on, he's 4500 and it's the Oak D. They are allowing the 5th most pts to Qbs and the 3rd most points to WRs. Hurns did see more action last week than he has all year, but Lee has also been producing. Won't take much to get 3x value, and this is huge savings to upgrade elsewhere.
TEs (under 5000)
Again, didn't look too far here. I might be damn near at 100% on Bennett this week unless Eifert is back, so didn't poke around a ton.
Uzomah 4800: Clev has been torched vs. TE this year. If Eifert is out, might be worth a look, but he hasn't produced much in other decent situations though.
V.Davis 4500: Again, he's 4500 and if Reed can't go will be part of the offense. Det is #1 for pts allowed to QBs and #4 to TE.
This week I am all about trying to get the WR studs going. Using these options, I have been able to put together LUs with all 3 of Julio, AJ, OBJ for Thurs games, and getting Evans in there for other games. Also have a Thurs LU I like that I was able to get DMurr, Freeman, AJ, and Evans in. We will what I like as I tweak around more.
Here are some stacks that are cheap (around 12000 total or less) and allow you to load up on studs:
Kaep + T.Smith = 12100
Bortles + Lee = 19000
Cousins + Davis = 11800
and the super duper, not the for the faint of heart special:
Kessler + Duke = 11900
If you plug all of these into the IVC (at least with just MT's projections last night) they are all starting at +2x for their combined projections. I am curious to look at other projections and poke around more though
Here are my current 2 favorites for less than 15K that could easily reach 45+ points:
Brady + Bennett = 14900
Ryan + Coleman = 14900
Another cheap one that I am sure lots will be using for the Thurs-Mon slates is:
Hoyer + Meredith = 12600