With 14 games in action on Sunday for Week 3, DFS players will need to hit on the running backs to maximize profits.
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00:00Let's get some DraftKings lineup set for week number three
00:04with a focus on running backs.
00:05For that, I go to SI fantasy and gambling analyst,
00:08Ben Heisler, and the editor of Charger Report,
00:11Fernando Ramirez.
00:12Ben, let me go to you first.
00:13I know you like two running backs this week.
00:15One of them, your hometown, David Montgomery.
00:18Let's start with him.
00:20All right, you're gonna go ahead
00:21and pull the old Homer card on your buddy, Ben, again.
00:24And that's perfectly fine.
00:25Montgomery has gotten better
00:27in the first two weeks of the season.
00:29We've seen some more improved chemistry with Mitch.
00:31Think about that touchdown reception that he had
00:33in week two against the Giants with Mitch improvising,
00:35finding Montgomery in the flat.
00:37And actually had a little bit of burst
00:38of yards after the catch as well.
00:40And now he gets the Atlanta Falcons,
00:42the same Atlanta Falcons that found a way
00:44to blow that game to the Dallas Cowboys.
00:47Gave up back-to-back weeks of 40 plus points.
00:49They're a run funnel defense.
00:50There's plenty of pass game opportunities
00:52for David Montgomery, and they trust him.
00:54There's nobody else behind him in Chicago
00:56with more of an emphasis on the run.
00:57So I love Montgomery in GPPs this week over at DraftKings.
01:01And then in cash games, I think probably that lock button
01:04for most folks is gonna be Jonathan Taylor.
01:06We saw the breakout game in week two,
01:08last week against Minnesota.
01:09He gets the putrid New York Jets defense
01:12that is a complete and total mess.
01:14Taylor carried the Rock 26 times in week number two.
01:17There's no reason why he won't continue to do the same
01:19as the Colts are in perfect game script mode
01:21for Taylor to just get a bunch of carries
01:23and also multiple touchdowns in this game.
01:26Fernando, I wanna go over to you
01:28because the Chargers are playing the Panthers this weekend.
01:31And when it comes to the Panthers run defense,
01:32they're like Oprah, just, you get a touchdown,
01:34you get a touchdown, you get a touchdown.
01:37Austin Echler and Joshua Kelly, the rookie.
01:39What do you expect to see out of these guys in week three?
01:42Well, I've been doing my homework
01:43and there's been six touchdowns
01:45allowed by the Carolina Panthers defense.
01:48Like you said, Austin Echler and Joshua Kelly
01:51have really taken what Anthony Lynn's message
01:54and ran with it.
01:55He said, I want a tandem back.
01:57It was supposed to be Justin Jackson and Austin Echler.
02:00Jackson got hurt against Cincinnati
02:01and the rookie's really taken off with it.
02:04They've combined for over 400 yards of offense.
02:07Joshua Kelly's the one that has the only touchdown
02:09from the game in Cincinnati and they've really taken off.
02:12And Anthony Lynn loves the balance.
02:14I think right now the Chargers are at 57% of the time
02:17they're running the ball and 43% they're passing the ball.
02:21That's what Anthony Lynn wants.
02:22Anthony Lynn wants to beat you with the run.
02:25And then when it's time for passing,
02:27I mean, play action, RPOs, all that stuff will work.
02:30He feels like it'll open it up.
02:31So he's really pleased with both backs.
02:34Both backs said that they like each other.
02:36Austin Echler actually told us on Monday
02:38that he sees a lot of himself in Joshua Kelly.
02:42So Joshua Kelly's the bigger, thicker back
02:45and Austin Echler's more of the shifty guy
02:49that can make guys miss in space.
02:50So definitely a good combination for the Chargers
02:53this upcoming weekend against Carolina.
02:56Fernando and Ben, great job as always.
02:58Those were the running backs
02:59to including your DFS lineups for week number three.
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