Daily Fantasy Football Roundtable: Week 7 DraftKings Must-Starts

For a third week in a row, DraftKings will give away $1 Million in their Millionaire Maker contest.

With that said, our contributors are once again tackling the $1 Million question of which play is an absolute must-start in your Week 7 DraftKings lineups:

Brendan Donahue — Ben Tate, RB, Cleveland Browns (at JAX), $5,300

Back from injury, Tate has assumed the lead role back in a big way. In his past two games he has 22 and 25 carries, respectively, and goes against the 30th-ranked rush defense in the league this week. I expect the Browns to feed Tate and he should easily see 20-plus carries again this week against a defense that has given up 31+ fantasy points (PPR) per game to RBs, the second-most fantasy points allowed in PPR formats.

[Note: DraftKings uses full PPR scoring with three-point bonuses at 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards as well.]

Sean Beazley — Tony Romo, QB, Dallas Cowboys (vs. NYG), $7,200

Romo has been the forgotten man this year with the success of DeMarco Murray. Romo is the 11th-priced QB this week at a nice salary of $7,200. Romo has thrown 31 career TD passes vs. the Giants, which is by far the most he has thrown against anyone. I believe the Giants will try to load up the box to stop the run, and Romo will have a big day throwing the ball. I could easily see a 350/3 game this week.

Ryan Watterson — Larry Donnell, TE, New York Giants (at DAL), $3,500

Donnell has come back to earth the past two weeks, making his price tag really attractive at $3,500. Dallas has given up the second-most points to tight ends this season and with Victor Cruz out for the season, Donnell should get an uptick in targets. He has a legit chance to finish top-three at the position this week and is tied for 17th in price.

Dan Yanotchko — Eddie Lacy, Green Bay Packers (vs. CAR), $4,700

I love the matchup of Lacy going against a Carolina run defense that gives up 170 yards from scrimmage per game to opposing running backs and more than 30 fantasy points per game to running backs. The Packers have certainly been giving him the rock, as he has not had under 12 touches per game this year. I love the lopsided matchup, and look for Lacy to rack up his second 100-yard rushing game.

Kevin Hanson — Ben Tate, Cleveland Browns (at JAX), $5,300

Even if he won’t catch many (or even any) passes, Tate is assured of significant volume of work in addition to the strong likelihood for a few goal-line opportunities in such a favorable matchup. In his past two games, Tate has 47 carries for 201 yards and two touchdowns. A reasonable projection is 100 rushing yards and a touchdown, which would be 19 fantasy points in DraftKings scoring counting the three-point bonus for 100 yards. No team has more rushing touchdowns than the Browns (eight in five games) and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he scored two of them like last week.

-> Turn $27 into $1 Million in this week’s Millionaire Maker contest

More Week 7 content:

• DraftKings Cheat Sheet
• FanDuel Cheat Sheet
• Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings

Good luck in Week 7!