The final game of the Week 8 NFL slate features the butt of every NFL joke in the New York Giants heading to Arrowhead Stadium to take on a juggernaut of an offense in the Kansas City Chiefs.
Below are my top-three plays for Week 8’s Monday Night Football game between the Giants and Chiefs on SuperDraft DFS.
Daniel Jones, QB, New York Giants (1.4x score multiplier)
Despite his many blunders, Daniel Jones has an astronomical fantasy ceiling in the right matchup. And this is the right matchup.
The Chiefs have been one of the worst defenses against the pass this season. They’ve allowed the third-most yards after the catch, the third-most yards per pass attempt (8.58), and the sixth-most overall passing yards. Couple this with the fact that they come in as heavy favorites and we should get a massive dose of Daniel Jones, who’s going to be forced to air it out early and often. There will likely be turnovers mixed in, but there’s legitimate 400-yard upside in this game. He did this against the Saints this season and that makes his 1.4x multiplier a nice value that you don’t typically get at the QB position.
Darrel Williams, RB, Kansas City Chiefs (2.2x)
With the projected gamescript being a favorable one for Jones, you can argue the same thing for Chiefs’ de facto RB1 Darrel Williams, who’s shown how dependent he can be on the script over the last two weeks. In his first start of the season in Week 6, Williams saw 21 carries on the ground in a convincing 31-13 win over Washington. While he only mustered 62 rushing yards, the amount of volume he saw was massive. Fast-forward to Week 7 and it was a different story. The Chiefs were down 24-0 at halftime and dropped the game by a score of 27-3 to the Chargers. In this game, Williams totaled only five carries on the ground for 20 yards.
If the script is this important to his volume, then this is the game to target him, as the Chiefs come in as 10-point home favorites. Given how soft the Giants’ run defense is and his projected volume, Williams is an absolute steal at 2.2x.
Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs (1.3x)
Choosing between the star pass-catchers on Kansas City can be like splitting hairs and incredibly frustrating. Naturally, it’s easy to opt for the individual with the more favorable multiplier. In this scenario, that’s Travis Kelce, who has also seen a more consistent target share over the last handful of weeks as Tyreek Hill has been nursing a soft-tissue injury.
Kelce has seen double-digit targets in five of his last six games, securing at least six catches in five of six as well. The yardage hasn’t been an issue, it’s been getting into the end-zone that has caused Kelce problems, as he’s logged only one score over the last six weeks.
The Giants’ defense bleeds yards in all facets. That being said, he will likely see Jabril Peppers in the middle of the field. Fire him up with confidence at 1.3x.
Champion Rankings:
1. Patrick Mahomes (1.5x)
2. Daniel Jones (2.1x)
3. Darrel Williams (3.3x)
4. Travis Kelce (1.95x)
5. Tyreek Hill (1.9x)
This article expresses the personal views of the writer and does not reflect the view(s) of SuperDraft in any way.
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