Week 2 FanDuel NFL Tournament Pivots

Quarterback

Chalk:

Eli Manning, $8,100 vs New Orleans - Eli Manning and the New York Giants are projected for 28.75 points against the New Orleans Saints this weekend, which is the second-highest implied team total on the slate. With the Saints' top corner, Delvin Breaux, out for an extended period, expect the quarterback facing them to be chalky on a weekly basis, and for good reason.

Pivots:

Joe Flacco, $7,400 at Cleveland Browns - Ok, so the Cleveland Browns aren't quite the atrocity that the Breaux-less Saints are on defense, but they're also very #notgood. The Browns made Carson Wentz look like a legitimate NFL starter, while their "top corner" Joe Haden let the usually-incompetent Nelson Agholor burn him for a 35-yard touchdown last week.

This week, Joe Flacco gets to take on the Browns defense, and Vegas sees him also having success, giving the Baltimore Ravens a 24-point implied team total. The Ravens still don't have a dependable run game and could lean on Flacco heavily in this game. If this contest turns into a shootout as it did last year (63 and 60 combined points in the two meetings), Flacco could end up being a very nice bargain this week.

Josh McCown, $6,000 vs Baltimore Ravens - Josh McCown averaged 20.6 FanDuel points in the seven games he started and finished in 2015, which ranked sixth among starting quarterbacks on a points per game basis. McCown threw the ball 41 times per game in those starts, which resulted in 294 passing yards and 1.71 touchdowns per game. A large chunk of those averages came against the Ravens, who he combined to throw 669 yards and 3 touchdowns against in two meetings. Those numbers were also put up without Terrelle Pryor and Corey Coleman. It's not easy to stomach rostering a quarterback for a team with an 18-point implied team total, but McCown should have no problem reaching value against Baltimore's pass defense that gave up the ninth-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks last season.