8 NFL FanDuel Studs to Target in Week 13
Antonio Brown, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
FanDuel Price: $9,000
Projected Points: 17.2
Much like the Chiefs, the New York Giants also allowed a big game to an opposing wide receiver in Week 12, when Terrelle Pryor caught six passes for 131 yards. In doing so, Pryor became the seventh wide receiver this season to rack up 85 or more receiving yards against the Giants.
New York has done well overall against opposing wide receivers, holding them to the 10th fewest FanDuel points per game of any team. However, Pryor and the six other receivers to go over 85 yards have shown they can be vulnerable.
Who better to expose those vulnerabilities than Antonio Brown, who is tied for the league-lead with 10 touchdown receptions and currently ranks second with 14.6 FanDuel points per game. As I mentioned earlier, the Steelers are favored in this game. That bodes well for Brown, who has averaged 18.63 FanDuel points per game when Pittsburgh has been favored this season, compared to 15.40 as an underdog.
Considering he is likely to be shadowed by Pro Football Focus' 12th-highest graded cornerback in Janoris Jenkins, Brown doesn't have nearly as good of a matchup as Julio Jones this week. But with double-digit FanDuel points in nine of 11 games this season, he has proved he can have a big game regardless of matchup concerns.