FanDuel Price: $6,600
Kelvin Benjamin isn't very good at football. That's something we tried telling you multiple times this offseason. So of course he opened the year by putting 6 catches for 91 yards and a touchdown on the Broncos in a nationally-televised game. He followed that up with seven catches for 108 yards and 2 scores in Week 2, posting 26.3 FanDuel points.
Man, we looked dumb -- until we didn't.
Benji put up a goose egg in Week 3, and since Week 2, Benjamin hasn't scored over 13 FanDuel points in any game. The chronically inefficient wideout has been pretty darn bad.
| Week | Opponent | Receptions | Targets | Yards | Touchdowns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Broncos | 6 | 12 | 91 | 1 |
| Week 2 | 49ers | 7 | 9 | 108 | 2 |
| Week 3 | Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 4 | Falcons | 3 | 7 | 39 | 1 |
| Week 5 | Buccaneers | 5 | 9 | 70 | 0 |
| Week 6 | Saints | 8 | 14 | 86 | 0 |
| Week 8 | Cardinals | 2 | 5 | 73 | 0 |
| Week 9 | Rams | 5 | 7 | 76 | 0 |
| Week 10 | Chiefs | 7 | 12 | 84 | 0 |
| Week 11 | Saints | 3 | 4 | 56 | 0 |
| Week 12 | Raiders | 2 | 6 | 53 | 1 |
| Week 13 | Seahawks | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Week 14 | Chargers | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
He's averaging 10.0 FanDuel points per game for this season, which ranks 36th among receivers and is bad enough on its own. But if we remove the first two weeks, Benjamin is averaging just 7.78 FanDuel points per game. Over the last four weeks, Benji's putting up a lousy 5.9 FanDuel points per game, and that includes two favorable matchups -- Oakland Raiders and New Orleans Saints -- plus a 1-catch, 11-yard game last week in which the Carolina Panthers scored 28 points.
Wait, there's more. Benjamin has been limited at practice this week, and he's going to see a lot of Josh Norman in a difficult matchup against Washington.
It sounds like a hot take, but Ted Ginn Jr. has become Carolina's top wideout, or at least their most productive receiver. Over that same four-game stretch, Ginn is averaging 13.72 FanDuel points per game with a pair of games of at least 17 FanDuel points. He's $1,800 cheaper and a much better play this week if you want a piece of the Panthers' wideouts in what Vegas thinks will be a pretty high-scoring affair (51-point over/under).