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7 NFL FanDuel Bargains for Week 1

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Sep 7th, 2017
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Carson Palmer, QB, Arizona Cardinals

Price: $7,300

Last year's QB20 in FanDuel scoring, Carson Palmer had some up-and-down performances, but he also showed plenty of upside, turning in five 20-plus fantasy point games despite his 4.4% touchdown rate -- a stat that comes with huge doses of variance over the short-term. That percentage sat well below the 5.0% he's averaged in his time with the Arizona Cardinals, a gap that accounts for more than three touchdowns over the course of the season.

He draws a great matchup to start the 2017 season, taking on a Detroit Lions defense that hasn't made a ton of big personnel changes since 2016. They probably should have, since this group finished as the league's second-worst passing defense according to our Adjusted Defensive Passing Net Expected Points (NEP) per play metric and allowed the third-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks.

Our models project Palmer as the third-strongest point-per-dollar value among quarterbacks on FanDuel for Week 1's main slate.

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