DraftKings Price: $4,000
Sometimes, there's a player whose injuries have caused his price to fall well below where it should be for a guy of his caliber. We have such a case this week, and that player is Greg Olsen.
Olsen's season has been defined by his time off the field rather than on it. Olsen not only topped 1,000 yards and was a top-five tight end in each of the past three seasons, but he hadn't missed a game since his 2007 rookie season. He's been slowly brought back from his foot injury over the past couple of weeks, but with the Carolina Panthers fighting for a playoff spot and a potential division title, it's probably a safe bet to expect Olsen to be heavily involved this week in a matchup against the Green Bay Packers -- especially after he made it through last week's game unscathed.
There should be a lot of reasons people don't want to touch Olsen this week. The Packers rank second against opposing tight ends for the season, and Olsen's output of late has been lineup-killing. He no doubt comes with risk.
It's with risk that tournaments are won, however. Olsen has topped 16 fantasy points in each of his past 2 outings against the Packers, and he has topped 15 points in 5 out of his 11 career matchups against them. More importantly, perhaps, is that Olsen played over 92% of the Panthers' offensive snaps last week. He's the best receiving option on the team if healthy, which finally seems to be the case. We project him to bounce back in a big way, pegging him to finish with 14 points this week.
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