Underdog Fantasy Thursday Top Plays 10/30

In this weekly series, the crew will break down their top plays for the day on Underdog Fantasy and tell you why you should target them! Lamar Jackson returns as Baltimore looks to continue to build momentum against the surprisingly resilient Miami Dolphins. Let’s take a look at some Underdog plays to win ourselves some money.

Lamar Jackson HIGHER than 23.35 Fantasy Points

Lamar Jackson is back, and something tells me the Ravens may use this game as a way for Lamar to get right and get back into the flow of their offense, despite it seeming like a good game script for heavy Derrick Henry usage. If that’s not the case and they have Lamar throw more than expected, he has the potential to break fantasy football any given week both through the air and on the ground. I opted for fantasy points here because of that, as it would be harder to predict how Lamar wins against this Dolphins defense if he plays well.

Zay Flowers HIGHER than 5.5 Receptions

Building off the idea that Lamar goes off in this game, I took higher than 5.5 receptions for Zay Flowers on Underdog. Zay is far and away the primary target for Lamar on any given week, and the Dolphins’ secondary is weak to begin with, and beat-up on top of that. How they shut down the Falcons last week, I don’t really know to be honest. But it is incredibly improbable that they can do anything similar to the Ravens with Lamar back. In that case, I think Zay will be the main beneficiary in this game if Lamar is allowed to cook.

Malik Washington HIGHER Than 0.5 1st Quarter Receiving Yards

This one is pretty simple, pretty cut-and-dry. The Dolphins are without Tyreek Hill and Darren Waller, and they have turned to Malik Washington and De’Von Achane as the players to get creative, forced touches to any given game. All we need from Washington in the first quarter is to be the recipient of a single screen pass that goes for at least 1 yard. If the Dolphins get 2-3 possessions in the 1st, I feel pretty good about the chances of this play happening. Malik seemingly gets a couple gimmicky targets a game as a starter, and there’s no reason to believe that stops on Thursday.

Mark Andrews HIGHER than 2.5 Receptions

His stat line may suggest otherwise, but I think Mark Andrews has looked totally fine this season as a receiving option. The problem has been that most of his games have been with Cooper Rush and Snoop Huntley under center. When Lamar is under center, if Zay Flowers isn’t open, he looks to Mark Andrews, and he usually finds him. Even with Isaiah Likely back, if once again the Lamar gameplan that we’re envisioning here comes to pass, the Ravens will look to get Andrews some touches, especially in the red zone.

**All projections are pulled from FantasyPros Weekly Research Tools.