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! Kicking off Week 6 is a divisional game between the Eagles and New York Giants. Let’s take a look at some Underdog plays to win ourselves some money.
Saquon Barkley HIGHER than 85.5 Rush Yards
Saquon Barkley
Philadelphia Eagles • RB • #26
Come on man, let’s have some fun with this one. Saquon absolutely decimated his former team last year when he played against them. Yes, the Eagles’ offense and offensive line is not nearly as good this year, and Saquon has been nowhere near as good either. None of that matters though. Saquon is going to eat once again, and I will be hitching my wagon to his fury once more.
Wan’Dale Robinson HIGHER than 5.5 Receptions
Wan'Dale Robinson
New York Giants • WR • #17
I expect the Eagles to lead this game almost from whistle to whistle, if I’m being honest here. With that expectation, I also expect the Giants to have to pass the ball a lot to try and keep pace. Darius Slayton most likely is missing this game, but even if he doesn’t, Wan’Dale is the primary target-earner on this team. I have no interest in anything to do with guessing how many yards Robinson gets, but I do think his receptions are pretty safely predictable to be in the 5-8 range week over week.
Jaxson Dart HIGHER Than 30.5 Passing Attempts
Jaxson Dart
New York Giants • QB • #6
As I said above, I think the Giants will be trailing for most of this game, and Jaxson Dart is most likely going to have to throw his way back into this game. Thirty-one pass attempts isn’t really that many in the grand scheme of things, especially if the Giants are able to put up a couple touchdowns on offense and generate more drives. I like going higher on pass attempts here for Dart.
Theo Johnson HIGHER than 6.95 Fantasy Points
Theo Johnson
New York Giants • TE • #84
You might have missed it last week, but Theo Johnson looked legitimately good, and Dart specifically sought him out in the red zone, resulting in 2 receiving touchdowns. Now we certainly can’t project that every week, but we can project that Dart likes throwing to Theo in high leverage situations. With Darius Slayton most likely out as well, the number of viable targets for Dart to throw to continues to dwindle, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Theo is the second option on this team behind Wan’Dale in this game.
**All projections are pulled from FantasyPros Weekly Research Tools.
