Week 11 Yahoo Fantasy Football: NFL DFS picks, lineup advice for cash games

Tony Fortier-Bensen

Week 11 Yahoo Fantasy Football: NFL DFS picks, lineup advice for cash games image

In order to be a winner, you must associate yourself with winners, and that's what we've done for our Week 11 Yahoo daily fantasy football cash game picks. Our NFL DFS lineup includes an onslaught of winners and a bunch of picks with highly favorable matchups.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is a magnificent 16-2 off the bye week in his career, and the Giants defense has been ripping apart faster than a shirt on Hulk Hogan. C.J. Beathard just put up 29 fantasy points last week and Garrett Celek continued the Giants streak of giving up a touchdown to a TE every game this season. As expected, we're picking an onslaught of Chiefs players. And to be transparent, one Giants players makes the list, but the matchup was too good to pass up.

Of course, we have other great picks outside that game, with most of our players facing matchups against teams ranked in the top 10 in allowing fantasy points per game (FPPG) to that specific position, but the majority of our Yahoo cash lineup is a group of winners, like Andy Reid coming off a bye.

WEEK 11 RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker

Yahoo Fantasy Football Week 11: NFL DFS cash lineup picks

QB: Alex Smith, Chiefs @ Giants ($38). Smith has gone from conservative passer to a big-play, high-volume QB in one year, and his fantasy value has skyrocketed because of it. Smith has the third-most fantasy points this season among QBs, and he will continue the trend of dominating the Giants defense, one of five teams to allow at least 20 FPPG to opposing QBs.   

RB: Latavius Murray, Vikings vs. Rams ($16). The Rams defense is pretty dominant for the most part, but they do have a weakness against running backs, allowing the second-most fantasy points to them. Murray has had more carries than Jerick McKinnon for every game since Week 6, and he's coming off a 17-carry, 68-yard, one-TD game, nearly doubling McKinnon in all categories.

RB: Jamaal Williams, Packers vs. Ravens ($12).  Ty Montgomery (ribs) is questionable and Aaron Jones (sprained MCL) is expected to miss a couple weeks, leaving the door wide open for Williams. A starting RB expected to get 12-20 carries for low $12 feels like a steal, and it looks even better when noticing the Ravens average the ninth-most FPPG to RBs this season.

WEEK 11 DFS: 
Yahoo GPP lineup | DK cash | DK GPPFD cash | FD GPP | Values
Stacks | DFS lineup builder

WR: Tyreek Hill, Chiefs @ Giants ($24).  The speedster Hill can out-run anyone, and Marquise Goodwin ran past the Giants secondary for a 83-yard bomb and score last week. Hill can not only do that this week, but he'll also come away with multiple big-play screen passes and maybe even a big punt return.

WR: Sterling Shepard, Giants vs. Chiefs ($26). If Andy Reid does what we expect, this game will be a lost cause even quicker than it was last week against the 0-9 49ers. Shepard shined in garbage time last week, ending his day with 11 catches (13 targets) and 142 receiving yards. Not to mention, Eli Manning will be targeting him a bunch when they are still in the game, however long that lasts. UPDATE: If Shepard is out, pivot to DeVante Parker ($26).

WR: Robert Woods, Rams @ Vikings  ($18).  Woods is rising upward fast, posting 171 receiving yards and two touchdowns on eight catches in Week 10. It's the second straight week Woods ended as one of the highest-scoring WRs. The Vikings are pretty tough against WRs, but even they showed last week they can be beaten. Jared Goff is better on the road this season, and with Sammy Watkins taking Xavier Rhodes away, Woods could be in for another solid week.

TE: Travis Kelce, Chiefs @ Giants  ($31). The third player in our Chiefs onslaught, Kelce doesn't need much explaining. He was the second-best tight end in fantasy heading into his bye last week, and the Chiefs passing offense essentially runs through him. As we stated earlier, the Giants have given up a touchdown to a TE in every single game this season (10 in nine games). The high price tag is more than worth it.

FLEX: Alshon Jeffrey, Eagles @ Cowboys ($23). Coming off a bye, Jeffrey has caught three touchdowns in his past two games, recording at least 60 yards in both games. Jeffrey has been picking up steam in the Eagles offense, and this should continue against a Dallas team that has allowed at least one WR to get either 70-plus yards and/or a touchdown every week this season, except Week 1 and last week, when Julio Jones caught six of eight targets for 57 yards.

D/ST: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Bills ($12). The Chargers are middle of the pack as a whole this season, but they've put up big points before. The Bills were just demolished by the Saints, and they're averaging a low 15 PPG on the road. The Chargers recorded two interceptions against the Jaguars last week, making it four out of the past five games they've recorded at least two turnovers. Expect the trend to continue against the Bills, who let the Jets and Saints defenses have enjoyable fantasy days the past two weeks.

Tony Fortier-Bensen