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4 NFL FanDuel Studs to Target for the Wild Card Round

Barry Cohen  —  @ScaryBarry4 Jan 5th, 2017
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Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers

FanDuel Price: $8,500
Projected Points: 19.5

The Pittsburgh Steelers' implied total of 28 points is 2.5 points higher than any other team this weekend, and they are favored by a whopping 10 over the Miami Dolphins.

To say the Dolphins have struggled defending quarterbacks would be an understatement. They've allowed the third-most FanDuel points per game to opposing starting quarterbacks, and over their past eight games, five signal-callers have thrown three or more touchdowns against them.

The only quarterbacks in that span to throw fewer than two touchdowns against Miami were Jared Goff (0) and Bryce Petty (1), who posted the two lowest Passing Net Expected Points marks of any player this season.

Also leaning in Ben Roethlisberger's favor, perhaps even more so than the soft matchup, is Pittsburgh playing at home, where Roethlisberger averaged an incredible 25.48 FanDuel points per game this season. That's quite a bump over his average of 12.53 FanDuel points per game on the road.

Rostering Roethlisberger at home was paid off all season, and the matchup makes for a great spot to continue that trend.

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