Bender's Favorite DFS Pickem Picks: Week 4

Fri Oct 2 6:00pm ET
By HOWARD BENDER
Fantasy Writer

More tough sledding in Week 3, amirite? Ashton Jeanty came up short on yards, and the Chargers showed us, once again, that Mike McDaniel has this team all twisted up in an overly complex scheme with too much motion and too many personnel changes. Hopefully, that stops soon and we can get back to the business of loving them.

For now, though, we go back to the old adage of “bet what you know.” Not that I don’t know football, but I’m going to bring it back to my roots this week. The OG TE Whisperer is going to do just that. We’re leaning into the defenses that struggle the most against the tight end position and the players who are facing them. Let’s get it!

If you happen to be new to the DFS Pickem format, allow me to help you along because it’s really quite easy. All you do is make your picks for players to produce more or less than their designated stat line, and if you are right, you can earn up to 40 times your wager, with a minimum wager of $1. Pick correctly for two players and you will 3x your money. Three correct picks will get you a 6x return, four is 10x and so on, up to 40x for six correct picks. You should give a look at the full contest rules, but that’s the gist of how to play.

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Pick of the Week

Brenton Strange, TE, JAC – MORE than 33.5 Receiving Yards

While the Bengals defense certainly made some improvements on defense in the offseason, their vulnerability to the tight end continues. Through three weeks, the Bengals have allowed almost 300 receiving yards to tight ends, and none of the teams they faced – Tampa Bay, Houston and Pittsburgh – has an elite-level tight end who typically garners a high target share.

Well, neither does Strange, but the 33.5 receiving yards seems awfully low. Parker Washington gets plenty of work, and Jakobi Meyers is a fine possession guy. But this team doesn’t even look at Brian Thomas anymore. Strange should see a fair number of targets in this potential shootout, and we’ll lean into the fact that the Bengals still don’t know how to defend the position.

Other Favorite Week 4 Picks

Tyler Warren, TE, IND – MORE than 48.5 Receiving Yards
Isaiah Likely, TE, NYG – MORE than 39.5 Receiving Yards
Darren Waller, TE, CAR – MORE than 0.5 Rush + Rec TD

Feel free to pick and choose which ones you like, but just so you have the info, put all four picks together into the consummate Bender TE Parlay and it’s a whopping 16.3x return, thanks to the multiplier on the Waller pick. Advantage: us.

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If you’re looking to tail my picks in a parlay, you can find them in the DFS Pickem Lobby on the right-hand side of the page.