{"id":1099,"date":"2022-10-06T22:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T22:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2022-10-06T22:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T22:13:37","slug":"best-thursday-night-dfs-plays-for-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/best-thursday-night-dfs-plays-for-week-5","title":{"rendered":"Best Thursday Night DFS Plays for Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Andrew Doherty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming off a successful Thursday Night in Week 4 that saw everyone mentioned in this weekly article find the endzone in the first half, we look to keep the momentum going for this Thursday\u2019s slate. Week 5 kicks off with the Colts<\/a> heading to Denver to take on the Broncos in what projects to be a low-scoring affair. This game has the third-lowest projected total for Week 5, with the over\/under currently sitting at 42. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I LOVE anyone on this slate? No, not really. There\u2019s value to be found on every slate, however, and it\u2019s my job to find it. Here are my top three plays for this matchup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Thursday Night Football NFL<\/a> DFS Plays for Week 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Courtland Sutton<\/strong>, Denver Broncos<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sutton will be highly played on Thursday\u2019s slate and there\u2019s a good chance he\u2019ll be in more lineups than anyone else in this matchup. Sometimes you just have to roll with the majority and this is one of those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a better matchup than it appears on the surface for Russell Wilson\u2019s favorite target. Facing an Indianapolis defense that has only allowed 207.5 passing yards per game, we aren\u2019t counting on Sutton to rack up a ton of yardage, we\u2019re counting on him to find the endzone. While the Colts defense has been successful at limiting passing yardage for opponents, they\u2019ve not fared nearly as well at preventing touchdowns through the air, already allowing 7 passing touchdowns on the season. On the road, they\u2019ve allowed 2 passing touchdowns per game against Davis Mills and Trevor Lawrence. Sutton, a massive 6\u20194\u201d target monster, should see ample scoring opportunities in what will likely be a low-scoring game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mentioned that Sutton is Russell Wilson\u2019s favorite target, right? He\u2019s already commanded 35 targets through 4 games. For context, the number two option in Denver\u2019s passing game Jerry Jeudy has 21 targets on the year. That\u2019s an average of 3.5 less targets per game than Sutton for those of you keeping score at home. After racking up 343 yards on the season with an average of 6 catches per game, Sutton offers a safe floor with a massive ceiling this week and every week going forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broncos defense <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t often suggest starting defense as a top play and I\u2019ll admit that it\u2019s certainly not the most exciting move for a Thursday Night slate. However, I\u2019ll take value wherever I can get it and if it also ends up a contrarian play as it often does, all the better. The only other time I\u2019ve done it this season was back in Week Three\u2019s Thursday Night matchup between the Browns and Steelers, and the Browns defense rewarded me with a touchdown off of a recovered fumble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denver\u2019s defense has allowed 17.0 points per game so far this season, tied with the Buccaneers for 5th in the league. Here\u2019s where it gets even better: it\u2019s a home matchup for the Broncos and they\u2019ve only allowed 9.5 points per game at Mile High Stadium this year, where they have arguably the best home-field advantage in the league. Denver has 11 sacks on the season already, along with 3 fumble recoveries and a safety. They\u2019ve only recorded 1 interception on the season, but they\u2019re in a prime spot to boost that number given how Matt Ryan has been playing this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Ryan has already thrown 5 interceptions on the season, with a 1:1 TD\/INT ratio. He\u2019s also been sacked 7 times. The Colts offense is currently dead last in the league in points per game at 14.3 and has been even worse on the road, averaging 10.0 points per game away from Indianapolis. You can start the Broncos D with confidence on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo Alie-Cox<\/strong>, Indianapolis Colts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alie-Cox may seem like a flukey play after a breakout performance last week where he went 6\/85\/2 on 6 targets, but the Indianapolis offense desperately needs another consistent pass catcher to emerge alongside wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. With star running back Jonathan Taylor ruled out for Thursday\u2019s contest with an ankle injury, the Colts passing attack is going to need to pick up the slack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modestly priced, Alie-Cox offers flexibility in your build with slate winning upside. He\u2019s not projected a ton of volume, but he\u2019s going to be Matt Ryan\u2019s second read often in the red zone. With Michael Pittman Jr likely to be mostly matched up against star cornerback Patrick Surtain (who is fresh off an excellent showing against Davante Adams), Matt Ryan will need to look elsewhere often. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Doherty Coming off a successful Thursday Night in Week 4 that saw everyone mentioned in this weekly article find the endzone in the first half, we look to keep the momentum going for this Thursday\u2019s slate. Week 5 kicks off with the Colts heading to Denver to take on the Broncos in what …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,46],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting","category-nfl","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}