Daily Fantasy Football December 8: DFS Stock Up, Stock Down

The daily fantasy football stock market can be more difficult to keep up with than figuring out whether the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a good or bad team this year.

When it came to stock risers this past week, many leaned on Baltimore Ravens running back Javorius Allen and scored with 38 points. Others, though, rolled the dice with Kansas City Chiefs running back Spencer Ware and only received 10.5 points.

The moral of the story? An owner's job, other than analyzing matchups, trends, salaries and countless other tidbits, is to read between the lines of the stock market.

Within, let's help owners solve the riddle by looking at some of the market's biggest movers of December 8.

Stock Up: Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Tennessee Titans ($3,700)

Owners who took a gamble on Tennessee Titans rookie wideout Dorial Green-Beckham in Week 13 got 25.9 points at a cheap price.

DGB might be $400 more expensive this time around, but it's hard to say no after he posted the best fantasy output of his career.

“That monster came out in him, and everybody finally got to see it,” receiver Kendall Wright said, according to Jim Wyatt of TitansOnline.com. “And the more his confidence rolls, the more he’ll be unstoppable.”

Owners have to hope the quote is right. DGB caught five passes for 119 yards and a score but dropped another would-be touchdown in the process.

It's clear, though, rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota will continue to look his way, so be sure to consider DGB as the season winds down.

Stock Down: Danny Woodhead, RB, San Diego Chargers ($4,400)

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Danny Woodhead continues to lose usage in the San Diego backfield.

It's almost as if Danny Woodhead doesn't play for the San Diego Chargers anymore.

Woodhead has gone from posting 21.2 points on 16 touches in Week 1 to 6.4 points on six touches in Week 13.

The coaching staff in San Diego continues to try to make rookie back Melvin Gordon a thing. What it got in return this past weekend was 12 rushes for 55 yards and two fumbles, putting him at a 3.6 per-carry average on the season and ruining Woodhead's value.

It makes sense that a three-win team would roll with a high draft pick in an effort to help better acclimate him to the pros. But it's a shame it ruins Woodhead in the process, whose ability to catch passes where receptions count as points in DraftKings scoring shined for the first part of the season.

Unless something dramatic changes, Woodhead's stock continues to free fall.

Stock Up: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($2,700)

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Austin Seferian-Jenkins is reliable when healthy.

Owners had likely all but given up on Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who hadn't played since Week 2 thanks to injury before this past weekend.

ASJ returned in Week 13, and while he didn't blow anyone away with his 6.1 points, he hinted at bigger things and a rising stock.

According to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, ASJ played 21 snaps, or 30 percent of the offense total. It might not sound like much, but this is where it gets interesting: Rookie quarterback Jameis Winston targeted ASJ six times, good for the second-highest mark on the team.

Imagine the usage ASJ could see moving forward now that he has his feet back under him.

Rookies can and will lean on capable tight ends, which is why ASJ exploded in Week 1 with 31 points. Given the hints this past weekend, he might be well on his way back to similar production now that he's healthy.

Stock Down: DeMarco Murray, RB, Philadelphia Eagles ($5,000)

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DeMarco Murray won't see surefire usage the rest of the season.

Down goes DeMarco Murray in the Philadelphia Eagles' running back committee.

Murray flashed with a salary above $6,000 for a few weeks, pocketing outings of 25, 24.6 and 28.1 points and hinting at usage and production to match the hype of his arrival in town this past offseason.

Over his last two outings, though, Murray has totaled just 5.4 points. Sunday, in his team's most important win of the season—an upset of the New England Patriots—Murray played just 14 snaps, according to CSNPhilly.com's Reuben Frank.

By comparison, Murray took eight carries to 15 for Darren Sproles and nine for Kenjon Barner.

It's impossible to know on a week-to-week basis how in the world the Eagles will use Murray. Even at $5,000, owners can get more of a sure thing with Chris Ivory ($5,000), Darren McFadden ($5,000) or even the aforementioned sleeper Allen ($5,300).

Stock Up: Jeremy Maclin, WR, Kansas City Chiefs ($5,500)

Few players feature stock shooting up as fast as the stock belonging to Kansas City Chiefs wideout Jeremy Maclin.

After falling out of favor in the Kansas City passing attack for about a month and watching his price hit $4,700, Maclin has turned things around with outings of 34 and 29.5 points.

Over his fresh two-game tear, Maclin has scored three times with nine catches in each game. NFL.com's Matt Harmon put it best: "Over the last two weeks Jeremy Maclin owns a 43.1 percent share of the Chiefs targets and catch rate of 85.9 percent. That is wild."

Wild, indeed. Maclin now looks like a big part of the plan for the surging Chiefs, who next have to deal with the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers rank well against wideouts, but Denver's Demaryius Thomas just scored a touchdown against the unit with a backup under center.

Expect Maclin's big performances to continue.

Stock Down: Roddy White, WR, Atlanta Falcons ($3,200)

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Roddy White isn't receiving enough attention to merit a start.

For just a moment, it looked like Atlanta Falcons wideout Roddy White would provide owners a strong, low-cost value each week for the rest of the season.

Whoops.

After being a complete non-factor for most of the season, the Falcons fed White nine targets in Week 11 and a team-high mark of eight in Week 12, where he posted a smooth 12 points for owners.

In Week 13, though, the plan to get the veteran involved came to a sudden halt. The team targeted White just four times, so he caught three for 33 yards and 6.3 points.

Call it the exact opposite of what owners could have only hoped was a budding trend. Owners will have to look elsewhere for cost-effective value plays if they want to save at the position.

Stock Up: James White, RB, New England Patriots ($4,100)

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James White has assumed the Dion Lewis role in New England.

So begins the era of James White. 

Maybe "era" is the wrong word, but the New England Patriots finally decided to let White run wild in the Dion Lewis role this past weekend, which scored fantasy owners a smooth 30.9 points.

White only rushed twice for four yards, but that isn't what owners care about given the role. No, what's important is the 10 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. 

As ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss captured, White dominated the touches in the backfield: "Patriots RB snap breakdown: James White 51, LeGarrette Blount 26, Brandon Bolden 19. White had career-high 115 receiving yards."

White stands as an insane value at almost any price given the amount of sheer dumpoffs he'll catch in the New England offense if he sees the most snaps.

At this price, he's an absolute steal.

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