Week 11 Panthers DFS Guide: How to Approach D’Onta Foreman

Slate Overview: The Week 11 main slate consists of 11 games on DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo. Pricing is extremely tight on DraftKings, making it very hard to stack QBs and WRs. Double TE builds may be popular there this week due to a lack of value. There is more flexibility to build lineups on FanDuel and Yahoo. As always, be mindful when choosing your contests.

Per DraftKings Sportsbook, the games with the highest totals are:

1. Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills (-8): O/U 50 (to be played at Detroit’s Ford Field)

2. Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons (-3): O/U 49.5

3. Dallas Cowboys (-2) at Minnesota Vikings: O/U 48

The games with the lowest totals are:

1. New York Jets at New England Patriots (-3.5): O/U 38

2. Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints (-2.5): O/U 39

3. Cincinnati Bengals (-3.5) at Pittsburgh Steelers: O/U 40

All odds are as of Saturday morning.

DFS projected ownership notes

As of Friday afternoon, the following players are projected to be the most owned at their positions in large field tournaments:

QB: Marcus Mariota, Daniel Jones, Kirk Cousins, Lamar Jackson (FD), Josh Allen (FD), Jalen Hurts (FD), Dak Prescott (FD)

RB: Rhamondre Stevenson, Daemon Pierce, David Montgomery, Josh Jacobs, Joe Mixson, Alvin Kamara, Saquon Barkley

WR: Terry McLaurin, CeeDee Lamb, Garrett Wilson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Parris Campbell, Michael Pittman Jr., Courtland Sutton

TE: Hayden Hurst, Dalton Schultz, Tyler Higbee, Greg Dulcich, Pat Freiermuth, Kyle Pitts

DST: Steelers, Saints, Texans, Browns (FD)

Game odds per DraftKings Sportsbook (as of Saturday morning):

	Spread	Total	Moneyline
Carolina Panthers	+13 (-110)	O 41.5 (-110)	+480
Baltimore Ravens	-13 (-110)	U 41.5 (-110)	-645

Key injuries

BAL: QB Lamar Jackson (QUESTIONABLE), TE Mark Andrews (QUESTIONABLE), RB Gus Edwards (QUESTIONABLE), CB Jalyn Armour-Davis (DOUBTFUL)

CAR: QB P.J. Walker (OUT), S Juston Burris (OUT), DT Matt Ioannidis (OUT), TE Giovanni Ricci (QUESTIONABLE), CB Jaycee Horn (QUESTIONABLE)

Weather Forecast

Sunny, with winds blowing west-northwest around 16-17 miles per hour. Temperature at kickoff should be around 37 degrees.

Player	DraftKings Salary	FanDuel Salary	Yahoo Salary
D’Onta Foreman	$5,900	$7,100	$18
D.J. Moore	$5,700	$6,700	$19
Baker Mayfield	$5,000	$6,400	$20
Terrace Marshall Jr	$4,400	$5,800	$15
Panthers DST	$2,200	$3,300	$12

Frankly, this is not the week to play any Panthers in your cash game lineups as the risk is too high. The potential floor scores are extremely low based on how the Vegas oddsmakers think this game will play out.

Outside of D.J. Moore, most of the relevant Panther players are going to be ignored by the field. If you decide to play a Panther in your main slate lineups, you need to formulate a story of how you think the game will play out. I’ll provide some additional context for each player listed below. I don’t think I’d play more than one Panther in any lineup this week. If you believe that Mayfield can shred the Ravens, pairing him with Moore in a large field tournament isn’t the worst flier in the world.

TOURNAMENT PLAYS

D’Onta Foreman: If you believe the Panthers can keep the game with Baltimore close, Foreman can be considered for tournaments. If the Ravens jump all over the Panthers like the Bengals did in Week 9, he could get scripted out of the game. If you think the Panthers get blown out, Foreman should not be in your lineup.

The Panthers got in a deep hole quickly in Cincinnati and Foreman saw his lowest usage totals since Christian McCaffrey was traded after Week 6. Against the Bengals, Foreman only received 7 carries and caught 2 passes.

Based on the spread, the oddsmakers don’t believe the Panthers have any prayer to win this game. If the Panthers can keep this game close, then Foreman should theoretically have a floor of 20 touches. Even with his limited work in the passing game, Foreman has shown that he carries a high fantasy ceiling. He is projected to be played by less than 5% of the field as of Friday afternoon. If you play Foreman, I would not include any other Panther in that lineup.

From a matchup perspective, this isn’t a great one for Foreman. The Ravens defense has allowed the fourth fewest rushing yards per game (76) and seen the second fewest carries per game (17.6) this season.

D.J. Moore: Moore is projected to be played by roughly 10% of the field as of Friday afternoon, making him the most popular Panther player on the main slate. This isn’t surprising since the Panthers are projected to be in a negative game script on Sunday.

Moore’s two best games of the year came with P.J. Walker at the helm and he’s out. While the two were not able to connect consistently at the beginning of the year, Mayfield did pepper Moore with targets. Despite the lack of fantasy production, Moore has received at least 20% of the passing targets in each game this season. While the matchup is daunting, Moore has a ceiling with the targets he receives.

Terrace Marshall Jr (DraftKings only): Marshall is the bonafide number two receiver on this squad. Marshall has only caught 2 passes for 13 yards from Mayfield this season, both against San Francisco. He will definitely be on the field and running routes.

FADES

Baker Mayfield: Mayfield will start for the injured P.J. Walker. Quite simply, Mayfield was horrid earlier in the season. When I say horrid – he was the worst QB in the entire league based on any advanced metric available. Even with his cheap price tag, I cannot recommend paying down for him where there are other slate breaking QBs available for our lineups.

While he has experience playing in Baltimore, the Ravens defense has gotten healthier in recent weeks and has only allowed 7.1 yards per pass attempt over their last six games. I would not play Mayfield in any small-field or single entry contest. If you are someone that plays 150 lineups, having Mayfield in a sprinkle of those isn’t the worst option.

SINGLE GAME SHOWDOWN STRATEGY & POSSIBLE CAPTAIN/MVP PLAYS

Player	DK CPT/FLEX SALARY	FD SALARY
Lamar Jackson	$18,900/$12,600	$17,500
Mark Andrews	$15,600/$10,400	$13,500
D’Onta Foreman	$13,200/$8,800	$13,000
D.J. Moore	$12,600/$8,400	$12,000
Isaiah Likely (DK ONLY & IF ANDREWS IS OUT)	$7,200/$4,800	$8,000

Jackson and Andrews will carry the most ownership at the captain spot as they carry the most upside. If you anticipate the Ravens blowing out the Panthers, putting Andrews at the captain spot and pairing him with Jackson isn’t a terrible way to build.

If Andrews gets ruled out, Likely would be in play for a captain spot.

If you think the Panthers keep it close – playing Foreman will give you a unique lineup build. I would not pair Foreman and Moore in the same lineup.

Moore will also give you a unique build. If you play Moore, you’ll want to put Mayfield in one of your flex spots.

POSSIBLE FLEX PLAYS

Player	DK FLEX SALARY	FD SALARY
Baker Mayfield	$9,400	$14,000
Kenyan Drake	$9,200	$12,000
Devin Duvernay	$6,600	$11,000
Terrace Marshall Jr.	$6,200	$8,000
Ravens DST	$5,600	$9,500
Laviska Shenault Jr.	$5,000	$7,500
Justin Tucker	$4,200	$10,000
Eddy Pineiro	$4,000	$9,000
Panthers DST	$3,000	$8,500
Shi Smith	$1,400	$7,000
Tommy Tremble	$200	$6,500
Ian Thomas	$200	$5,500

I would only play Mayfield in a flex spot if you’re playing Moore or another Panther pass catcher in the captain spot.

Marshall is a mid-tier option that may go overlooked based on his price. Mayfield targeted Shi Smith often early in the season, so he isn’t the worst punt option on the single game showdown.