Fantasy Football: 5 Must Start Players In New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys
The Giants have a good rookie of their own in Shepard. He started the season hot, scoring at least 11 fantasy points in .5 point PPR leagues the first three weeks of the season. He hit a tough stretch after that, not reaching six points in his next four games. But, Shepard is on another hot streak and needs to be in your lineup.
Shepard came out of the bye week on fire. He has scored double-digits in four of the last five games; the only time he didn’t was against the Browns when he was not targeted in the passing game. Yes, some of the games he was lucky to reach at least 10 points, but fantasy football requires a lot of luck and Shepard is riding a lucky streak.
He has scored a touchdown in every one of those double-digit efforts since the bye week. That is a streak that will be difficult to sustain, but the Cowboys are a giving team in fantasy football to wide receivers. 16 wide receivers have double-digit points against the Cowboys, an impressive number when taking into account the ball control style of play they use offensively.
They have given up double-digit points to multiple wide receivers in three of the last four weeks; it would be four consecutive but Stefon Diggs fell .1 point short of 10 in Week 13. That is a trend the Giants will look to continue with Beckham Jr. and Shepard, and one they should keep going.
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With Morris Claiborne and J.J. Wilcox out, and Orlando Scandrick questionable, the Cowboys are banged up in the secondary. It should be something the Giants try to exploit and take advantage of.