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The fourth week of the USFL is here. And while it's been a frustrating season at times—especially on the "having accurate injury data" side of things—the league soldiers on. The Stallions are the only undefeated team remaining, while the Maulers are the league's lone winless team.
In this article I will be providing you with daily fantasy football USFL DFS picks on DraftKings for Week 4 of the USFL season. These lineups can vary from higher-priced players and elite options to lower-priced players and value picks.
This slate locks on May 6th at 10:00 p.m. ET. If you have any questions, you can follow me on Twitter: @juscarts
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USFL Quarterback DFS Picks
Kyle Sloter (New Orleans Breakers) - vs Houston Gamblers ($10,200)
If you want a safe QB, Sloter is pretty much it. He threw the ball 47 times last week, completing 26 of those for 241 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He leads the USFL in yards by almost 100 over the now-injured Bryan Scott.
This New Orleans offense will throw the ball, plus they've shown that Sloter is their full-time QB and that he isn't going to get stuck in some kind of platoon thing. For those reasons, I'm rolling with him this week against a Gamblers team that has allowed the most passing yards in the league.
Case Cookus (Philadelphia Stars) - vs Michigan Panthers ($6,500)
With Bryan Scott, who has been the best quarterback in the USFL, out this week, Cookus will take over at QB for the Breakers.
Cookus had to play much of last week's game against the Generals and he looked fine, going 13-for-20 with 146 yards and a touchdown. He probably won't be as consistent as Scott was, but for $6,500, he makes lineup building into a much easier task. It is worth noting that the Panthers offense looked really good last week.
USFL Running Back DFS Picks
Trey Williams (New Jersey Generals) - vs Pittsburgh Maulers ($7,400)
Williams played a huge role on this Generals offense last week, carrying the ball 19 times for 110 yards and also catching four passes for 44 yards. Darius Victor is getting the red zone work, but based on how every USFL offense universally looks this season, I'd rather have the guy who gets the ball more between the 20s than the guy who gets the ball at the goal line, because it's so hard to predict when touchdowns are going to happen in this league.
Jordan Ellis (New Orleans Breakers) - vs. Houston Gamblers ($6,400)
Jordan Ellis hasn't been super efficient over the past two games, averaging under four yards per carry in both games.
But, uhh, it doesn't really matter that much when he's touching the ball as much as he is.
Ellis had 25 carries last week, producing 90 yards and also catching one pass for one yard on a season-high four targets. Ellis had 21 carries the week before, so need to worry that this was just a one-time thing. New Orleans is going to run him a lot. Take that volume and roll with it.
USFL Wide Receiver/Tight End DFS Picks
Lance Lenoir Jr. (Michigan Panthers) - vs Philadelphia Stars ($8,500)
I'm just autoplaying Lenoir every week at this point. He's had nine targets in every game and while his overall numbers haven't been great the last two weeks, his consistent volume is too hard to resist in a league where it can be really, really hard to predict week-to-week production. The Panthers also want to get the ball deep to Lenoir, but have just failed to connect on those passes so far. At some point, either Shea Patterson or Paxton Lynch has to get one of those to drop into Lenoir's hands.
Johnnie Dixon (New Orleans Breakers) - vs Houston Gamblers ($7,300)
It's time for an old-fashioned QB/WR stack! We already talked about why I like Breakers QB Kyle Sloter this week. What I like more is stacking him with receiver Johnnie Dixon, whose target numbers have gone up each week. He now has 19 targets over the past two games, including 10 in Week 3, which he turned into seven catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns. He's the top pass-catching weapon for this offense.
Cary Angeline (Birmingham Stallions) - vs Tampa Bay Bandits ($6,300)
Trusting a tight end in this league can be risky, but Angeline has at least six targets in two of his three games and saw his highest route participation of the season against New Orleans. He wound up being targeted eight times, catching four passes for 66 yards. He seems to be a reliable target for the Stallions and should be considered a high-floor fantasy option,
Tyler Simmons (Houston Gamblers) - vs New Orleans Breakers ($4,200)
After not playing in Week 1, Simmons has 16 targets over the past two games. He has just six receptions in that span, but those catches have turned into 77 yards and a score. His volume is encouraging, even if the results haven't been consistent. I'll take a chance on him against a Breakers team that allowed two 60-yard receivers and two receiving touchdowns last week.
USFL D/ST DFS Picks
New Jersey Generals - vs Pittsburgh Maulers ($5,000)
We're keeping the "target a defense facing a bad team" strategy going again this week, even if last week it failed us some because we played the Maulers against the Panthers and the Panthers scored 24 points.
But this week, I think this will work. We're targeting the defense facing the Maulers, because the Maulers were shut out last week and also scored just three points in Week 1. When the team has done absolutely nothing in two-thirds of its games and when the Generals held the Stars, one of the better offenses in the league, to 16 last week, I think we have a nice confluence of factors here.
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