DFS: Four Elite to Avoid - Week 10

Name recognition alone is not going to win you many weeks in DFS. Here are four often excellent players who should not be rostered in Week 10:

QB Carson Palmer, Cardinals (at Seahawks)

Palmer is a fade because, of all the top QBs, he has by far the worst matchup. Aaron Rodgers plays the Lions, Tom Brady faces the Giants, Cam Newton goes to Tennessee and Drew Brees heads to Washington. The Seahawks will prove a difficult assignment for Palmer, who has had the steadiest floor - other than Brady - at QB.

The Seahawks have held opponents to fewer than 100 yards in the air in each of the last two games and have only allowed one 300-yard passer - Andy Dalton in Week 5. Palmer could still have a productive week, but he's the riskiest play among the cream of the crop.

RB Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks (vs. Cardinals)

Only Lynch's Week 7 performance against the 49ers - 122 yards and a touchdown - has ranked among the elite. He has battled hamstring issues, which has certainly hampered his production.

His struggles on the field paired with a matchup against a sturdy Arizona run defense makes him a fairly easy fade in Week 10. The Cardinals have only allowed one 100-yard rusher in their last four games and Lynch will not break this trend.

WR Antonio Brown, Steelers (vs. Browns)

Brown is coming off his most productive week ever with 17 receptions and 284 yards. First, he's not repeating this production. Second, Ben Roethlisberger is injured again, so Brown might not get the opportunities. Even though Landry Jones is a better option than Mike Vick was, Brown hasn't shown he can play to his price tag in weeks without Roethlisberger.

TE Jimmy Graham, Seahawks (vs. Cardinals)

It's probably wise to simply avoid any member of either offense between the Cardinals and Seahawks. Both teams have elite defenses on both sides of the ball and it could prove to be a very low scoring affair.

Graham isn't the same player he was with the Saints. He's had a couple of flashes of his old self, but Russell Wilson is not getting him the ball with consistency. Since 2011 - his first full season as a starter - he hasn't caught fewer than nine touchdown passes. His high was 16 in 2013. He has two in 2015 and hasn't had one since Week 3.

He's not worth his price tag or his status among the elite.