Each week we will review some of the content found in the DFS Pass and discuss some of our most confident plays heading into Sunday. A lot can change over the weekend, especially with injury news (See Betz’s Injury Blitz podcast) and roster percentages shifting who is in-or-out before roster lock time. Let’s review.
- Locked-in Cash Plays
- CORE Plays
- Game Stacks We Love
- Full-On Fades of the Week
- Favorite Leverage Plays
- Favorite Dart Throws
- Boldest Calls of the Week
Locked-In Cash Plays
Borg – After an insane performance on MNF, I’ll following that right up by locking in Bijan Robinson once again in my cash lineup. The team is rallying around him as a leader and he is 255 total yards away from breaking the all-time scrimmage yardage record. Expect 25+ opportunities and a chance at multiple TDs in the final game of the season for the All-Pro RB.
Betz – The Saints current pass catcher core for this game might be the nastiest of all nasties in Week 18. With Chris Olave done for the season, DeVaughn Vele on IR, Rashid Shaheed now in Seattle and even Mason Tipton out, their starting WRs are going to be Kevin Austin Jr. and Dante Pettis. Juwan Johnson is barely priced above $4K, yet he should be the one operating as Shough’s “WR1”.
DraftKings Core Plays
These are the 3-5 players at each position we have mixed in our cash player pool. Based on salaries, late news, and budget constraints, it is guaranteed you will not be able to fit in all of them. But their high floors and team-implied totals make them great plays for the week in both cash & GPPs.
These are simply in order of favorite core players. You obviously won’t be able to fit all in a cash lineup and there are salary tradeoffs for paying up at each position.
For being Week 18, we still have a number of legit QBs showing up at the top of our ranks this week. Chalk that up to DraftKings pricing once again as paying a meager $6400 for Trevor Lawrence is still too cheap. We want to stay at or below the $6K range so Stroud and Williams fit the bill in games both teams are motivated to win. If you think the Patriots want to pile it on with Drake Maye, we get it. He is expensive for the slate but the roster percentage is going to be low.
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