Best Plays for DFS: Week 1 (Fantasy Football)
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
Week 1 Main Slate Podcast
Locked-In Cash Plays
Borg – Punting with Raiders TE Michael Mayer in cash is what DFS dreams are made of. The ability to spend this far down at the position allows you to spend up for plays like Gibbs at RB and Chase at WR. Mayer could easily be a starting TE on another team but the fact the Raiders are so inept at the WR position gives you hope that he could see 5+ targets in this one. In cash, Mayer is king this week.
Betz – I can’t fathom showing up in a head to head cash game without Jahmyr Gibbs. We can fit him pretty easily this week thanks to a punt TE and multiple viable cheap WRs. The Lions should have no problems putting up points in one of, if not the, best game environments on the slate.
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.
| DraftKings-QB | BORG | BETZ |
| 1 | Justin Herbert | Justin Herbert |
| 2 | Tyler Shough | Jared Goff |
| 3 | Jared Goff | Tyler Shough |
| 4 | Trevor Lawrence | Trevor Lawrence |
| 5 | Kyler Murray | Jalen Hurts |
In cash this week, expect to see a ton of Herbert and Goff as the field leans into the TD+ favorites at home. The pricing allows you to also dip into the $5K range as the mobile threats of Kyler Murray, Trevor Lawrence, and Tyler Shough all look underpriced given the floor of their rushing. We won’t be playing Joe Burrow in cash but he certainly makes the pool for tournaments.
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