Best Plays for DFS: Week 3 (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 3 Main Slate Podcast
Locked-In Cash Plays
Cash – Tyler Shough projects for 19.56 in my blend, which is strong enough to keep us competitive at QB while saving $2,600 from Allen and $1,100 from Purdy. More importantly, locking in that salary structure makes the rest of the lineup easier without forcing us to take on the concentrated risk of jamming the highest-owned expensive RB.
Betz – This is such a clean spot for Kenneth Walker and the Chiefs as double-digit favorites against a Dolphins team that ranks 31st in schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed to opposing RBs. His workload + price + matchup is just too good to ignore for cash games on this 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 | CASH | BETZ |
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes | Tyler Shough |
| 2 | Tyler Shough | Patrick Mahomes |
| 3 | Brock Purdy | Kyler Murray |
| 4 | Josh Allen | Trevor Lawrence |
| 5 | Jameis Winston | Brock Purdy |
It’s looking like a mid-tier type of week on DraftKings for cash builds. We love the Shough-Daddy in the dome against the Raiders, while Mahomes and the Chiefs should roll against the Dolphins. We’re tempted to roll out Jameis at the stone min, but that TEN/NYG game has some weather concerns and is currently the lowest game total of the week, so you likely won’t need to go there.
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