DFS First Look at Salaries & Plays for Week 17 (Fantasy Football)

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Every week the First Look article gives you a taste of the slate and some of the more intriguing salaries that DraftKings releases. The goal is to identify early-week cash game considerations, as well as potential tournament plays before we piece together the stacking options. On Tuesdays, I share some of these insights on the Fantasy Footballers DFS & Betting Podcast if you want further commentary on some of the salary standouts.

Check back later in the week when Matthew Betz and I share our official DraftKings and FanDuel picks for cash and GPPs exclusively in the DFS Pass.

Here are the games for this week’s main slate* including implied team totals (TIP) for each matchup.

Overview

  • The 3-game Christmas Day Slate is a rough sell this year with potentially Josh Johnson, Max Brosmer, and Chris Oladokun starting. If you did not know those human beings existed before this season, that is perfectly fine.
  • The main slate for DFS includes NINE total games for the Sunday early (1:00 EST) and afternoon slate (4:05 EST).

I’ve also added a glossary of metrics at the bottom  if you want a quick refresher or definition of some of the statistics used below.

Christmas Day Slate: Thursday (3 games)

Quarterbacks

The Washington QBs are going to garner a ton of attention. The Cowboys are allowing (pause for dramatic effect) the most fantasy points per game ALL-TIME to opposing QBs!

Running Backs

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