DFS First Look at Salaries & Plays for Week 18 (Fantasy Football)
Week 18 is its own enigma for DFS.
We are still waiting on information from a number of teams regarding their starters status. It opens up the main slate and gives us almost too many salary savings options. This article is just an initial preview so check back in for our Best Plays article in the New Year!
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.
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.
Quarterbacks
Points per $ Cash Guys: Jaxson Dart ($5700), Tyler Shough ($5200)
GPP Intrigue: Trevor Lawrence ($6400), C.J. Stroud ($5400), Malik Willis ($5000)
Cheapies: Tanner McKee ($4500), Trey Lance ($4500)
Running Backs
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