DraftKings Cash Game Core: Week 8
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Week 8 only brings us two bye weeks which leaves us with more players to consider when building rosters this week. Unfortunately, a lot of games appear to be duds in the bookmakers' eyes, with only two games set at 50 points or greater and five games set at fewer than 45 points as of Thursday morning. However, we do have a lot of straightforward games to work with as far as who will handle the ball in most of these games. Let's have a look.
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The QB position is headlined this week by dual-threat Josh Allen ($8100). While he's not a cheap play, the slate itself provides plenty of value opportunities to get him on our roster. The Bills are coming off a loss and a bye week. They should be fined tuned in a home game against a Dolphins defense that has been getting wrecked lately. Tom Brady ($7400) is in a matchup we know he'll be throwing in since New Orleans has such a tough defense to run against. He could easily hit the 300-yard bonus and throw 4 touchdowns in this environment, which is one of the two 50+ point games in Vegas. If we're value shopping at QB this week, the two I like best are Carson Wentz ($5700) and Trevor Lawrence ($5500). Wentz is in the other game expected to go over 50-points and has been great at not turning the ball over (only a 1.5% Turnover Worthy Pass rate) and on his deep passes (tied with Russell Wilson for best QBR on deep passes). This game has a one-point spread as of writing so he'll need to stay aggressive against an injury-ravaged secondary. Lawrence is more of a Single-Entry/3-Max play than a cash option because of the logistics of this game - a rookie QB in one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL, plus travel distance. The matchup is interesting for Lawrence due to several factors. The Jaguars and Seahawks are two of the worst offenses at holding Time Of Possession, with the two teams combined averaging around 51 and a half minutes combined. That could suggest an extra eight and a half minutes of extra plays for these two teams and the Jags play at a faster pace (fastest in the league) which could mean they soak up more of those plays. Lawrence has been doing a great job at avoiding sacks (seventh-lowest pressure to sack rate) which will keep the offense out of long down and distance situations and the Jags hold the fifth-best net adjusted sack rate of the week. This should give Lawrence time to pick on a secondary that PFF has graded as the seventh-worst in coverage.
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Jess Jones
NorCal native Jesse Jones has been obsessed with fantasy football since first joining and winning a league in 1994. Always looking for an edge, Jess has been ahead of the curve mining data and building customized spreadsheet rankings and projections while others showed up to draft day asking for a pencil and a cheat sheet. Avid DFS, Best Ball and Re-Draft player that dabbles lightly in Dynasty. When not geeking out on Fantasy Football, Jess can be found hiking, kayaking, swimming, playing tabletop games, cooking, trading equities, listening to good tunes and/or enjoying a craft brew or two.