DraftKings Cash Game Plays: NFL Week 10
DraftKings Cash Game Plays: NFL Week 10
The NFL Week 10 slate is ready for us to attack, but first, let's think about how to react to the last few DFS slates. With nine weeks' worth of data, it's hard not to overreact to what we saw on the field, particularly as injuries and outlier performances pile up. Let other people chase the outcome stats, and we will instead focus on usage and opportunity.
We will go through each position at a variety of salary levels to see who are the best plays in cash games on DraftKings. For these purposes, a cash game is any contest that pays out at least one-third of the field. While these are also viable GPP options, we are primarily looking for a safe floor combined with high usage that can lead to ceiling games.
Week 9 Results
Below are my cash game results in Week 9 for double-ups, 50/50s, and head-to-heads:
Results:
- Massive $25 Double Up (Single Entry) - 8/2298
- Giant $10 Double Up (Single Entry) - 19/4597
- Giant $10 Double Up (Single Entry) - 44/8620
- Giant $5 Double Up (Single Entry) - 47/11494
- Giant $5 Double Up (Single Entry) - 78/17241
- Single Entry $2 Double Up - 3/459
Week 9 cash games on DraftKings really came down to a difficult 2v2 question assuming you played all the best plays for the value in your other positions. With several players worth spending up on, Justin Fields was the clear choice at quarterback. Rhamondre Stevenson and Travis Etienne were too cheap for the bell-cow role they would both have. Foster Moreau was a cheap play with a lot of route participation after Darren Waller was ruled out. Josh Palmer at $5,100 was a lock with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams out. And the defense is just what fit when you were finished with the rest of your roster.
That means the choice was Austin Ekeler and Chris Godwin versus Joe Mixon and Tyreek Hill. If you played the Mixon side, you ended up like I did, finishing near the top of every contest you played. If you played the Ekeler side, you finished with 161.62 points and likely chopped the winnings with a long train of other people. In the Massive $25 Double Up, the Ekeler-team train started at position #490 and lasted past the cash cut line at spot #1000. Those teams won only $35 on their $25 they invested.
I was very happy with both sides, but in the end I was much more comfortable with the passing role and production from Tyreek Hill than I was with Chris Godwin. Godwin keeps getting double-digit targets, but his yards per reception are way down this year and the Tampa Bay offense is downright awful. Hill is having a historic season and, while Mixon won't get as many receptions as Ekeker, he is certain to get as many total touches. That swayed me to the Mixon side and ended up being the right call in the end.
Week 10 Cash Plays
Quarterback
Patrick Mahomes ($7,900) is the cash game spend up this week with Josh Allen's injury uncertainty and Kyler Murray in a tough matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. Mahomes has been doing regular Mahomes things his last four games, scoring more than 30 DraftKings points in three of them (and 24 in the other). Against Jacksonville, he is just too cheap for the matchup. Jacksonville has allowed the seventh-most passing yards this season to opposing quarterbacks and Kansas City now has the third-highest passing rate in the league (653% of their plays).
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Ryan Kirksey
Ryan is a 20-year veteran of fantasy baseball, football, and basketball leagues. He has been writing about fantasy sports, sports betting, and DFS since 2018 and is a member of the FSWA and IBWAA. A native of Houston, he is a die-hard fan of the Astros, Rockets, and - reluctantly - the Texans. When he is not buried under sports analysis and TV show recaps, he works full-time in higher education and can be found pursuing his other passions: drinking coffee and writing about comic book investment and speculation.