DraftKings Cash Game Plays: NFL Week 3
DraftKings Cash Game Plays: NFL Week 3
The NFL Week 3 slate is ready for us to attack, but first, let's think about how to react to Weeks 1 and 2. With only two weeks worth of data, it's not hard to overreact to what we saw on the field. Let other people chase the outcome stats, and we will instead focus on usage and opportunity. Let's 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 safe floor combined with high usage that can lead to ceiling games.
Week 2 Results
My cash game lineup last week for double-ups, 50/50s, and head-to-heads for Week 2 recap:
Results:
- Giant $10 Double Up (Single Entry) - 5547/8620
- Giant $5 Double Up (Single Entry) - 11457/17241
- Giant $5 Double Up (Single Entry) - 6007/9195
- Massive $25 Double Up (Single Entry) - 4437/6896
- NFL $1 100-Team 50/50 - 66/100
- NFL $2 100-Team 50/50 - 61/100
- NFL $5 100-Team 50/50 - 63/100
- NFL $3 100-Team 50/50 - 59/100
- NFL $2 300-Team 50/50 - 188/300
- NFL $1 400-Team 50/50 - 249/400
- NFL $10 200-Team 50/50 - 115/200
- NFL $2 200-Team 50/50 - 117/200
- NFL $5 200-Team 50/50 - 127/200
- NFL $3 500-Team 50/50 - 305/500
After this piece was published last week, the Michael Pittman news broke that he would be out for Week 2. This opened up the opportunity to do one of two things. First, you could spend down at tight end for a Kylen Granson, Albert O, or Juwan Johnson and then spend up at a second receiver. Alternatively, you could spend up for the clear best option at tight end, leaving two punt options necessary for a wide receiver. In the end, I put WAY more faith in the Colts than I should have and even Mark Andrews' big day could not make up for an Amon-Ra St. Brown or Christian Kirk that would have otherwise been in my lineup. Juwan Johnson + ARSB was good for 50 points, whereas my Andrews-Campbell combo went for 28.7. That was the difference between cashing and not and it caused me to give back all the gains I made in Week 1.
Quarterback
Jalen Hurts ($7600) is still too low at $7,600 after scoring 25 DK points in Week 1 and 37 against Minnesota in Week 2. And those point totals are with him throwing a grand total of 1 touchdown so far this season. The rushing floor (28 rushes in two games) is so high, that even if Hurts is a mediocre quarterback every week, he is going to have a rushing floor of at least eight points on which to build. Now Hurts gets Washington who allows the fifth-most rushing yards per game (157 yards) to opponents in this early part of the season.
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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.