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Welcome to the Week 16 slate of the NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet.
- I will now be using data exclusively from 2022!
- The "fantasy points allowed rank" reflects how a player's opponent ranked in fantasy points allowed to their specific position. The lower the number, the better the matchup.
- DVOA is a stat created by Football Outsiders that stands for Defense-adjusted Value Over Average and takes into account the quality of the previous offensive opponents. This rating is being shown for both the offensive player's team and their opponent.
- A play labeled "cash" is a higher-owned play that is recommended for cash games. A "strong" play is playable in all formats. "Slate-breakers" are some of my favorite GPP targets for upside or reduced ownership.
- Vegas and risk columns will all be updated during the week to reflect injury info, weather info, and the most recent Vegas info.
Premium NFL DFS Cheat Sheet - Week 18
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Cash Game Cores
DraftKings: Sanders-Harris-Jefferson/Cook
FanDuel: Sanders-Harris-Jefferson/Cook
Deeper GPP Flyers
This is where I want to give you some other players who will be in my player pool, who didn't make the cut for the cheat sheet. The main recommended plays are always going to be geared more toward cash games and single-entry tournaments, but here are some lower-owned options for large-field tournaments.
QB: Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Kenny Pickett
RB: Austin Ekeler, David Montgomery, Tyler Allgeier, Chase Edmonds
WR: Ja'Marr Chase, Jakobi Meyers, Michael Pittman Jr., Van Jefferson
TE: David Njoku, Juwan Johnson, Hayden Hurst, Jelani Woods
DEFENSE: Jets (cash), Vikings, Colts, Seahawks, Niners
Week 18 DFS Slate Notes
What a messy slate! The sheet is out later than usual this week because it really took all week to get a sense of who was going to be in and out, and which teams were going to be more motivated than others. Plus we had to wait til mid-week to even find out what was going to happen to that Cincy-Buffalo game from Monday, too.
When the dust settles, I won't be surprised when some very random players have big games here. There are a few ways to approach this slate. You can focus primarily on the teams with something to play for and play players from ONLY those teams (which you should do in cash or single entry). Or you can take some shots on young players that are trying to prove themselves on bad teams who are playing with nothing to lose (think Cam Akers as one example).
Personally, I will be scaling down my layout this week and playing fewer lineups and less money, as I think there's probably more variance this week than most (and there's already a lot of variance every week, let's face it).
FAVORITE GAME STACKS
CAR-NO: Darnold-Kamara-Olave/Moore/Shaheed
MIN-CHI: Cousins-Cook/Monty-Jefferson/Hockenson/Kmet
NYJ-MIA: Flacco-Wilson/Hill
Premium DFS Expert Lineups - Week 18
FanDuel Lineup
DraftKings Lineup
Please note that these are sample lineups we provide as a tool for you to use. They are designed to give you building-block options as you go about choosing your own lineups, but in no way can we guarantee success. Be sure to examine the latest injury updates, Las Vegas projected game totals, and late scratches before finalizing your lineups to ensure the players you are choosing are active on game day.
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