Every Sunday in the weekly fantasy chats, I get asked about my favorite plays of the week or who is in my player pool that weekend for DFS.
This article series covers exactly that.
Every week, I will go through the players I am targeting to play in DFS for all games, tournaments, and game stacks.
The idea is that this will paint a clearer picture of framing lineups.
Week 10 DFS Content:
| Week 18 DFS Picks |
|---|
| Core Plays |
| Tournament Picks |
| Best Game Stacks |
It is not that tournament players cannot be used in cash games.
If a player here works out for your team structure in cash games surrounding your primary core, use them.
These are just the players that come with some element of inherent risk but are the primary players that I still want to be ahead of the field compared to the percentage of rosters they are projected to make this weekend.
I will analyze the player selections and game writeups, but for a detailed breakdown of the players and games, check out the Week 10 Worksheet.
Quarterback
Brock Purdy ($6,500/$8,100)
Purdy exits the bye week with three straight QB1 scoring weeks.
Overall, this is a great matchup coming out of the bye.
Tampa Bay is 30th in passing points allowed per game (17.8).
The Bucs have allowed a QB1 scorer in six of their past seven games, with the one exception over that span being Spencer Rattler in his first NFL start.
Over the past five games, they have allowed four quarterbacks to finish as top-3 scorers, including Kirk Cousins (twice) and Patrick Mahomes on Monday Night.
They have allowed three or more passing touchdowns in four of those five games, with Rattler again being the exception.
The Buccaneers are 29th in rushing yards allowed per game to quarterbacks (29.3).
Caleb Williams ($5,600/$7,100)
It’s not pretty, I know.
Williams has exited the bye with weeks as QB28 (9.3 points) and QB29 (9.2 points).
But Williams has had tournament-winning games already this season.
Williams is a boom-or-bust player, but his two spike weeks have come in favorable matchups against the Panthers and Jaguars.
The Patriots are close to that company.
They are 28th in pressure rate (Arizona is 29th even after last week, for what is worth), while Jacksonville is 27th and Carolina is dead last.
The Patriots just allowed 17.5 fantasy points to Mason Rudolph.
They have allowed at least 15.0 fantasy points to four straight quarterbacks and are 21st in passing points allowed per attempt (0.453).
Aaron Rodgers ($5,700/$7,100)
I do want to provide an alternative in this price range since Williams is more of a larger-field swing.
Rodgers is in a unique spot this week.
The Cardinals are not a scary defense based on their peripheral metrics, but they also do not give up many big games to pocket passers.
Arizona is 29th in pressure rate (29.3%) and dead last in success rate against passing plays (50.8%).
They allow 7.6 Y/A (24th) and a 69.1% completion rate (27th).
That said, they have only allowed three QB1 scoring weeks.
What has saved them is that they have allowed only a 3.8% touchdown rate (10th).
That said, they are giving up points to wide receivers and running backs, so that could be happenstance, and the bubble could burst at any moment.
I like all of the Jets' playmakers in this matchup. Their condensed usage tree makes it easy to stack Rodgers.
Running Back
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