Daily fantasy football lives on through the NFL wild card round, and we'll mine for high floors with our DraftKings cash game picks for the Saturday-Sunday slate.
Our strategy is to lean on a couple important assumptions while also spreading our investments enough to avoid sinking too much with any one ship. We'll also ride Le'Veon.
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The pressure's on with our DraftKings wild card cash lineup.
Daily fantasy football picks for wild card playoff games
QB Matt Moore, MIA @ PIT ($5,100): The Dolphins hit Pittsburgh as the only double-digit dogs of wild card weekend, so pass volume should be there if Vegas projections bear out early with negative game script. Bottom starter price here allows us to lock in a high-floor at RB.
RB Le'Veon Bell, PIT vs. MIA ($10,300): No running back came within 130 rushing yards of Bell from Weeks 13 to 16, and he ranked second to only David Johnson in RB receiving yards during this period. We typically steer away from $10K-plus but we're willing to pay up with a small wild card slate.
RB Lamar Miller, HOU vs. OAK ($6,100): Lamar Miller practiced Wednesday, and the Texans should get their rested RB back for the home tilt against depleted Oakland. As DraftKings' Adam Levitan points out, Miller averages over eight points more when the Texans are favored.
WR Odell Beckham Jr., NYG @ GB ($9,100): Even after sitting part of Week 17, Beckham leads all players in targets over the past four weeks. Green Bay allows the second-most DraftKings points to opposing receivers, and the Packers secondary has been further riddled with injuries.
WR Eli Rogers, PIT vs. MIA ($4,000): Rogers' snap rate has gradually increased down the stretch — at 76 percent even before Pittsburgh pulled key starters Week 17 — and it's reasonable to expect him to serve as the lead WR complement to Antonio Brown this Sunday.
WR Paul Richardson, SEA vs. DET ($3,400): Richardson paced Seahawks receivers in targets in the team's first game without Tyler Lockett in Week 17. Richardson should continue to get a majority of snaps against a defense allowing the fifth-most yards per play since Week 15.
TE Jared Cook, GB vs. NYG ($3,600): Cook's earned enough of Aaron Rodgers' trust to rank top 10 among tight ends in targets, catches and yards over the course of three must-win games from Weeks 15-17. The Giants hold the fifth-toughest rank on WR scoring on DK but only 22nd against the TE.
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FLEX Zach Zenner, DET @ SEA ($4,500): Zenner's 202 total yards and three rushing touchdowns over the past two weeks lands third among postseason-eligible RBs. Other runners were purposely rested Week 17, but this recently featured back does enter relatively fresh with only 106 touches on the season.
DST Texans vs. Raiders ($3,800): We're getting a quarterback who's never started an NFL game on the road in the playoffs -- against a defense allowing the fewest yards per play over the past three weeks.