We've hit 2.5x value in five of the past six weeks and aim to finish hot with our Week 17 daily fantasy football picks for DraftKings cash games.
There are many thanks to go around for this late-season heater. Our strategy of hammering LeSean McCoy and Travis Kelce down the stretch has panned out, and they get special invites to this column's annual banquet. Congrats, guys.
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In the spirit of accountability, this DraftKings cash-game column has hit the following thresholds over the span of 16 NFL weekly lineups:
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| 15/16 | 13/16 | 11/16 | 9/16 |
A solid year in the green, which we'll take. Some familiar faces join for a reprise in this week's picks.
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Week 17 Daily Fantasy Football Picks: DraftKings cash games
QB Aaron Rodgers, GB at DET ($7,700): Rodgers confirmed he's in "Destroyer of Worlds" mode after playing hobbled a week prior against Chicago. The rushing complement's back on the table, as he's been fifth in QB rushing since Week 9 to go along with his No. 2 rank in pass yards.
RB LeSean McCoy, BUF at NYJ ($8,900): McCoy stretches his league-high streak of 22-plus DK points to five weeks. A Jets matchup would intimidate us in October (or 2015), but their seven-game average coming in is 132 rush yards allowed per game — good for 27th if expanded to full season.
RB Frank Gore, IND vs. JAX ($4,700): Indy's offense has leaned more on Gore recently, as pass protection breaks down further without guard Jack Mewhort. Gore ranks fifth in carries over the past two weeks and hit 13-for-73 rushing in Oakland despite a two-score deficit for nearly half the game.
WR Adam Thielen, MIN vs. CHI ($5,600): Thielen leads the league in receiving over the past four weeks, if excluding Week 15 when Thielen was injured early. Chicago just got shredded by Washington, and any adjustment on Thielen's price after his show in Lambeau should have hit $6K, not "just" $5,600.
WR Allen Robinson, JAX at IND ($5,500): A-Rob's an odd case in targets and air yards falling so far short of production, but you can argue the ninth-most targeted player is primed for DFS redemption. Via Pro Football Focus data, his 9-for-147 came on top-10 aDOT for receivers with 60 percent of snaps.
WR Cameron Meredith, CHI at MIN ($5,200): We've highlighted Meredith's connection with Matt Barkley over the past two weeks. That Meredith not only survived Barkley's Week 15 meltdown but actually thrived gives us confidence in playing a top-four WR in targets and yards since Week 14.
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TE Travis Kelce, KC at SD ($5,000): Kelce finds himself here almost every time he's on the main slate, as it only makes sense to just keep playing the runaway leader in TE targets and yards since Week 7. His price never moves remotely close to Gronk-Reed respect, so we're hitting again at sub-$6K.
FLEX Brandon LaFell, CIN vs. BAL ($4,500): Anticipating another week without A.J. Green and Tyler Eifert, LaFell's a good bet for work. He ranks seventh among all receivers in yards over the past four A.J.-less weeks. Baltimore's season just ended, and this should mean no Jimmy Smith.
DST Washington vs. Giants ($2,900): The Giants play a meaningless game with their playoff seed locked in, while Washington could have everything to play for against Ryan Nassib. Regardless of starters and snap counts, Washington hosts a team that's given up the third-most turnovers in the league.