DraftKings is yet again trying to keep me and Christian McCaffrey apart. Aint gonna happen! Last Sunday's cash lineup hit by running CMC with Jaylen Samuels while pairing Jameis Winston with Mike Evans. This helped us survive duds at other spots where we managed to clear some cap.
This week McCaffrey leaps another half-K up to $10,500 on DraftKings. We'll find a way to jam him and Saquon in a lineup under $50K in my early stab at a Week 10 build.
WEEK 10 NON-PPR RANKINGS
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker
DraftKings Week 10 Picks: NFL DFS cash lineup
QB Daniel Jones, Giants @ Jets ($5,700). I really hope the weather isn't total November garbage in the Meadowlands, as the Jets just allowed 8.0 yards per pass to a Dolphins team that averages 5.6 yards on the season. Jones also provides a little extra floor with 4.2 DK points per game rushing.
WEEK 10 DFS LINEUPS:
Y! cash | Y! GPP | DK GPP | FD cash | FD GPP
RB Christian McCaffrey, Panthers @ Packers ($10,500). I run him every week he's available on the main slate. And I'm still not blinking. *expressionless emoji*
RB Saquon Barkley, Giants @ Jets ($8,800). I don't mind a Dimes-Saquon-Ryan Griffin trio in this matchup between two bad defenses, and think CMC-Barkley will remain my 1-2 RB bunch regardless of weather in this game. The only disruptor at RB2 would be a mid-week injury report vaulting another team's (cheap) RB to featured work.
WEEK 10 PPR RANKINGS: Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: WR DeVante Parker, Dolphins @ Colts ($4,800). xreston Williams' injury cedes 21 percent of the Dolphins' target market share, which should bolster runner-up Parker's current 16% rate.
INITIAL WR D.J. Moore, Panthers @ Packers ($5,200). Our big spend at RB is made viable by a glut of highly targeted receivers a lower-mid cost. Moore ranks seventh among receivers over the past two weeks, and Kyle Allen gets the nod again for this Sunday.
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: WR AJ Brown, Titans vs. Chiefs ($4,300). I'm assuming Patrick Mahomes is back and forces the Titans to pass at a higher volume than average, which makes Brown interesting at low-4K with Corey Davis out. The two are neck-and-neck pacing the team in target share over the past three weeks, though Brown gets an edge on production.
INITIAL WR Christian Kirk, Cardinals @ Buccaneers ($5,200). Kirk has led the Cardinals in both target and air yards market share since his Week 8 return from injury. Like getting a Cards share as they face a Bucs team allowing the second-most DK points to receivers.
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: WR Darius Slayton, Giants @ Jets ($4,200). Slayton saw a not-hateful 26% target share when both Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard were out in Week 6, and that was against an actual good pass defense in New England. A defined target displacement funnel here.
INITIAL WR Jarvis Landry, Browns vs. Bills ($4,900). A hold-your-nose volume play against a good Bills pass defense, which almost certainly depresses this price. Hard to ignore that Landry's 23 targets rank fourth among receivers over the past two weeks, ahead of Julian Edelman.
MORE WEEK 10 DFS: Stacks | Values | Lineup Builder
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: TE Mike Gesicki, Dolphins @ Colts ($3,100). Just a rough landscape this week at tight end on the main slate, so this makes for a decent spot to just save for the flex. Gesicki makes this strategy palatable enough, ranking seventh among TEs in targets since Miami's Week 5 bye.
INITIAL TE Ryan Griffin, Jets vs. Giants ($3,100). Saving $3,800 off the position ceiling here for a player who ranks fifth among tight ends in catches and sixth in targets over the past two weeks.
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Jaylen Samuels, Steelers vs. Rams ($6,300). xWe can get double-digit carries and potentially double-digit catches from a mid-tier RB, so I'm finding a way to make this work at flex with James Conner ruled out. Like this in cash over the more game script-dependent Ronald Jones.
INITIAL FLEX AJ Brown, Titans vs. Chiefs ($4,300). I'm assuming Patrick Mahomes is back and forces the Titans to pass at a higher volume than average, which makes both Brown and Corey Davis interesting at low-4K. The two are neck-and-neck pacing the team in target share over the past three weeks, though Brown gets an edge on production.
D/ST Cardinals @ Buccaneers ($2,200). Near-basement price against a team allowing the eighth-most points to D/STs. You rarely get this kind of turnover potential at this cost, as no team has thrown more picks per game than Jameis Winston's Bucs.