We sweated last Sunday out more than in recent weeks but ultimately clawed to a decent spot relative to the general NFL DFS cash line for the seventh time in as many weeks with our DraftKings cash lineup. When the Michael Crabtree volume hit, the lineup rallied to 136.24 DraftKings points.
As with any week, there were some popular smash spots that would’ve made a great play in retrospect. Fortunately, the swings not taken were counterbalanced by other calls here in cash games, like pivoting off the Bears in Miami to fade the Bills offense anywhere.
My season-low water mark for DraftKings cash games on the Sunday featured slate remains at 2.71X value (Week 2), so we'll look to keep it that way in NFL Week 7.Week 7 Rankings:
Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End | D/ST | Kicker
NFL Week 7 DraftKings Cash Lineup
For DraftKings cash games on the Sunday 10-game slate.
QB Joe Flacco, BAL vs. NO ($5,400): The Saints’ bottom rank against QBs in DraftKings jumps out more than the unit’s improvements in recent weeks, especially since the latter came against Eli Manning and Alex Smith. Up until the Ravens blanked Tennessee en route to a low-volume script, Flacco ranked No. 2 in pass attempts.
RB Todd Gurley, LAR @ SF ($9,800): This shortened slate really gets close to Gurley-and-log-off territory at the running back position, so we're forking over the cash for Gurley’s 25-point DK floor on the season. What are you doing? Log off!
RB Sony Michel, NE @ CHI ($5,500): We’ll run into the teeth of Chicago’s second-stingiest defense in RB points allowed with Michel’s No. 2 carry total over the past three weeks. Throw in the goal-line role in a Brady offense, and we’ll just have to fade the defensive matchup here.
WEEK 7 DFS CASH LINEUPS: Yahoo | FanDuel
WR Robert Woods, LAR @ SF ($7,000): Cooper Kupp injured his MCL on Sunday, and this could require the Rams to lean even more on Woods and Brandin Cooks. Woods’ price has creeped up over time this season, commensurate with being the target leader on a top-three offense.
WR Michael Crabtree, BAL vs. NO ($5,100): Unlike Woods, being his offense’s target leader hasn’t really pushed Crabtree's price. We get a $400 bump from Crabtree’s most productive game this past Sunday, but that's not enough to come off him in a matchup with DK’s most friendly defense for receivers.
WEEK 7 DFS GPP LINEUPS: Yahoo | FanDuel | DraftKings
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: WR Kenny Golladay, DET @ MIA ($6000): Entering the bye last week, only 10 receivers had notched more receiving yards than Golladay. Fellow Lion Golden Tate ($6400) averages one more target and less than a yard more, and faces the tougher matchup against slot Minkah Fitzpatrick.
PREVIOUS WR Chester Rogers, IND vs. BUF ($4,700): Rogers ranks fourth in targets to receivers since Week 4, per Pro Football Focus data. With T.Y. Hilton continuing to battle a hamstring injury and elite Bills CB Tre’Davious White seemingly on a shadow-studs-only basis thus far in his career, Rogers likely continues to get crazy volume for low price.
TE David Njoku CLE @ TB ($4,200): We’ll just keep hammering the Browns’ most reliable pass-catcher if DK will continue to make such small adjustments to Njoku’s price. Tampa allows the second-most points to his position and only one of the eight more expensive TEs on slate has more catches over the past three weeks.
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SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: FLEX Nick Chubb, CLE @ TB ($3600): The Carlos Hyde trade puts Chubb and backfield mate Duke Johnson into free-square consideration. Picked up more cap with Chubb so I could get up to Golladay — figure the second-round capital had a causal relationship with the trade.
PREVIOUS: FLEX Marquise Goodwin, SF vs. LAR ($4,600): It’s a tight RB slate with only two options I really love. Zeke’s intriguing as an RB2 while pushing Michel to flex, but the Cowboys’ road splits are kind of wacky and Zeke hasn’t topped 18 DK points away. Enter Goodwin, whose 32-point resurgence came after prices were set. The five targets are meh, but at mid-$4K we’ll live with it here.
DST Colts vs. Bills ($3,300): We'll take the Bills whether it's Nathan Peterman or someone else throwing to the worst WR corps behind one of the worst OLs. We just got 20K from Texans D at home, and I’ll keep going against Buffalo with a lesser defense at a lower cost.