CFB DFS Top Plays: Week 2 (Saturday Night)

Understanding optimal lineups for cash games is extremely important, even if you only play tournaments. Players in our cash pool are the ones we believe are the most underpriced, have the best floor/ceiling combo, and typically feature a relatively tight range of outcomes. These are the best plays on the board when considering price, context, and positional scarcity. These are usually pretty good options for GPPs as well.

The optimal GPP lineup will typically mix some of these cash-type plays with higher-variance options, often in correlated lineups. In cash games (where roughly 50% of the field gets paid out), we don’t worry about ownership, game stacks, or correlation. In large-field tournaments, we should be much more mindful of ownership. These are our Top Plays considering the following factors: mean projection, matchup, upside, and value. Ownership is NOT considered here. Generally speaking, these players are what we consider to be “head-to-head and 50/50 considerations.”

They are listed in price descending order (NOT ranked by “best play”). At the bottom, you’ll find suggested rankings by site once salary is accounted for.

QUARTERBACK

Braxton Woodson (NAVY – DK $7,900, FD $10,800) – With Blake Horvath finally out of eligibility, Braxton Woodson finally gets his crack at the starting QB gig in his senior year. He ran for 200 yards and three TDs in Navy’s Week 1 win, and when Horvath was banged up last year, he put up three games with over 100 rushing yards. FAU really struggled to contain opposing running games last year, allowing over 200 rushing yards per game, and Florida unsurprisingly ran wild on FAU in Week 1. Navy piled up 397 rushing yards, six TDs, and 7.1 YPC in this matchup last year, so while Woodson won’t provide many passing yards, it is a great spot for him to put up another huge rushing game out of the triple option.