CFB DFS Top Plays: Week 1 (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

Kamario Taylor (MSST – DK $8,800) – Kamario burst onto the scene late last year in the Egg Bowl and the Duke’s Mayo game. He’s absolutely electric with his legs, as he ran for 173 yards and two TDs against Ole Miss and averaged 19 rushing attempts in his two starts. As 28.5-point favorites, they’ll likely dial down the rush volume some in this spot, but he still features plenty of upside on the ground. He should have increased success through the air against an overmatched ULM secondary, as State carries an implied team total over 40 points here. He also has an affordable stacking partner on DraftKings, Anthony Evans.