Editor’s Note: We may not write up every player we consider to be a top play. Be sure to consult the chart at the bottom of the page. This page will be updated, if necessary.
You don’t have to play cash games to understand why it’s important to grasp them. Players we consider for cash are the ones we believe are the most underpriced, have the best floor/ceiling combo, and feature a relatively tight range of outcomes.
In other words, these are the best plays on the board once price, slate context, and positional depth are accounted for. Those sound like pretty good options for GPPs as well.
The optimal GPP lineup will mix some of these cash-type plays with higher-variance options in correlated lineups. In cash games (where roughly 50% of the field gets paid out), we don’t worry about ownership or game stacks or correlation. In large-field tournaments, our ACO (average cumulative ownership) should stay reasonably low. Please read this article and listen to Episode 237 of the podcast for more on large-field tournament strategy.
With all that said, these are our Top Plays considering the following factors: median 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.”
QUARTERBACK
Jalen Morton ($9,100) – Spring football DFS players have been longing for a Bryce Perkins or Adrian Martinez-type QB all season, and we may have finally found it in Week 9 with Columbus QB Jalen Morton. Morton certainly had his share of struggles as a passer in Week 9, completing just 46.7% of his passes for 6.9 YPA, while being pressured on 15 of 40 dropbacks. But he instantly became the league’s best rushing asset at the position, handling 43.3% of the team’s rushing attempts, including four designed carries and nine (!!) scrambles, which he turned into a slate-breaking 13/96/1 rushing line. Used as a situational runner even when he was the Aviators’ backup QB, we had some confidence Morton would be a plus with his legs, but we couldn’t have envisioned that type of success. Given the state of his receiving corps, the coaching staff’s desire to run the ball, and his shortcomings as a passer, there are still ways this could go south, but with this type of rushing ability, he offers one of the slate’s safest floors.
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