UFL Top Plays: Week 2

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

Matt Corral ($9,600) – Corral wasn’t asked to do much in the Stallions’ Week 1 victory, but he still executed well, completing 70% of his passes for a modest 6.9 YPA and a 1:0 TD-to-INT ratio, taking zero sacks on 30 dropbacks. Importantly, Birmingham got off 67 offensive plays and now faces a Houston defense that was just shredded by UFL newcomer Austin Reed for 376 yards. Corral’s core group of skill-position weapons should elevate him and provide a more stable week-to-week floor, particularly here as a 7-point favorite with the slate’s highest implied team total.