UFL Top Plays: Week 8

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

Jordan Ta’amu ($10,800) – All roads lead back to one of spring football’s most decorated quarterbacks. Ta’amu has remained one of the league’s best, and though it took a little longer for him to get rolling this season, he’s comfortably found his groove, completing 61.9% of his passes for 8.4 YPA on a 10.5-yard aDOT and nearly a 2:1 TD-to-INT ratio. Most importantly, he’s continued to use his legs to add DFS value as a runner, racking up a 22.3% rush share through Week 7 and at least four rushing attempts in every game this season.