Every Sunday in the weekly fantasy chats, I get asked about my favorite plays of the week or who is my player pool that weekend for DFS.
This article series covers exactly that.
I will go through the players I am targeting as the tournament plays for all formats here. I will cover core players and games to target for stacks in other posts.
The idea is that this will paint a clearer picture of framing lineups.
Week 15 DFS Content:
It is not that all tournament players cannot be used in cash games. If a player here works out for your team structure in cash games surrounding your primary core, use them.
These players just come with some element of inherent risk, but they are the primary players I still want to be ahead of the field on compared to the percentage of rosters they are projected to make this weekend.
I will have some analysis on the player selections and game writeups, but check out the Week 15 Worksheet for a fully detailed breakdown of the players and games.
Quarterback
Dak Prescott ($8,000 DraftKings /$8,600 FanDuel)
Prescott has now thrown multiple touchdown passes in seven straight games. If he does that again this weekend, he will set a new franchise record.
Buffalo has allowed multiple passing touchdowns in five of their past eight games.
The Bills are ninth in the NFL in pressure rate (41.0%) over that span, but that is where Prescott has thrived.
Under pressure, Prescott is completing a league-high 63.9% of his passes for a league-high 8.4 yards per pass attempt. The league rates under pressure this season are a 49.3% completion rate for 6.1 Y/A.
Buffalo is also banged up even further coming into this weekend, looking to be without both Micah Hyde and A.J. Epenesa.
Jordan Love ($6,200 /$8,000)
Just when we were getting comfortable with Love as a stable fantasy option, he came out and had his worst game since early in the season on Monday Night against the Giants.
Despite the hiccup, we have regularly targeted Tampa Bay over the back half of the season for streaming.
The Bucs allowed a QB2 scoring week (25.4 points) to Desmond Ridder last week, which included 15.9 passing points.
Since their Week 5 bye, Tampa Bay has allowed a 65.7% completion rate (26th), 8.3 yards per pass attempt (31st), and 13 passing touchdowns (24th).
