Week 18 DFS Picks: Tournament Plays

Every week, I will go through the players I am targeting to play in DFS for all games, tournaments, and game stacks.

The idea is that this will paint a clearer picture of framing lineups.

Week 18 DFS Picks
Core Plays
Tournament Picks
Team & Game Stacks

It is not that 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 are just the players that come with some element of inherent risk, but they also 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.

Quarterback

Caleb Williams ($7,800/$5,900)

Williams has thrown multiple touchdown passes in four straight games and in five of his past six.

He has scored 21 and 23 fantasy points the past two weeks.

Playing for the No. 2 seed in the NFC, Chicago and Ben Johnson surely will have retribution for the early-season loss to Detroit on their minds when they were stomped 52-21 for their most embarrassing loss of the season.

Over their past eight games, Detroit has allowed 236.0 passing yards per game (24th), 7.9 yards per pass attempt (27th), and a 5% touchdown rate (21st).

Jaxson Dart ($7,100/$5,700)

We have seen that the Giants will still let Dart be himself when the matchups align to close out the season, while operating with a more conservative approach in tougher spots (against New England and Minnesota).

Since Mike Kafka has taken over, Dart has thrown the ball 30 times against the Raiders and 36 times against the Commanders.

Against the Raiders, Dart rushed 9 times for 48 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Against the Commanders, Dart rushed 9 times for 63 yards.

This is another one of those lighter matchups.

Dallas has allowed the most passing points (18.5) and the most rushing points (5.3) per game to quarterbacks.

Bo Nix ($7,200/$6,200)

Nix has had an uneven season, and the Chargers have a stellar pass defense.

But Los Angeles is already resting Justin Herbert, so they could also be sitting or resting core pieces on the defensive side in the game.

Denver was in a similar spot last season, needing a Week 18 win to make the postseason while facing a Kansas City team resting several defensive players.

In that game, Nix scored 33.5 fantasy points against the reserves, completing 26 of 29 passes for 321 yards and 4 touchdowns.