Now that we have a full week of NFL football behind us, we are learning and improving our decision making with each week. As always, below are some of the key cash game plays that I have identified for the upcoming main slate. It is important you understand the reasoning behind each play so if you have any questions be sure to hit me up in the premium discord chat!

 To make things easier for you all, we are going to have site specific cash game content and the links will be posted here at the top to easily navigate between the different platforms. While some of the content in each article may overlap, there will be different plays for each site depending on price.

DraftKings Cash Game Article

QB

Josh Allen 7.5K – Primary Option

For basically all of the same reasons I wrote up Josh Allen as a potential cash game play last week, he is my top cash game QB for Week 2. After exceeding salary expectations last week, he somehow got a price reduction by $300 this week despite what is arguably a better matchup at the New York Giants. In what projects to be a close game, we could very likely see the upside of Allen this week and his ownership won’t be nearly as high as it should be because it never is with Josh Allen.

Derek Carr 6.6K – Secondary Option

I wouldn’t fault anyone for having Carr as their top QB in cash this week on Fanduel. Not only is he crazy cheap as the 20th priced QB on the slate but he has finished as a top five fantasy QB the last two home games he has played Kansas City. If the Raiders are going to even remotely keep this game close then they are going to have to air it out so you can do much worse than Carr.

RB

Alvin Kamara 8.2K  – Primary Option

Kamara is always a great play with his massive volume in the passing game but there is even more reasoning to be high on him this week. For starters, the Los Angeles Rams just got absolutely torched by Christian McCaffrey in Week 1 and the Saints generally use Kamara in the same fashion. Additionally, this is tied for the highest over/under on the main slate and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it close as the highest. Lastly, Kamara played on Monday night and salaries for the next main slate do not factor in Monday night performance so we are getting additional value on the price as well. He is an even stronger play on DraftKings this week but still one of the top projected running backs on Fanduel as well.

Chris Thompson 5.3K – Secondary Option

This one may surprise some people as Thompson is primarily a PPR play but he should see enough volume to pay off the cheap price even with Fanduel’s half point PPR scoring. He saw 10 targets last week against the Eagles and with Guice likely to miss, there is little reason to expect Thompsons touches to decrease while playing from behind against Dallas. I like him in tournaments as well as he will be much lower on Fanduel due to the scoring.

WR

Tyrell Williams 5.9K – Primary Option

This one should be a no-brainer. Williams balled out on Monday night for over 100 yards receiving and a touchdown. He is another prime example of how we can use the failure to factor in Monday’s performance into the next slate’s pricing. To make things even juicier for Williams, he gets to face a KC defense that was bottom four in the NFL in fantasy points allowed to WRs. We know the Raiders are going to be playing catch up which should mean that Williams and Waller are going to be very busy on Sunday. For his price, he is a free square in cash games.

Tyler Boyd 6.3K – Secondary Option

Tyler Boyd saw 11 targets last week but his involvement was overshadowed by John Ross big game. Boyd is actually cheaper on Fanduel than on DraftKings and is $100 cheaper than John Ross which is pretty crazy. The Bengals had the highest adjusted pass rate in Week 1 and if Mixon is unable to play then they will only be passing more as I stated earlier. If Boyd got in the box last week then I think he would be getting a lot more buzz this week and in what should be a fast-paced game against SF, a double digit target projection is accurate once again.

TE

Darren Waller 5.4K – Primary Option

Waller is in the same boat as Tyrell Williams as being way too cheap after the type of usage that he is getting in this offense. He played 100% of the snaps in Week 1 which led to a 7-70 line on eight targets. He now gets a great matchup against Kansas City in a game with the highest over/under on the main slate. There isn’t much more that needs to be said if saving salary at the position.

Evan Engram 6.4K – Secondary Option

Evan Engram was one of my top tournament plays last week and my mistake was not seeing the expected volume as a cash game play. I’m not making that mistake this week on Fanduel as Engram is still too cheap. The matchup against Buffalo isn’t ideal but he saw 14 targets last week and Shepard is now in concussion protocol. It is safe to project him for double digit targets again in this one.

D/ST

Denver Broncos 4.5K  – Primary option

The Broncos price stuck out to me on Fanduel even after their lackluster performance against the Raiders on Monday night where they failed to get any sacks or turnovers. That being said, they now come back to mile high stadium and I expect them to be much better at home against Mitch Trubisky who took five sacks last week and has questionable decision making to say the least.

Tennessee Titans 4.6K – Secondary Option

The Titans defense balled out last week against the Cleveland Browns. Part of that I think was fluky but the other part of that is that they are a good defense. They generated five sacks and multiple turnovers and now get to face Jacoby Brissett offense.