Top DraftKings Picks for Week 14

Andy Smith (a25smith) is here to walk you through the upcoming DraftKings slate. He will break down his favorite DFS picks at each position and will also lay out his strategy for how he is attacking the slate overall.

I’ll be filling in for Micah for the rest of the season, as he’s on newborn duty. Feel free to throw him a congrats in the Discord and then stay for injury monitoring and CFB DFS discussion. There are some injuries to monitor with CJ Baxter, the Georgia WRs and Brock Bowers, Jase McClellan, and the FSU QB position. Overall, this is a tougher slate due to it being Conference Championship Week. By and large, there are a lot of rock-solid defenses, but I do think there are some spots to lean in to, so let’s get to the breakdown.

College Football DFS Main Slate Breakdown: Top DraftKings Picks for Week 14

Quarterback

Core Plays

Jayden Maiava
$6,800

QB is tough this week, as there’s really just a big group all jumbled together, so it’s tough to separate and rank these guys. I’m just going to lean into the game environment here with the highest total on the slate and the fact that White is my favorite WR on the slate. Basically, I’m kind of building backwards and correlating Maiava with White. Maiava has been up and down, but you’re not going to find a sure thing at QB this week.

Boise is the worst pass defense on this slate, allowing 265 passing yards per game, and that’s including recent matchups against run-heavy teams in New Mexico, Wyoming, and Air Force. They also caught Utah State with a bunch of injuries at QB. Otherwise, teams have thrown it with success against this team, so I’ll take the easiest matchup on the slate and roll with Maiava as a cheaper QB option.

GPP Plays

Jalen Milroe
$9,000

It’s never fun recommending a QB against Georgia, but this Georgia defense hasn’t played at the same level as the previous two Georgia teams. It sounds like Alabama will be down their starting RB, McClellan, in this game, which could mean more work for Milroe in the running game. Alabama has started to really lean into him as a runner over the past month, as he had 20 carries against LSU and 18 carries against Auburn. The games against Chattanooga and Kentucky were out of hand early, so I’m not factoring those in too much (he still had 3 rushing TDs against Kentucky).

Haynes King had 2 rushing TDs last week against Georgia, and Georgia’s run defense has been average at best over their past 5 games. Florida averaged 4.4 YPC, Missouri averaged 4.4 YPC, Ole Miss averaged 4.0 YPC, Tennessee averaged 5.2 YPC, and Georgia Tech averaged 4.7 YPC.

Milroe is expensive, but I think we could see 40+ combined rushing and passing attempts by him, and he’s one of the few QBs on the slate with a big ceiling due to his rushing ability.

Quinn Ewers
$8,500

Ewers is overpriced by probably $1,500-$2,000 and hasn’t cracked 20 DK points since Week 5. I will say that’s quite the sell job by me as I write up Ewers as someone I’ll be rostering in GPPs.

However, as already noted, QB is bad on this slate, and I think along with UNLV, the Texas passing attack is one of the spots with a clear path to success. Ewers hasn’t shown it in a while, but he at least has 29 DK points 3 times this season. He’s not much a of a runner, so he’s going to need to throw for 300+ yards and 3+ TDs.

But the good news is that Oklahoma State has coughed up some big games just like that this season to QBs. The ISU QB threw for 348 yards and 3 TDs, Jason Bean threw for 410 yards and 5 TDs, Dillon Gabriel threw for 344 yards, and John Rhys Plumlee threw for 299 yards and 3 TDs. Outside of Gabriel, those aren’t guys who typically put up huge passing yardage numbers.

I also think there is some upside for Texas to keep their foot on the gas here, even if they are up by 3 scores, as there is incentive for style points in this spot. Texas won’t have the benefit of knowing the results of Alabama/Georgia, Michigan/Iowa, and Florida State/Louisville, so they’ll want to put on a show if Georgia, Michigan, and FSU all hold serve. Basically, even if Texas gets up 3 scores, I don’t think that necessarily means they go into a shell and start pounding the run.

Quarterback Summary

I only wrote up 3 QBs because it’s a tough QB slate, and I don’t think it’s a slate where you have to jam a QB in the Superflex. I think it’s okay to play a QB in Superflex and am not ruling those lineups out, but I am also not setting a rule in LineupHQ to play 2 QBs. As of Thursday night, when I run 150 lineups in LineupHQ without setting any rules, I’m getting only 119% cumulative QB ownership, which points to the weak QB options. The highest projected QB on the slate only checks in with 23 fantasy points, so it’s a jumbled mess, with 10 of the QBs projected between 15 and 19 points. There’s just not a lot separating these QBs from each other.

I like the upside for Milroe, as he’s one of the only true dual-threat QBs on the slate, and then I like the Texas pass catchers, so it makes some sense to grab some exposure to Ewers. The value QBs in the sub-$7,000 range in Joey Aguilar, Jayden Maiava, Taylen Green, Alan Bowman, and Gunnar Watson are close in my mind, and I’m not heavily convicted there. I’ll likely lean on correlation to my WRs and spread out exposure amongst that group more evenly hoping to hit on the right combo, and then I will condense my exposure at WR.

Taylen Green theoretically has the highest upside in that group, as he ripped off 3 games with over 100 rushing yards last year along with multiple rushing scores. The problem is that he hasn’t flashed that upside at all this season, lost his job for a while, and the priority on this offense seems very clearly to be getting the ball to the RBs (Holani and Jeanty). It is a good matchup, so I’ll have some exposure, but I think you’ll need him to start pulling it more on some zone reads to provide a big rushing day.

Running Back

Core Plays

Kimani Vidal
$7,000

App. State has the worst season-long rushing defense on this slate, allowing 4.9 YPC (111th), and Vidal checks in with a reasonable $7,000 price tag. His volume can be a bit up and down, as he can range anywhere from 15 carries all the way up to 27 or 28 carries. His volume did tick up in closer games against ULL and in a rivalry game against South Alabama, so given that a conference championship is on the line, I’m expecting more in the 20-carry range.

App State has allowed some big games against RBs this season, as Omarion Hampton and Frank Gore both ran for over 230 yards against this defense, Waylee (Wyoming) ran for 156 yards, ULM ran for 203 yards, and Coastal Carolina ran for 196 yards. The one concern I have here is that since the Frank Gore explosion, App. State has picked it up against the run, as they’ve held down quality Sun Belt rushing attacks in Marshall, Georgia State, and JMU.

If you’re looking to play the fade here at high pOWN% in GPPs, then that’s the angle, as the App. State run defense has improved over the course of the season. However, Vidal is a quality back with the upside to grab over 25 carries against a run defense that has struggled at times this season, so in cash games, I can’t pass that up.

Makhi Hughes
$6,400

With this being conference championship week, we get a bunch of good rushing defenses, so there aren’t any easy spots to attack like we’ve been accustomed to. SMU is one of those solid run defenses, as they’ve allowed just 3.4 YPC, so this play is really about volume.

Tulane is really starting to lean on Hughes, as he has at least 21 carries in 4 of his last 5 games. SMU is down their starting QB, so I don’t think they’ll be able to push the pace of play and play from way ahead, which would allow Tulane to just continue to pound Hughes. Tulane already leans toward the run, and SMU also features one of the better pass rushes in all of CFB, with 3.3 sacks per game (7th), which is another reason Tulane should continue to be run-heavy.

Overall, I’m expecting a ton of volume here for Hughes against a team starting their backup QB. I’ll lean into that volume in cash games at just $6,400, but given the tough matchup and his lack of usage in the pass game, I don’t think he’s a lock in GPPs.

GPP Plays

Trey Benson
$6,900

With FSU down Jordan Travis, Benson finally saw a volume spike last week, with a season-high 19 carries, which he turned into 3 TDs against a bad Florida defense. The matchup is much tougher this time around against a good Louisville rush defense. However, unless they fall way behind, I would expect FSU to lean on Benson again in this one with their backup QB, Rodemaker, under center.

This has been a stingy Louisville run defense this season, including shutting down Audric Estime, but they have shown some recent cracks. Over their past 2 games, Fletcher for Miami had 17/126/2, and then last week, Ray Davis had 14/76/1 rushing and added 4/51/2 receiving. Given that almost all of the RBs have tough matchups, I’ll take shots in GPPs with Benson and his added volume.

Ashton Jeanty and George Holani
$8,000 and $6,300

I’m taking the easy way out and including both of the Boise State RBs because I do think both make for good GPP plays, and I will have exposure to both. Boise State is 7th nationally in rushing yards per game (214.4), and they have really amped up their rushing volume down the stretch, becoming a very run-heavy team.

Ignoring the non-conference games against Bryant and Michigan, UNLV has faced a lot of poor rushing offenses, in Vanderbilt (127th), Hawaii (131st), CSU (123rd), Fresno State (116th), and UTEP (97th). Wyoming is middling at just 65th. That leaves just 3 other opponents who have been solid rushing offenses, in New Mexico (25th), Air Force (2nd), and San Jose State (33rd). Those happen to be 3 of their last 4 opponents. UNLV held up okay against New Mexico, allowing 166 rushing yards, while Air Force went over their season average, with 344 rushing yards and 5.5 YPC. San Jose piled up 233 rushing yards, including a 19/165/2 line from their RB.

I think it’s a good spot for the Boise running game, but what makes this spot difficult is the presence of both Holani and Jeanty, as it’s tough to decide which one to target. Holani has been getting slightly more work in the running game recently, while Jeanty gets more in the passing game and is the big-play threat. Holani put up GPP-winning upside in Week 12, whereas it was Jeanty in Week 13. I’m looking to get exposure to both RBs in GPPs, but I will look to max one in GPPs given Jeanty’s high price tag.

Roydell Williams
$4,000

I’m currently working under the assumption that Jase McClellan will be out against Georgia, but be sure double check prior to kickoff on Saturday.

Assuming McClellan is out, I think Roydell becomes a viable value option on a tough slate. For the previous two seasons, I avoided running backs against Georgia at all costs, but that has not been the case this season. They are just middle of the pack against the run, and each of the last 5 running backs they have faced ran for at least 80 yards.

Roydell has TDs in 3 of his last 4 games, so he was getting red-zone usage even with McClellan active. And if he goes for 80 yards and a TD here, then I’ll gladly take that at $4,000 on what looks like a lower-scoring slate. I don’t think Alabama would get their RB4 into the mix in such a huge game, so if McClellan does miss, then I think there is some volume safety here with Roydell as RB1 and Jam Miller as the only other RB in the mix.

Running Back Summary

In terms of rushing defenses and yards per carry allowed, this slate features 8 teams ranked in the top 30 nationally in yards per carry (YPC) allowed, in Texas (2.9), Tulane (3.0), Michigan (3.1), Iowa (3.1), Troy (3.1), Louisville (3.1), SMU (3.4), and Miami Ohio (3.6). Alabama (3.8), FSU (3.9), Georgia (3.9), and Toledo (3.9) each also allow under 4.0 YPC, so it is tough sledding for most of the RBs on this slate. The upside is that there are plenty of RBs on this slate that are locked into quality volume, so it’s not a slate filled with a bunch of guys in a committee.

Beyond the guys I mentioned, there are still plenty of big names, in Ollie Gordon, Cedric Baxter, Blake Corum, Peny Boone, and Jawhar Jordan, with Gordon and Baxter particularly looming as big decision points. Gordon has been the best RB in the country and has ripped off 44 and 54 DK points in his last 2 games despite not being 100%. However, this is by far his toughest matchup against a Texas run defense that allows under 3.0 YPC. At $9,000, I can’t prioritize Gordon in cash games, and he won’t be one of my highest-owned RBs. However, Oklahoma State is going to try to feed him 30 touches, which always keeps him GPP-viable. The game script points towards Texas playing from ahead, but Oklahoma State has shown they will get Ollie involved in the pass game, with 9 receptions over his past 2 games. All in all, I’ll grab some shares in GPPs, but I won’t have heavy exposure.

CJ Baxter is the more interesting conundrum and one of the biggest decision points on the slate at just $5,600 against an Oklahoma State defense allowing 4.6 YPC. The problem for me is that Baxter’s status is a little murky, as he was limited last game with an injury. I do think he’ll definitely play in this spot, but I do have some questions regarding his volume, as he seems to have been banged up the entire season. He did have a big workload against ISU, so assuming he looks good, I think he’d be cash-viable, and he’s currently showing up as optimal in 4-RB builds. I do like the Texas passing attack, and given the fact that Baxter is probably not 100%, I do like going underweight in GPPs and tilting ownership towards the Texas passing game.

I haven’t talked much about the MAC Championship game, as I’m not overly interested. Both Toledo and Miami Ohio have been rock solid defensively, and the game features a low 44.5 total. When the two teams met earlier in the season, it was a low-scoring 21-17 Toledo win. In a close, low-scoring game, there is still upside for the RBs to rack up volume though. Peny Boone encouragingly had 21 carries in the regular season finale, and his touches have seemed to be higher in closer games. I wouldn’t call him a priority for me, but I don’t mind him, and he’s just another of those RBs that you can throw into the GPP mix that has volume potential but a bad matchup.

Jawhar Jordan’s workload has taken a hit due to health down the stretch, but the 20 touches against Kentucky in his last game was encouraging. He’s shown the ability to have big games against quality defenses in Duke and Notre Dame, so I think he’s another guy that is GPP-viable. As far as Corum goes, I have big concerns about whether Iowa can make this one competitive, and I worry about Corum’s volume. He was injured for the playoffs last season, so if the Iowa offense can’t move the ball at all (which is what is expected), I worry about Corum’s volume in the 2nd half.

Wide Receiver

Core Plays

Ricky White
$6,700

White checks in with the highest projected ownership on the slate, but he also projects as the top overall raw points player regardless of position and is just $6,700. I think he’s the best play on the slate, so I’m eating the chalk and will differentiate elsewhere.

Boise State is 119th nationally in passing yards allowed per game (265.1), so this is a secondary to attack. They have allowed a WR to go over 100 receiving yards in 6 of their 12 games, and most of those WRs have played on the outside. White lines up on the outside, and UNLV just feeds him targets. He has 115 targets on the season (next closest on the team is De Jesus with 62), and starting from Week 1, his target breakdown is as follows: 5, 6, 17, 11, 6, 8, 12, 9, 9, 12, 10, and 10. Week 1 was a blowout win vs. Bryant, and Week 2 was a blowout loss against Michigan, so those two floor games are easily explainable.

Everything seems to line up here as an alpha WR that gets fed targets who is matched up against a bad secondary.

Xavier Worthy
$6,200

I really like the Texas wide receivers in this spot against an Oklahoma State secondary that allows 249.6 passing yards per game (103rd). In particular, Oklahoma State gives up a ton of big plays on defense and allows 14.6 yards per catch, which is 129th out of 133 teams. Against this defense, ASU hit a 65-yard TD pass, South Alabama had a 57-yard TD pass, ISU had a 38-yard TD pass, Kansas had 4 TD receptions of over 40 yards, West Virginia had a 45-yard TD pass, UCF had a 75-yard TD pass (as well as a 92-yard run), and UH had a 60-yard TD pass.

Texas has a ton of speed at WR, so I’m banking on one of these WRs to continue this trend and hit at least one long passing play in this game. Worthy was banged up against Texas Tech in the 1st half but returned in the 2nd half, so I’m assuming he’s good to go. He leads Texas in targets with 103 on the season and is a definite down-the-field threat, so I love the upside in this spot and will be overweight on Texas WRs, including Worthy.

Brennan Presley
$5,500

Presley is on an absolute tear right now, and Oklahoma State is just feeding him targets, with 19 and 14 in his last 2 games. He was quietly a solid option prior to the last 2 games, as he had 12, 10, 6, 9, and 9 targets over the previous 5 games. The Texas pass defense is the weaker part of their defense, and game script also points towards Oklahoma State having to throw the ball more in this one. At $5,500, his price just hasn’t moved enough given his recent usage, and he’s one of the 4 WRs on the slate who I think are cash game viable.

Jabre Barber
$4,400

Barber is only $4,400 and pops as the top points-per-dollar option at the WR position. He operates out of the slot and leads Troy in targets by a wide margin, with 93 targets on the season, and he has at least 7 targets in 9 of his 12 games. He’s just too cheap at $4,400, and this App. State defense is one of the weaker defenses on the slate. They’ve allowed 2 WRs from Coastal Carolina to go over 100 receiving yards, allowed 10 receptions for 141 yards to the Southern Mississippi slot WR, 8 receptions for 128 yards to Sarratt of JMU, and 10 receptions for 95 yards and a TD to the Georgia Southern slot WR.

GPP Plays

Adonai Mitchell
$5,700

Mitchell is only $500 cheaper than Worthy and has 30 less targets on the season, which is going to lead to a massive gap in ownership between the two. I obviously like Worthy, but I just love this Texas WR group in general, and Mitchell is projecting for well under 10% ownership. So I like the pivot to Mitchell in GPPs or going with the Worthy/Mitchell double stack and fading the Texas running game. Mitchell is very up and down, as evidenced by his game logs, but he’s also flashed GPP-winning upside with big games against KU, KSU, and Alabama.

Brock Bowers
$7,400

This play is definitely risky and GPP-only, as his health is certainly up in the air. There’s a chance he is limited or even a late scratch. Last week, he came out for warmups and then wasn’t announced as out until after lock. Georgia also predictably isn’t giving us a whole lot of info, although Kirby Smart actually seems to be playing up the injury. That all could be coach-speak, and the Georgia message boards seem to think he’ll play.

He’s one of the few options on this slate that can really go off, and his injury status will keep him low owned. The matchup with Alabama is certainly not ideal, but the Alabama secondary can be susceptible. They allowed 114 receiving yards to the best TE they faced in Sanders (Texas), and interior WRs in Malik Nabers (10/171/1) and Squirrel White (10/111/1) had big days against this secondary. I think the middle of this Alabama pass defense can be had, with the primary question for me being how healthy Bowers is.

I certainly wouldn’t go crazy here and wouldn’t risk him in a high-entry-fee GPP. But in the smaller $6 and $20 GPPs, I’ll get some exposure and look to pair him with Milroe from Alabama, hoping for some points in this one.

Rashod Owens
$4,800

Brennan Presley is on a roll right now and being fed targets, so ownership looks to be flocking towards him, as he’s approaching 40% ownership. That leaves Owens completely forgotten at a currently projected 5% ownership. I certainly don’t mind Presley and think he’s a great cash game play, but I think the ownership discrepancy between Presley and Owens is too large in GPPs.

It was only a few weeks ago that Owens was actually the more popular option between the two, as he was coming off games of 15 and 11 targets. At 5% pOWN%, he’s flashed some volume upside, provides leverage of Presley, and Texas has recently coughed up 100-yard receiving days to Savion Williams of TCU and Higgins of ISU, who are both outside WRs like Owens.

Wide Receiver Summary

I think there is a very clear-cut top 4 WRs, in White, Presley, Barber, and Worthy and then a pretty solid drop-off from there. In particular, I like the WRs for Texas, and with the Texas secondary being the weaker part of their defense, I like the opportunity for a bring-back with the Oklahoma State WRs. Even beyond Worthy and Presley, I think the secondary pass catchers in the Texas/OSU game are interesting. I’ll be getting exposure to them in lineups where I don’t have Worthy/Presley or am looking to double stack. For Texas, the next best option is Mitchell, but I’ll also have a few shares of Sanders and Whittington in GPPs. I just think the passing game is in a great spot. For Oklahoma State, my preferred option is Owens, but Leon Johnson III would also be viable.

The other Troy WR, Chris Lewis, is also very cheap and a viable option. He’s actually averaging more fantasy points than Barber on the season, as he’s a big-play threat that is scoring TDs at a high clip. I personally will take the target safety with Barber, as I don’t trust Lewis’ TD efficiency, but Lewis is certainly GPP-viable at only $4,700, as he just needs one big play.

As noted, I’m keeping my WR pool more condensed. I think Jamari Thrash and Chris Brazzell II are solid options beyond those mentioned. Thrash dealt with some injuries in the middle-to-late part of the season, but he certainly flashed upside at the beginning of the season. The matchup is not ideal, but he’s projected at under 10% ownership, so I think taking GPP shots there is viable. Brazzell has really stepped up with the Tulane injuries at WR. Keys is out again, while Jackson is expected to return, but I’ve seen some mention/questions as to how healthy Jackson actually will be. Brazzell has excelled over the last 2 games in their absence. I think the SMU pass rush is very good, but the SMU corners are beatable if the Tulane offensive line can give Pratt some time.

For FSU, Keon Coleman and Johnny Wilson are both very cheap and extremely talented. I also think this Louisville secondary may be overrated, as they’ve faced a lot of run-heavy teams and the better passing teams like Virginia and Miami both threw for 300+ yards. The problem here is that not only is Jordan Travis out, but now there are unconfirmed whispers that Rodemaker is questionable, as he took a bit hit against Florida. I’d be willing to take some shots on the talent of Coleman and Wilson if Rodemaker is fine, but it becomes more questionable if FSU gets down to QB3. Additionally, this is the last game of the day along with Michigan/Iowa, which is not an attractive DFS game, so there are not many available swaps in their price range if it turns out FSU is down to QB3. If there is positive news on Rodemaker, then I’ll be more willing to take some GPP shots.

That swap discussion for Wilson/Coleman leads me to the gross spot that I’ll get a little exposure to in large-field GPPs but definitely wouldn’t recommend going heavy. It’s the Michigan passing attack (vomit). The most likely outcome here is Michigan just pounds the run a million times. I hate myself and you dislike me for wasting your time with this paragraph. However, Iowa has faced not only a laughable schedule but also a schedule featuring a lot of teams that really can’t throw a forward pass. The teams that they faced that could somewhat throw a forward pass all produced a viable option at WR. Vaughn for Utah State had 12/93/1, Higgins for Iowa State had 8/95/1, Lambert-Smith for Penn State had 8/66/1, Sheffield for Purdue had 6/93/1, Jackson for Minnesota had 7/101, and Williams for Illinois had 8/105. The Michigan TE, Loveland, and outside WR, Roman Wilson, will basically carry no ownership, so it won’t take much to be above the field. I’ll reluctantly have some shares. Jermaine Burton and Kaedin Robinson are also fine options that I don’t necessarily have a strong take on.

Slate Attack Plan

When looking at this slate from a macro perspective, I think there are a few major takeaways. The first is that QB is tough, which is reflected in so many of these guys carrying close projections and no QB above 23 DK points. I do have some leans, in Maiava, Milroe, and Ewers, but I’m not convicted, and I’ll spread exposure at QB in GPPs more than I typically do. I do think it makes sense to really lean into correlation with your WRs. With the exception of Milroe, Aveon Smith, and Taylen Green, there aren’t any QBs I’d be looking to play naked. And I’ll hope that if my WRs hit, then they can carry the QB, as these QBs just don’t have the upside we are accustomed to. That’s typically not always the case in CFB DFS, as we usually get plenty of high-upside dual-threat QBs. But on this slate in particular, that’s not the case, and I’d be looking to pair my QB/WR very heavily.

At RB, Hughes, Vidal, and Baxter are projecting as heavy chalk. I agree with that in cash games, but I do have some concerns with Baxter’s volume upside, and the matchups for Hughes and Vidal aren’t layups. There are a bunch of RBs with strong volume, but most of them also have tough matchups. Given that most of these options have tough matchups, I think it’s a slate where you can get different in GPPs, as TD variance could be the big difference. I like mixing in the Boise backs, Benson, Jordan, and saving some with Roydell Williams over Baxter in GPPs.

WR, I think, is more clear cut, and I’ll really lean into the Texas passing game heavily. I’m more likely to eat ownership at WR, as I think the chalk options in White, Presley, Barber, and Worthy are all very strong options against beatable pass defenses. I do think the likely ownership gap between Worthy and Mitchell, as well as Presley and Owens, makes the pivots to the WR2 in that game attractive for GPPs. I’ll have a few WRs that I mix in as WR3 or flex options, but for the most part, my WR pool will be condensed, with my main GPP strategy being small pivots from Worthy to Mitchell or Presley to Owens. Typically, I’m more condensed at QB and RB and spread out more at WR, but given this slate dynamic, I’m flipped this week, as I’m more condensed at WR.

FanDuel Notes

QB

QB is still a jumbled mess, but there are some big price differences. I still like Milroe, Ewers, and Maiava, but Aguilar falls off my list, as he’s way too expensive. I won’t have much exposure to Carson Beck and Aveon Smith on DK, as I prefer other options in their price range, but I will get exposure to them on FD. Beck is over $1,000 cheaper than Milroe/Ewers on FD, whereas he’s priced right alongside them on DK. Smith is priced well below the other QBs as a pure punt on FD, at just $6,500. I don’t like that game at all, but I also don’t like QB on this slate, so it makes sense to just punt it in some lineups with Smith.

RB

My RB thoughts are mostly the same as on DK, but it is much tougher to get to Jeanty at $11,500. That should make him low owned in GPPs, but $11,500 is a steep price for a RB in a timeshare. I still really like Vidal, Hughes, and Benson, while Baxter is again cheap, assuming he’s fully healthy. If you’re looking to punt, then Roydell Williams is just $5,800.

WR

At WR, I’m still in on White, the Texas WRs, and the Oklahoma State WRs. However, the big difference is the Troy WRs are not priced down, so they fall down the pecking order for me on FD. Isaiah Bond is very cheap on FD, as is Sanders and Loveland, so those are a few punt options I’ll consider at WR3 if I need salary relief.

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Andy Smith (a25smith) is here to walk you through the upcoming DraftKings slate. He will break down his favorite DFS picks at each position and will also lay out his strategy for how he is attacking the slate overall.

I’ll be filling in for Micah for the rest of the season, as he’s on newborn duty. Feel free to throw him a congrats in the Discord and then stay for injury monitoring and CFB DFS discussion. There are some injuries to monitor with CJ Baxter, the Georgia WRs and Brock Bowers, Jase McClellan, and the FSU QB position. Overall, this is a tougher slate due to it being Conference Championship Week. By and large, there are a lot of rock-solid defenses, but I do think there are some spots to lean in to, so let’s get to the breakdown.

QB is tough this week, as there’s really just a big group all jumbled together, so it’s tough to separate and rank these guys. I’m just going to lean into the game environment here with the highest total on the slate and the fact that White is my favorite WR on the slate. Basically, I’m kind of building backwards and correlating Maiava with White. Maiava has been up and down, but you’re not going to find a sure thing at QB this week.

Boise is the worst pass defense on this slate, allowing 265 passing yards per game, and that’s including recent matchups against run-heavy teams in New Mexico, Wyoming, and Air Force. They also caught Utah State with a bunch of injuries at QB. Otherwise, teams have thrown it with success against this team, so I’ll take the easiest matchup on the slate and roll with Maiava as a cheaper QB option.

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