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Week 5 DraftKings Cash & Tournament Plays

Michael Thomas' price has dropped significantly since Weeks 2 and 3
($8,000 and $7,400, respectively), but, let's not forget, people, he's
still Michael Thomas. He's going to go overlooked in GPPs this week,
which means ... FIRE HIM UP! 

Tournaments are the best, aren't they?

They're far more fun when it comes to lineup building, projecting ownership and taking shots on some of the guys who you know have immense upside.

Obviously, it's my preferred style of DFS play, despite my gills coming out in full force and fishing my way out of my Week 4 run at winning a GPP.

That's the glory of DFS. If you make a mistake in any given week, it's not reflected in the slates or weeks to follow. Unlike seasonal fantasy football, where one bad decision or trade can send your season into a tailspin.

Thankfully, no blunders have been made in any season-long leagues I play in ... yet.

But you didn't come here for season-long talk. You came for the goods.

My initial tournament builds this week all but led me back to Houston, which definitely didn't pan out a week ago. I figured with the dud games put up by Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller, the DFS community as a whole would begin to sour on them. Or at least not gravitate to them like they have.

According to some ownership projections, the top two WRs projected to garner the most ownership on DraftKings in Week 5 ... Hopkins AND Fuller. Teammates. As the highest owned receivers on the slate.

You can't make this stuff up, folks.

I've been playing DFS long enough to know you should love guys like Fuller in GPPs because of the big-boom play upside, especially when the price is low and we've seen him just miss on yolo-ball catches for long TDs on numerous occasions.

I also have been around the DFS block enough to know this: jump ship when the big-boom play guy becomes chalk.

That's what has happened this week.

Now, I'm not recommending you take away all shares of your Texans. They are playing in the highest over/under game (50 O/U) of the week against Atlanta. But, if you're looking to put yourself in a position to differentiate your lineups, you're likely going to have to find a way to be extremely contrarian WITHIN that game, or find another game in general you can see being a sneaky shootout that will carry far less ownership.

Cash Plays

QB

Carson Wentz $6,100
Philip Rivers $5,800
Andy Dalton $5,700

RB

Christian McCaffrey $8,700
David Johnson $7,500
James Conner $6,200
Aaron Jones $5,900
Sony Michel $5,500

WR

Julio Jones $7,700
Keenan Allen $7,300
Michael Thomas $6,600
Larry Fitzgerald $6,000
Mohamed Sanu $4,200
Auden Tate $3,500

TE

Zach Ertz $6,000
Jimmy Graham $4,300
Tyler Eifert $3,300

DST

Patriots $4,300
Bears $3,800
Vikings $3,200
Titans $3,000

Lamar Jackson comes in as the top-priced QB
on the Week 5 slate. With projected ownership
being high on Deshaun Watson, now seems to
be the time to get Jackson in a low-owned spot.
Bonus: I think this Ravens-Steelers game could
be a sneaky shootout. 


Tournament Plays

QB

Lamar Jackson $7,100
Deshaun Watson $6,800
Matt Ryan $5,900
Kirk Cousins $5,300

RB

Alvin Kamara $8,600
Dalvin Cook $8,400
Ezekiel Elliott $8,300
Leonard Fournette $6,400
Mark Ingram $6,300

WR

Amari Cooper $6,800
Adam Thielen $6,700
JuJu Smith-Schuster $6,400
Josh Gordon $6,100
Alshon Jeffery $5,900
Marquise Brown $5,700
Calvin Ridley $4,900
Diontae Johnson $4,400
Javon Wims $3,500
Keke Coutee $3,400

TE

Evan Engram $5,800
Darren Waller $5,000
O.J. Howard $3,900
Cameron Brate $3,000

DST

Saints $3,400
Cardinals $2,900
Bengals $2,500

Likely High-Owned Players (in GPPs)

QB

Deshaun Watson
Kyler Murray
Andy Dalton

RB

Christian McCaffrey
David Johnson
Joe Mixon

WR

DeAndre Hopkins
Julio Jones
Tyler Boyd
Will Fuller

TE

Mark Andrews
Austin Hooper
Tyler Eifert

DST

Patriots
Eagles
Chargers
Panthers

-- By Nathan Joyce

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