5 XFL DFS Week 4 Core Plays
Week 4 of XFL football is upon us. Which means so is week 4 of XFL DFS. I am going to give you 5 core players to build around this week.
I play mostly cash games. So these will be cash game plays. But this week it seems that the decisions to play a lot of players will be the best bet for any type of contest.
Quarterback - Landry Jones - Dallas
It's no surprise that the Houston-Dallas game has the highest over under. Currently sitting at 50.5 points. The spread is only 2.5 so Vegas thinks this will be a shootout and I agree.
Jones has tossed for 305 and 274 yards in his two starts this season with 4 tds in those games. Houston is giving up the most through the air and the third most points through 3 weeks. Jones should feast and his $9800 price tag on Draft Kings is reasonable.
Wide Receiver - Kahlil Lewis - Houston
In a game like this you want a piece of both sides. Conventional wisdom would say to go with Cam Phillips. But Phillips simply isn't going to keep scoring 3 touchdowns every week and his pricetag on DK is $11,700 leaving you little room for anyone else of value.
Lewis is only $8900 and has seen his target increase from 5 in week 1 to 9 last week. I expect this to continue as teams are forced to try to stop Phillips. A yardage bump and a TD catch or 2 are coming for Lewis and this game is primed to be the one it happens in.
Defense - Wildcats - LA
Defense is pretty simple this week. There were 2 options as I see it. Either LA at $4500 or St. Louis at $5100. I'm always going to save a little of that salary cap if I can.
LA is the 8 point favorite in a game that features an over under of 39. In other words Vegas thinks NY will score about 15 points. That would actually be overachieving for them and I would still be ok with it. NY is starting the backup QB who is presumably worse that their number 1 option. This is the easiest decision I had to make this week.
Running Back - Lance Dunbar - Dallas
Dunbar has more or less split time with Cameron Artis-Payne. Dallas doesn't seem to be using either one in any specific roll. Neither seems to be a goal line back or a 3rd down back. They play an entire drive and do all the work.
Dunbar has appeared to be the better pass catching back however. With 5 catches on 6 targets in week 2 and 9 on 11 week 3 it seems Landry Jones likes to target him. Those catches add up fast. This is a sneaky way to get the correlation with Jones at QB without breaking the bank to do it.
Flex - Keenan Reynolds - Seattle
Seattle is 11.5 point underdogs. This should mean they are passing the ball a lot. Reynolds has 7, 8, and 7 targets so far this season. All he has to do is catch a couple more than he has been and he could easily smash his $7000 price tag.
The Core
QB - Landry Jones - 9800
RB - Lance Dunbar - 6700
WR - Kahlil Lewis - 8900
WR -
Flex - Keenan Reynolds - 7000
Flex -
Def - Wildcats - 4500
We have 13,100 remaining or 6550 per player leaving plenty of options.
I play mostly cash games. So these will be cash game plays. But this week it seems that the decisions to play a lot of players will be the best bet for any type of contest.
Quarterback - Landry Jones - Dallas
It's no surprise that the Houston-Dallas game has the highest over under. Currently sitting at 50.5 points. The spread is only 2.5 so Vegas thinks this will be a shootout and I agree.
Jones has tossed for 305 and 274 yards in his two starts this season with 4 tds in those games. Houston is giving up the most through the air and the third most points through 3 weeks. Jones should feast and his $9800 price tag on Draft Kings is reasonable.
Wide Receiver - Kahlil Lewis - Houston
In a game like this you want a piece of both sides. Conventional wisdom would say to go with Cam Phillips. But Phillips simply isn't going to keep scoring 3 touchdowns every week and his pricetag on DK is $11,700 leaving you little room for anyone else of value.
Lewis is only $8900 and has seen his target increase from 5 in week 1 to 9 last week. I expect this to continue as teams are forced to try to stop Phillips. A yardage bump and a TD catch or 2 are coming for Lewis and this game is primed to be the one it happens in.
Defense - Wildcats - LA
Defense is pretty simple this week. There were 2 options as I see it. Either LA at $4500 or St. Louis at $5100. I'm always going to save a little of that salary cap if I can.
LA is the 8 point favorite in a game that features an over under of 39. In other words Vegas thinks NY will score about 15 points. That would actually be overachieving for them and I would still be ok with it. NY is starting the backup QB who is presumably worse that their number 1 option. This is the easiest decision I had to make this week.
Running Back - Lance Dunbar - Dallas
Dunbar has more or less split time with Cameron Artis-Payne. Dallas doesn't seem to be using either one in any specific roll. Neither seems to be a goal line back or a 3rd down back. They play an entire drive and do all the work.
Dunbar has appeared to be the better pass catching back however. With 5 catches on 6 targets in week 2 and 9 on 11 week 3 it seems Landry Jones likes to target him. Those catches add up fast. This is a sneaky way to get the correlation with Jones at QB without breaking the bank to do it.
Flex - Keenan Reynolds - Seattle
Seattle is 11.5 point underdogs. This should mean they are passing the ball a lot. Reynolds has 7, 8, and 7 targets so far this season. All he has to do is catch a couple more than he has been and he could easily smash his $7000 price tag.
The Core
QB - Landry Jones - 9800
RB - Lance Dunbar - 6700
WR - Kahlil Lewis - 8900
WR -
Flex - Keenan Reynolds - 7000
Flex -
Def - Wildcats - 4500
We have 13,100 remaining or 6550 per player leaving plenty of options.
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