Week 15 DFS Academy Recap

Welcome to Week 15! Below, you’ll find a quick recap of our most recent DFS Academy podcast with a list of our picks, our favorite props, and a replay of the show, just in case you missed it.

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Recap of DFS Academy for Week 15

Top of the Class

Players that are priced $8,000 or more who we are targeting in Cash Games (Austin) and Tournaments (Kelly)

• Austin
  • Podcast Exclusive: Christian McCaffrey (DraftKings: $9,300 / FanDuel: $10,500)
    • Remember how we used to pick on the Arizona Cardinals defense?
    • Week 4: CMC went 20-106-3, 7-71-1, 51.7 DraftKings points
• Kelly
  • I don’t have anyone this week about $8K that I’ll be playing.

Band Nerds 

Mid-tier players priced between $6,000 and $8,000 who we are targeting in Cash Games (Austin) and Tournaments (Kelly)

• Austin
  • Bijan Robinson (DraftKings: $6,800 / FanDuel: $8,600)
    • Carolina panthers baby
    • Efficient af
    • Tied for the third most rushes over 10+ yards 
  • Cooper Kupp (DraftKings: $7,800 / FanDuel: $8,200)
    • 8-115-1 last week
    • Commanders secondary is meh. Fast-paced game.
• Kelly
  • Puka Nacua ($7.3K DraftKings / $8.0K FanDuel) 
    • leads all rookies with 82 receptions, the third most by a player in their first 13 games in NFL history. 
    • projected for 15.7 fantasy points on DraftKings and 13 on FanDuel.
    • projected rostership at 9%(low to mid)
  • Sam Howell ($6.3K DraftKings / $7.7K FanDuel) 
    • could be his fourth game in a row with a rushing touchdown and his fourth in a row on the road with 300 or more passing yards. 
    • projected to bring 17 fantasy points on both DK and FD.
    • projected for the highest QB rostership at 12%

Bookworms 

Value plays priced between $4,000 and $6,000 we are targeting in Cash Games (Austin) and Tournaments (Kelly)

• Austin
  • Jayden Reed (DraftKings: $4,900 / FanDuel: $6,100)
    • 10 targets last week
    • No Luke Musgrave, Christian Watson, and Dontavion Wicks may be out.
    • Tampa Bay defense
  • Ezekiel Elliot (DraftKings: $5,800 / FanDuel: $6,500)
    • 20 touches?!
    • They cut Ty Montgomery
    • Kansas City has been challenging against the run, but I’m targeting the volume

• Kelly
  • Jerome Ford ($5.5K DraftKings / $6.4K FanDuel) 
    • could be his fourth game in a row with 50 or more scrimmage yards
    • projected for 11.5 on DrafKings and 10 fantasy points on FanDuel
    • low-mid rostership projected for 7%
  • Curtis Samuel ($4.6K DraftKings / $6.3K FanDuel) 
    • third game in a row with 65 or more receiving yards against a
    • mediocre Rams defense 
    • 10 FPPG on DraftKings and 8 on FanDuel
    • low rostership projected at 5%

C’s get Degrees 

Punt players of the week (less than $4,000) in Cash Games (Austin) and Tournaments (Kelly)

• Austin
  • • Tucker Kraft (DraftKings: $3,000 / FanDuel: $4,700)
      • See also, everything I said about Jayden Reed
    • New York Giants (DraftKings: $2,700 / FanDuel: $3,500)
• Kelly
  • Tucker Kraft ($3.0K DraftKings / $4.7K FanDuel) 11% (mid)
    • projected for 6 fantasy points on DraftKings and 5 on FanDuel
  • Houston Texans ($3.4K DraftKings / $3.9K FanDuel)
    • you could do just as well with similarly priced Browns
    • since the show recorded, the Packers have floated to the top a bit and I’m taking a second look

Prop Quiz

Our favorite prop bets of the week, brought to you by Betstamp!

• Austin
  • Last week went 3 of 5, bringing me to 40 of 77 (52%) on the year
  • Picks
    • Russel Wilson over 215.5 passing yards (Underdog)
    • Rachaad White over 18.5 rushing attempts (Underdog)
    • Tucker Kraft over 34.5 receiving yards (Underdog)
    • Bijan Robinson over 62.5 rushing yards (Underdog)
    • Chig Okonkwo over 31.5 receiving yards (Underdog)
• Kelly
  • Underdog
    • Sam Howell – Spicy bet .5 rushing or rec TD
    • OR Sam Howell- Higher 269.5 passing yards (typically over 300)
    • Curtis Samuel Higer 58.5 rec yards (usually 65+)
    • Jerome Ford Higher 46.5 rushing yards (usually 50+)
    • Rashee Rice– Higher than 5.5 receptions (on a 7+ streak)
    • Deebo Samuel – Higher than 75.5 rushing + receiving yards (on a 90+ streak)

Replay of Week 15 DFS Academy

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You can find Club Fantasy’s Week 15 rankings here and the rest of our Week 15 content here!

And don’t forget to check out Austin’s A-List for his favorite Cash plays of the week and our Week 15 DFS Matchup Report before you submit those lineups!