Cracking FanDuel Week 13

Sunday Morning Update

There are two main questions that I’m evaluating as I update this roster this morning.

1. Should I be paying up for Burrow when Sam Darnold provides a savings that would allow you to move away from at least one of the receivers in the Bills/49ers game. While the snow in that game is supposed to miss the stadium, it’s also entirely possible that we’re dealing with cold, windy, and snowy conditions depending on how accurate the meteorology forecasts are. While the game total has not changed, having two players in these conditions seems like it might be too much.
2. Saquon Barkley. The Joe Mixon play last week has broke my brain. Is Saquon another trap going up against a good defense that can largely shut him down. At the same time, both Bijan Robinson and Kyren Williams have significant questions. For me, it’s either Bijan or Saquon, as while Kyren could score 3 touchdowns today, the decrease in workload combined with Puka and Cooper Kupp being healthy just has me down on his overall production.

Where it really comes down to, is that Robinson is likely going to be much more popular than Barkley. Maybe it is playing it too conservatively, but by going down to him and then down to Sam Darnold it allows me some massive upgrades at the wide receiver position. I can completely move away from the Shakir/Jennings of the world and go up and get two unquestioned number one receivers in Brian Thomas and George Pickens. I thought about downgrading Jacksonville’s defense to go and get Tee Higgins, but they’re a clear number one for me this week at just $3,200 with Stroud on the road and the struggles he has had.

Primary Cash Lineup

• QB Sam Darnold, MIN, $7,200
• RB Alvin Kamra, NO, $8,300
• RB Chase Brown, CIN, $7,300
• WR Ladd McConkey, LAC, $6,300
• WR Brian Thomas Jr, JAC, $6,700
• WR George Pickens, PIT, $7,400
• TE Hunter Henry, NE, $5,100
• Flex Bijan Robinson, ATL, $8,500
• TD Jacksonville, $3,200

Check back around 10:30AM EST for any changes to the Primary Cash Game Lineup or overall Slate thoughts.

SITUATIONS THAT STAND OUT TO THIS WEEK ON THE MAIN SLATE.

• Baltimore (vs PHI) – 26.75 points
• Tampa Bay (vs CAR) – 26.25 points
• LA Rams (at NO) – 25.75 points
• Buffalo (vs SF) – 25.75 points
• LA Chargers (at ATL) – 25 points
• Washington (vs TEN) – 25 points
• Cincinnati (vs PIT) – 25 points

Week 12 Recap

Week 12 was another difficult week, taking the Primary Cash Lineup to 7-5 on the season. The process was better than Week 11, which was a disaster, but the results remained the same. The issue was Josh Jacobs was incredibly popular against the 49ers and had a career game with 106 yards and 3 touchdowns. In that matchup, Jacobs really should not have been 50-60% rostered, but he was the only viable running back between 7k-8k that fit into most rosters so the optimizers plugged him in.