DFS Week 15 Recap

With a limited amount of options on the main slate, choosing the right players was that much more important in Week 15. Tyler Huntley was forced to step back into the starting role with Lamar Jackson out again this week and boy did he show up. Huntley led all quarterbacks in scoring with 35.9 DK points. His number one weapon was Mark Andrews, who was a slate breaker with 38.6 DK points. With that being said, let’s see how my weekly DFS picks played out!

QUARTERBACKS

To start, let’s look at how my quarterback picks performed this weekend. My top quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, was the third-highest scoring QB on the slate. Unfortunately, Rodgers was the only quarterback pick that was successful on Sunday as fellow quarterbacks, Kyler Murray, Jimmy Garoppolo, Dak Prescott, and Trevor Lawrence were all disappointing. A complete bust of a game came as a surprise for Kyler and the Cardinals as they lost to the woeful Detroit Lions.

RUNNING BACKS

Next, let’s evaluate the running back plays of the week. In a week of uncertainty and limitation, I only chose three running backs worthy of playing. D’Onta Foreman was a ‘like’ play for me this week and he produced 18.5  DK points. Foreman was the second-highest scoring RB on the slate and presented you with immense value. James Robinson was right behind Foreman and was the third highest-scorer producing 17.8 DK points. My biggest disappointment was Joe Mixon, who I felt was going to be under-owned because of limited action in the previous game due to injury.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Now let’s discuss the wide receiver slate. To say that the group of top receiver producers was an odd one would be an understatement. Gabriel Davis was the second-highest scoring receiver and he had a very friendly price of $3,700 on DK. Amon-Ra St. Brown followed Davis as he was the fourth-highest scorer and also had a salary-efficient cost of $5,200 on DK. The two players scored 25.5 and 23.5 points respectively. My fade player of the week was Deebo Samuel. I decided to fade Deebo simply because of his lack of use in the passing game. Lucky for Deebo, he salvaged the day with a rushing touchdown helping him get to 18.9 DK points. My biggest letdowns of the week were Diontae Johnson and CeeDee Lamb. CeeDee was able to haul in six of nine targets for 50 yards but that was all. This was mostly due to the lack of production from his quarterback, Dak Prescott.

TIGHT ENDS

Lastly, my coverage of tight-ends. Mark Andrews had an absolute monster performance as he was the top scorer of all positions on the slate. Andrews caught 10 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns. If you chose my top tight-end target, you surely were in for a very green day. George Kittle was the highest-priced pick this week, and he had a pedestrian day scoring 15.3 DK points. The biggest disappointment of the week was Mike Gesicki, as he scored 9.3 DK points.

Thank you for reading. Catch me on Twitter @fantsyforecast for all fantasy-related discussions and football takes. #DFFArmy

You can read previous articles in this series here:  DFS Week 1, DFS Week 1 Recap, DFS Week 2, DFS Week 2 Recap, DFS Week 3, DFS Week 3 Recap, DFS Week 4, DFS Week 4 Recap, DFS Week 5, DFS Week 5 Recap, DFS Week 6, DFS Week 6 Recap, DFS Week 7, DFS Week 7 Recap, DFS Week 8, DFS Week 8 Recap, DFS Week 9, DFS Week 9 Recap, DFS Week 10, DFS Week 10 Recap, DFS Week 11, DFS Week 11 Recap, DFS Week 12, DFS Week 12 Recap, DFS Week 13, DFS Week 13 Recap, DFS Week 14, DFS Week 15