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Deshaun Watson ($6,700)
Of all the games on the Sunday main slate, Vegas has this one pegged with the highest projected total at 48.5 points and the Texans favored by less than a touchdown. Through four weeks Watson has been alternating between being a fantasy monster, with 31.72 DraftKings points in Week 1 and 29.84 in Week 3, and then a fantasy dud, with Week 2 and Week 4 totals of 12.86 and 12.6 DraftKings points respectively. 

Every week this article identifies and breaks down a variety of players to consider in your DraftKings tournament lineups. While some of the plays may be on the safer side, I also include a number of high risk-high reward options as well. In GPPs the goal is always to figure out how to differentiate your lineup just enough to get away from the field and give yourself a chance at a big payday. Remember, more often than not there’s no need to get super-weird and roster an entire lineup of off-the-board plays, but rather to build a lineup with upside and then identify a low-owned player or two that has a chance to go off and jump you to the top of a large-field GPP.

You made it!Week 1 of the NFL season is upon us and we’re running down some of the best GPP options for the DraftKings main slate of games. With four games playing off the main slate this week a number of fantasy studs, particularly at the wide receiver position, aren’t part of the player pool. While that could lead to some concentrated ownership in certain spots, the beauty of Week 1 is that the player pool and pricing has been out for over a month now, and with so many differing opinions about how not just this week, but this entire season will play out, ownership is likely to be very spread out across the slate.