NFL DFS: Week 5 Main Slate Breakdown - Cash Lineup, Pivot Lineups, GPP Plays, and Values
NFL DFS Week 5 Main Slate
Detroit and Arizona is the game. 54.5 total, Lions -5.5, implied 30. That is where the chalk lives. Gibbs is 37%, Amon-Ra is 26%, Goff is 17%, and the other side is Brissett at 19% with Michael Wilson and McBride. Cap Gibbs and McBride. Do not cap the whole game.
Start the lineup with Chase Brown. He is the best play on the slate and only 17% owned. Swift is the other chalk at 30%. Aaron Jones and Jonathan Taylor are the other running backs you get to. The salary saver is Tyson Bagent. He is the starter, and Luther Burden is the stack piece.
Two things change the board before lock. Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are still questionable, so the Bengals pass game stays a fade until they are active. Pittsburgh, the Jets, and Washington have rain in the forecast.
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Injury
Monangai is out, so Swift is the back.
Cincinnati is the one to wait on. Chase is questionable after practicing full on Friday, still in concussion protocol. Higgins is questionable with the groin and neck. Outlook on both is uncertain. Until they are active, do not play them and do not force the Bengals pass game. Brown is the play either way. If one of them sits, he is even more of a lock. Malik Washington is the bring-back.
Pittsburgh already lost Pittman. He is out and on IR. That is why Roman Wilson and the Steelers tight ends are in the stack. Dowdle is questionable after limited practices. Outlook is optimistic, but he is only 2% on the board. If he sits, Warren is the Steelers back. Taylor is the pay-up back on the other side either way.
Washington is thin. Diggs is out. McLaurin is questionable with the hamstring, outlook optimistic, and he was limited on Friday. That is why Antonio Williams gets attention. If McLaurin sits, Williams is theCommanders receiver at $3,800 and 7%. If McLaurin is active, Williams is a dart, not a core. Jacobs is out, so Lloyd is the Packers value back.
Jeanty is questionable. He did not practice Friday with the foot and ankle, and the Raiders elevated a back. That is why Mike Washington at $4,200 is the great value if Jeanty sits. Confirm him at lock. Do not play Washington if Jeanty is active.
Weather
Pittsburgh is the wettest game on the board. Acrisure is forecast for rain at kickoff, about 90% chance, mid-60s, wind around 12 mph. Rain is in the forecast from late morning through the game. That raises Jonathan Taylor and Jaylen Warren. It cuts the ceiling on Rodgers, DK Metcalf, and Roman Wilson. Still a stack. Not a 300-yard script.
Washington is the other high-impact game. Northwest Stadium is forecast for rain at kickoff, about 85 to 90% chance, mid-60s, wind around 12 to 13 mph. That is why Nabers and Winston are not cash locks. Nabers is still the Giants piece at 6%, but the rain cuts the ceiling. Do not force a three-piece Giants pass stack. Lean the run.
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