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Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 2 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet.
The concept behind these rankings is to give you an idea of how to approach lineup building for this week's slate. I will rank all relevant players based on their point-per-dollar value in one of five tiers and then provide notes on each tier explaining how I plan to utilize each tier this week.
Tier 1 is going to have most of my favorite plays and likely a good bit of chalk, but you're not likely going to be able to build too many lineups ONLY using players from Tier 1.
Tiers 2 and 3 are going to have some players you will want to mix and match in lineups, likely at lower ownership than Tier 1.
Tiers 4 and 5 are players that I likely won't have much exposure to that week and are players that you should only consider in large field GPPs if you are going to be mass multi-entering a large number of lineups.
NFL Week 2 - Premium DFS Rankings
- Rankings are based primarily on DK pricing and are based on points-per-dollar value, not raw points.
- Core plays are highlighted in green boxes.
- Bold black font indicates the player is useable in all formats - tournaments and cash games.
- Bold blue font indicates the player is preferred for tournaments. These are usually lower-owned pivot plays.
- Red font indicates that I am fading that player, and wouldn't suggest any exposure to them even if you are making multiple builds.
- If a player is not on the chart, it's likely because they are only a part-time player on offense. I will attempt to update the rankings and notes each week on Saturday or Sunday morning once injury news becomes more concrete.
Tier 1 Notes:
This is where the vast majority of my exposure will be - each and every week. You'll see core plays in Tier 1 for cash games and some of my favorite higher-priced GPP options.
As much as I would like to cram Cook and Kamara in cash again, I think I may end up with only one of those two and someone like Chubb or Mixon as my RB2.
My favorite receivers this week are all in the 6-7k range and I would absolutely make sure you have a bunch of exposure to Godwin, Kupp, Allen, and both Cowboys receivers.
The top QBs all have great stacking options here, too, as Brady can be paired with any of his wideouts (or Gronk), Herbert with Allen, and Dak with Cooper/Lamb. Russell Wilson and D.K. Metcalf is a great pairing and Tyler Lockett as well, though I think he goes over-owned due to last week's game. And don't sleep on the Kyler-Nuk connection again either.
Tier 2 Notes:
I love the Philly stack here as a tier 2 option that is going to go overlooked. Pair Hurts with either Smith or Reagor (or both) against a banged-up Niners secondary.
There are some excellent RB pivots here in the mid-tier with Chris Carson, Darrell Henderson Jr., and even David Montgomery being great options. Austin Ekeler and Ezekiel Elliot will be popular plays as that game total is huge, but I am more invested in those passing games.
Jared Cook is one guy I want to highlight here at TE, he could definitely be a sneaky play this week.
Tier 3 Notes:
Tier 3 is still full of solid plays, though as you can see, my favorite GPP plays are mainly in the first two tiers. But you'll also notice I don't really have many fades here and I won't blame anyone for going after some players here at reduced ownership.
I have Eli Mitchell as a fade - I really don't trust Shanahan to feature him and I worry that Sermon will steal touches. And that Philly forces them into a more pass-heavy game script.
Tier 4 Notes:
There are a few guys in here I should mention, including Kenyan Drake as a late add due to Jacobs being ruled out yesterday. His pass-catching floor makes him intriguing but remember that the Steelers are an incredibly tough matchup and he's not free. I would limit your exposure down here to players who are extreme values and definitely don't play any higher-priced players as they lack much point-per-dollar upside.
Tier 5 Notes:
As usual, I won't have much if any exposure to players in this tier and I am pretty comfortable fading most of these guys. I have the Tampa Bay running backs down here because I just have no faith in predicting their touches or confidence in them actually committing to run the football.
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