With all the bye weeks behind us, the NFL has a full slate of action this Sunday, with 13 games on the Sunday afternoon slate. DraftKings offers a wide variety of ways to get in on the action with GPP contests, Tiers, Showdowns, and Pick6. However, in this post, we’ll be keying in on some great picks for fantasy football cash games, contests where your entry fee is doubled, and almost half of the entries are paid out. For contests like this, we’re looking for consistent contributors, who bring as limited risk as possible and also offer good upside. Unlike in GPP lineups, we’re not too focused on avoiding “chalk” players to differentiate our lineup since the goal is just to finish in the top half of the leaderboard, not necessarily to have the highest score on the board. To summarize, these should be the safest and most consistent NFL DFS plays of the slate.
With all that in mind, let’s dive into my top cash game picks for 50/50 and Double up contests in Week 15.
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RB Woody Marks, Houston Texans vs. Arizona Cardinals, $5,600
Marks has helped the Texans to five straight wins after leading them past the Chiefs last week on Sunday Night Football. He was well on his way to taking full control of the backfield timeshare with Nick Chubb even before Chubb left last week’s game with a rib injury. Chubb missed two practices to start the week but returned as a limited participant Friday. Marks will be a strong play if Chubb is active and limited or ruled out, since the Texans should focus their offense on the rookie running back for this week’s matchup against the struggling Cardinals.
Last week against the Chiefs, Marks got 20+ carries for the first time in his career and finished with 26 carries for 68 yards and added eight yards receiving on three catches. He scored a touchdown on one of those catches.
Marks briefly left the game with a knee injury, and veteran Dare Ogunbowale vultured the only other touchdown for the Texans on his lone carry of the game. That lost touchdown for Marks kept his game from being even more impressive.
This season, Marks has found the end zone five times, including three times as a receiver. He has proven to be a reliable pass-catcher out of the backfield. The versatile back has a very high ceiling this week, since he can contribute multiple ways.
Marks is in a smash spot against Arizona, since the Cardinals have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to running backs this season and have been especially bad in the last few weeks. Running backs have scored 18 total touchdowns in 13 games, including three scores last week by the Rams’ RBs. Running backs have also been piling up plenty of yardage, averaging 107.9 rushing yards per contest to go with 29.1 receiving yards.
Earlier this season in a similar matchup against the Titans, Marks showed he can be the focus of the offense and went off for 27.9 fantasy points.
While the Texans have a variety of ways they can attack Arizona, they’re likely to lean into their defense and run game, setting up a big game for Marks in Week 15.
WR Wan’Dale Robinson, New York Giants vs. Washington Commanders, $5,900
The Giants have a favorable matchup against the struggling Commanders this week, and Robinson has been a very solid producer all season, with his consistent target share making him a strong cash game building block.
He ranks 10th in the league in receptions with 73 catches and has a 30.9% first-read share and a 25.9% target share this season. He’s turned those catches into 63.7 receiving yards per contest and three touchdowns.
Robinson is up to 828 receiving yards and returns for the last four games after the bye week, looking to get to 1,000 yards for the first time in his career. He has at least six receptions in six of his last nine contests.
His best game of the season came in Week 12 against the Lions, when he had 156 yards and a touchdown on nine catches while drawing 14 targets.
While that big game came while he was working with Jameis Winston, he has also shown a strong connection with rookie Jaxson Dart, who has given him plenty of targets all season long out of the slot.
The Commanders have struggled against slot receivers lately, and have allowed a total of 246.9 passing yards per game, which is 30th in the NFL. They have also given up 26 passing touchdowns, which is tied for 28th in the NFL.
Building around a Giants stack of Robinson and Dart makes a lot of sense as a value core this week, or you can just plug Robinson into whatever other cash build he fits into. His consistent production is exactly the kind of player to lean on in your fantasy football cash game picks.
TE Harold Fannin Jr., Cleveland Browns at Chicago Bears, $4,000
Fannin has given the Browns a huge boost to their offense, and he has quickly developed into one of Shedeur Sanders’ go-to targets. Last week, Fannin had a career-high 11 targets and caught eight passes for a career-high 114 yards and a touchdown in the Browns’ loss to the Titans.
Fannin had that huge game while sharing time with David Njoku (knee), who has been ruled out for this week, leaving Fannin even more work against the Bears. When Njoku missed Week 7, Fannin caught four of his five targets for 36 yards against the Dolphins, but he should have a higher ceiling now that Sanders is under center and Cleveland’s offense has been opened up more.
Fannin has multiple catches in every game this season, averaging 4.5 catches for 47.6 yards per game. With more attention on him from Sanders now, he has that solid floor to build on and a very high ceiling against the Bears.
Chicago’s defense has allowed an average of 56 receiving yards per game to tight ends this season. Tight ends have scored five touchdowns against the Bears, and have at least four receptions in 12 of their 13 games this season.
Fannin should be a target magnet on Sunday and as a result, he brings both a high ceiling and a high floor in this matchup in the Windy City. He’s a great mid-salary target to build your fantasy football cash game lineups around this week.
