Cash Game Strategy- Week 3- FanDuel Changing Their Slates

With FanDuel announcing that they have changed their main slate to be a Sunday only slate, more people are only going to build a Sunday only game and ignore the Sun-Mon slate. For GPP's this makes sense as a majority of the GPP's are Sunday only. However, for cash games this is not the case. There are still thousands of dollars worth of contests that you can join that are Sun-Mon, and you should not restrict yourself this week to just the Sunday only contests for cash games.

Monday Night Football this week is the prime fantasy matchup especially at the quarterback position where Drew Brees on the 10th anniversary of the Saints first home game after Hurricane Katrina takes on an Atlanta Falcons team that so far has given up 290 yards passing per game to Derek Carr and Jameis Winston. I fully expect this game to be the highest scoring game of the weekend, and for cash game purposes.

While the Saints will be heavily owned on the Sun-Mon slate, there will likely still be people who overlook this game as they'll use their Sunday only lineup in the Sun-Mon slate contests. Drew Brees is a must-start this week for cash games, as he is the most predictable quarterback this week. All other quarterbacks have some sort of question heading into this week which makes it not enticing to play the Sunday only in cash games. One key injury situation to watch is whether we have any news on Willie Snead and his injured toe. If news appears that Snead is unable to go, Michael Thomas at $5,200 is a must play as he will become the top red zone threat and the number two receiver behind Brandin Cooks. Using Thomas in a Sun-Mon GPP even if we don't have clarity is a great strategy as he will be under-owned due to people being scared off of due to the unclear situation. Even if Snead plays I expect he will be limited.

Another player I like in this game is Jacob Tamme at $5,500. Tamme has had 8 targets in each of the first two games, and his price has not moved much at all. With Julio Jones and Mohamed Sanu both banged up, I expect Tamme to possibly see double-digit targets as the Falcons are going to have to throw the ball to keep pace in this game.

When I release my cash game lineup tomorrow, it will be using the Sun-Mon slate, and I recommend that all of you play the Sun-Mon slate instead of just the Sunday only slate for cash games.