Cowboys vs Giants DFS & Betting Preview
Cowboys vs Giants DFS & Betting Preview
Injuries to Monitor
Darius Slayton has a thumb injury and has practiced on a limited basis. He’s listed as questionable.
Breakdown
The Cowboys come into this game needing to get a win. They looked good in Week 1 winning 33-17 in Cleveland. They’ve lost 2 straight games allowing 44 points to the Saints and losing by three to the Ravens. The game wasn’t as close as the score may imply. They were losing for the bulk of the game until they started airing it out in garbage time.
They certainly look better offensively when they just let Dak air it out. The Cowboys currently have 809 passing yards which is a league high. They’re inept running the ball and are 29th in rushing yards.
The defense has certainly taken a step back allowing 28 or more points in back to back games. They’re middle of the pack defending the pass but have allowed 8 passing TDs through three games. They are the worst defense in football against the run allowing a league high 557 rush yards. They’ve allowed another league high 8 rushing TDs.
The Giants looked lost in Week 1 against a surprising strong Vikings team. They narrowly lost to Washington in Week 2 and likely win if they had a healthy kicker. Last week they won in impressive fashion in Cleveland.
The Giants have increased their point total in each game scoring six, eighteen and twenty one points but are currently 29th in total points scored. They’re 21st in total passing yards and 19th in rushing yards.
They’re basically middle of the pack defensively ranking 18th points allowed, 13th in passing yards allowed and 23rd in rushing yards allowed.
Betting
Spread: DAL -6 Over/Under: 45
Prop Bets
Daniel Jones ov .5 int -120
Malik Nabers ov 67.5 rec yds -114
Draftkings Showdown
Showdown Captain mode is a DraftKings tournament where you have $50,000 to create a lineup using 6 players from a standalone single game. One of those players will be your captain. The captain costs 1.5 times their salary and will accumulate 1.5 times the points. As with every slate, GAME THEORY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. Even more so in Showdown, you want your lineup to tell a story of how the game will go. There are a lot of options based on how you see the game going but ALWAYS make sure there’s correlation between your players.
Strategy
I see this game going one of two ways. It’s either a close game where both teams put up points or an absolute blowout with Dallas coming out victorious. I like targeting the Dallas passing game and the Giants running game. Dak to Ceedee and a cheaper Dallas WR with a Singletary bring back will be my favorite build. You can also go Nabers and Ceedee without their QBs in hopes that all the passing volume goes through the two of them. *My favorite Captain picks would obviously also make good Flex Options.
Captain
Ceedee Lamb $17,700
Lamb is off to a slow start by his standards. He had five catches last week which is his season high. He’s yet to top 100 yards receiving but he’s still averaging a healthy 16.8 yards per reception. He has at least seven targets in each game. The Giants just allowed 86 yards and two receiving TDs to Amari Cooper.
Malik Nabers $16,200
Nabers legitimately could end up being the best WR in Football. The Giants are certainly using him that way. He has 47% targets per route run and a 37% target share. He had 12 targets last week and 18 targets in Week 2. Nabers leads all WRs in targets, has the 2nd most receptions at the position. Nabers is also tied for the most targets inside the 10 yard line.
Devin Singletary $12,300
Singletary had 16 carries and a rushing TD in back to back games. He has the 6th most yards after contact through three weeks. The Cowboys have been historically bad defending the run. They’ve allowed 187 rush yards per game and have already allowed eight rushing TDs.
Dak Prescott $15,600 Dak is coming off his best game of the year albeit in garbage time. He’s averaged 283 passing yards per game. Dallas has not been able to get the run game going and should employ a more pass heavy game plan. The Giants have been ok defending the pass but have faced Sam Darnold, Jayden Daniels and Deshaun Watson. They’ve only managed one interception over those three games.
Flex
Daniel Jones $9,400
Jones has thrown multiple TDs in back to back games. He hasn’t been running as much as we’ve seen in the past but is still certainly capable. The Cowboys have allowed the 4th most points per game to opposing QBs.
Jake Ferguson $7,000
Ferguson came back from injury last week and immediately was involved. He had 11 targets, six receptions and 95 yards. He has the 2nd most targets on the team despite missing a game. I honestly think you can make a case for Ferguson as captain in larger field contests.
-Of the Cowboys WRs Brandin Cooks $6,800 likely has the best chance at a TD but that’s essentially where all of his production comes from.
Jalen Tolbert $5,800
Tolbert has actually been heavily involved. He scored his first TD if the year last week and had 86 yards in Week 2. He has the 2nd most targets on the team behind Ceedee.
KaVontae Turpin $4,000
Won’t get many targets but does have some big play upside.
Brandon Aubrey $5,000
People might actually use Aubrey at captain. He has a monster leg. He’s made five FGs over 50 yards including a 65 yarder last week.
I prefer Rico Dowdle $6,400 over Ezekiel Elliott $6,200 for the passing game work. Dowdle definitely has the yardage upside but Zeke is probably more likely to get the goaline work.
WanDale Robinson $4,800
There’s not much upside but WanDale will get targeted and has two games with at least six receptions.
Tyrone Tracy $2,800
Tracy is a sneaky cheap piece. Dallas is terrible defending the run and Tracy has some ability. He saw his most work so far last week with five carries and two receptions.
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