Xandamere is one of the most respected Showdown minds in DFS, and focuses his Main Slate play on mass-multi-entry
Week 13 and we’re moving towards the end of the NFL season (sigh). I’ve already almost binked the Superdraft GPP three times now and I’m determined to do it this year. Maybe this is the week!
We’re STILL seeing overlay every week on Superdraft. If you aren’t playing there . . . why not?
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First, all the normal NFL strategy about stacking and correlation still applies. It definitely makes sense to strongly consider pairing your QB with a receiver. Game stacks are entirely viable here. The good news is you don’t have to change your entire approach to be successful on Superdraft. All you have to do is change your mentality of player selection, since the multiplier introduces so many different strategy dynamics, as the primer goes over. With that, let’s take a look at Week 6. I’m not going to go game by game here (we have the Edge for that!), but rather, position by position, trying to spot where I think there are good opportunities to leverage attractive scoring multipliers.
For the first time in a while, the highest projected quarterbacks on Superdraft are not horrible! Justin Herbert, Carson Wentz, and Jalen Hurts lead the way in the projections I’m utilizing, and we can feel pretty good about any of those guys. Taylor Heinicke is next up, and in a strong game environment. I will also happily consider Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, and Joe Burrow as tournament options.
Again, we have some actual good running backs leading the way in Jonathan Taylor and Joe Mixon. Austin Ekeler is also high up the list. As is usually the case, I’m okay rostering one low-multiplier running back, but I generally don’t want multiple as the odds of true ceiling performances at low multipliers are modest. One factor here is that Superdraft did a good job of lowering multipliers on running backs like Alexander Mattison and Jamaal Williams who are stepping into new roles due to injury, so they aren’t just automatic lock plays . . . but 1.3x for Mattison still feels too low (he’s basically Dalvin Cook, who is usually around 1.1x, and the matchup here is fantastic). Antonio Gibson at 1.4x is also very interesting to me if J.D. McKissic is out, as it should result in him picking up more pass-game and two-minute drill work.
As always, I’ll discuss stacking options later, but in this section, I’ll just highlight receivers I’m comfortable using as floating plays in any roster:
Hey, surprise surprise, tight end looks gross. You can play Kittle, Gronk, or Pitts at low multipliers but with hopes of high raw scores. Foster Moreau, who will be chalk on other sites, will probably also be chalk on Superdraft at 1.75x but it’s hard to poke holes here in a strong role (and we’ve seen him in this role once before, and he did well). Dallas Goedert is at 1.3x, which is awfully close to the Pitts/Kittle/Gronk tier, but he’s in a perfect matchup, and we’ve seen 100+ receiving yards from him before. Pat Freiermuth at 1.6x and Zach Ertz at 1.6x round out the tight ends I’m comfortable playing in a vacuum.
One thing that’s tougher about Superdraft sometimes is adjusting to the format when thinking about game stacks. Multipliers can attract us to different game stacks than we would use on a salary-based site, as just looking at projections makes “weird” things like Mike Glennon look viable. You can choose to trust the projections and use plays like that, but personally, I have a hard time seeing a ceiling there. I try to combine players who project well in Superdraft’s scoring format while also playing what I consider to be strong overall plays based on game environment, talent, and matchup. It’s more art than science sometimes (i.e. Roethlisberger projects well by median outcome, but does he really have the kind of ceiling we need in tournaments even at a high multiplier? I’d guess no, but could be wrong). Here are some stacks I think look attractive this week:
