“Buy or Bye”™ – Daily Fantasy Football Plays for Week 11 2025 Cash Games

November 14, 2025

By Ha Kung Wong

In 2024, we were over 70% for cash lineups again and we’re back with more Daily Fantasy Football advice for Cash Games for Week 11 of the 2025 season!

You’re welcome.

As usual, before we get to winning you more bragging rights (and DFS cash), remember, the point of this article is not just to give you one or two lineups for each site, it’s to give you examples of a few POSSIBLE lineups. Getting exposure to a few different lineups is always a good idea, so don’t forget to mix and match additional lineups from my suggestions below. Trust me, it’s a lot more fun that way AND you’ll improve your chances of cashing!

Let’s get to winning you some CASH in Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season!

Cash Games, for those who don’t know, are essentially the lowest risk games. They include “50/50” games, in which half the entrants win about 1.8x the entry fee, and “Double Ups”, in which slightly less than half the entrants win 2x the entry fee.

Since there’s so many different sites, and I can’t cover them all, I’ve decided to cover just the most popular sites, including Fan Duel, Draft Kings and Yahoo! Daily Fantasy.

First of all, as a general rule for 50/50 Cash Games, there’s a basic target of points per salary cap spent that you’d like to look for:

For Fan Duel try to target at least 2 fantasy points per $1000 spent.
For Draft Kings, try to target at least 2.5 fantasy points per $1000 spent.
For Yahoo! Daily Fantasy, try to target at least 0.6-0.7 fantasy points per $1 spent.

Remember, this article is not focused on GPP (Tournament) Games, JUST Cash Games. Feel free to use a few of these suggested players as a base when constructing a GPP lineup, but you’ll have to take some chances on a few low cost, upside players as well.

As per usual, I’m going to provide you with a few sample lineups on each site and give you a few notes to consider. You’re welcome.

So, without further to do, here are my suggestions for the Best Daily Fantasy Football Plays for Cash Games and player props for Week 11 contests.

FanDuel

Draft Kings

Yahoo! DFS

Game Notes:

For those new to this column, note that I never advocate against you paying up at any particular position for DFS. We all know that the likes of Josh Allen and Jahmyr Gibbs are probably going to have the most consistent upside in terms of potential fantasy points from week to week. But remember that DFS is a salary cap game. You can feel free to sprinkle high priced players into your lineups, but you can’t pay up at every position because there’s simply not enough salary to go around. I try my best each week to provide my thoughts on how you might want to balance your cash lineups in terms of points potential and salary.
My approach to DFS in Week 11 is to anchor my lineup with at least one stud RB or WR and go cheap at QB, filling in value elsewhere.
No “Free Square of the Week”™ this week, but still plenty of value.
The San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals game is tied for the highest over/under of the main slate (48.5), so there’s plenty of potential here. For the 49ers, facing the 21st ranked Cardinals defense, I’m in on Christian McCaffrey and Jauan Jennings. Jennings is cheap and now averaging 7 targets per game over his last 4 with 2 total TDs, while CMC is CMC and should continue to be the focal point for the 49ers offense with the most receiving yards per game (69.2). For the Cardinals, facing the 11th ranked 49ers defense that actually has allowed the 4th best passer rating to opposing QBs, I in on Jacoby Brissett, Michael Wilson and Trey McBride. In 4 starts this season, Brissett is averaging 279.5 passing yards and 2 passing TDs. Add in a rushing TD in Week 9 and that’s some serious upside for decent discount. And with Marvin Harrison out, Michael Wilson makes for cheap exposure to the game, particularly seeing as how he played 92% of the snaps in Week 10.
The Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers game is another game tied for the highest over/under of the main slate (48.5), so there’s also plenty of potential here. For the Bengals, facing the 29th ranked Steelers defense, I like Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Chase has the most receptions (8.44) from the most targets (11.89) per game of any WR in the NFL and Joe Flacco has made him relevant again. Higgins doesn’t get as many targets, but he has just as much upside with 5 TDs in his last 5 games and at lower price point. For the Steelers, facing the Bengals who have the worst run defense in the NFL, I’m all in on Jaylen Warren. Warren has averaged 17.25 touches per game over his last 5 and gets a terrific matchup in Week 11.
Davis Mills had a comeback for the ages in Week 10 totaling 262 passing yards and 3 total TDs. This week he gets to face a Titans defense that’s 2nd worst against the pass in the league, plus he’s almost minimum, if not actually minimum, pricing across industry. And Woody Marks will benefit from a Titans defense that’s also 2nd worst in the league against the run. Marks has taken control of the Texans backfield after converting 18 touches in Week 10 into 81 total yards and a TD. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that again, if not more.
With JK Dobbins ruled out, RJ Harvey gets his first start as an RB1. It’s not a terrific matchup against the Chiefs, but their more vulnerable on the ground and the increased touches should help Harvey exceed his low-end price.
Emeka Egbuka gets to face a struggling Bills defense that just got gashed by the underperforming Dolphins. Even with a cold spell, Egbuka still has the 10th most yards (75.22) and 8th most receiving TDs (0.67) per game of any WR this season. He should maintain his WR1 status with Chris Godwin still out. And if you want cheap exposure, Tez Johnson isn’t a bad punt play, particularly since he’s had 4 receiving TDs in his last 4 games.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads all WRs in receiving yards per game (115) and target share (almost 39%), plus he has the 4th most receptions per game (7) of any WR in the NFL. Sometimes I don’t need to sell the player, but he comes with a hefty price tag. Since I’m going cheap at QB, I don’t mind fitting him in where I have cap space.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba Game Log
			Rece	Rece	Rece	Rece	Rece	Rush	Rush
Date	Team	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Att	Yds
2025-11-09	SEA	ARI	6	5	93	18.6	1	0	0
2025-11-02	SEA	WAS	9	8	129	16.1	0	1	11
2025-10-20	SEA	HOU	14	8	123	15.4	1	0	0
2025-10-12	SEA	JAX	13	8	162	20.3	1	0	0
2025-10-05	SEA	TAM	9	8	132	16.5	1	0	0
2025-09-25	SEA	ARI	5	4	79	19.8	0	3	11
2025-09-21	SEA	NOR	6	5	96	19.2	1	0	0
2025-09-14	SEA	PIT	10	8	103	12.9	0	0	0
2025-09-07	SEA	SFO	13	9	124	13.8	0	0	0

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table

Kyle Pitts quietly has the 4th most receptions (5) from the 5th most targets (6.56) per game of any TE in the NFL this season. He’s played over 90% of the snaps for 3 games in a row and now gets to face a Panthers defense that is ranked 30th against the pass and allows the 7th most PPR fantasy points per game to TEs.
I’m not 100% confident on Christian Watson, but Tucker Kraft is out for the year and Matthew Golden still dealing with a shoulder issue, so he should have some additional targets in a great matchup against a Giants defense that’s allowed the 4th most yards per game to opposing offenses. He’s cheap across industry and has some terrific upside this week.
On defense, I love taking value and paying down, so I’m in on the Atlanta Falcons Defense against the Panthers, the opportunistic Chicago Bears Defense, which has the most takeaways of any team in the NFL this season (20) against the Vikings and the Baltimore Ravens Defense now that their healthy against the Browns.