“Buy or Bye”™ – Daily Fantasy Football Plays for Week 15 2025 Cash Games

December 13, 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 is to take one of two approaches: anchor my lineup with Matt Stafford and at least one stud RB and get value elsewhere or anchor my team with 2 stud RBs and go cheaper at QB with value elsewhere.
No “Free Square of the Week”™ but there’s plenty of value this week, like Devin Neal and Adonai Mitchell.
- Neal played 86% of the snaps after Alvin Kamara went out in Week 12 and followed up on Week 13 without Kamara with 14 carries for 47 yards and 3 receptions for 22 receiving yards and then 70 yards and a TD in Week 14. He’s still relatively cheap and has TD upside facing the Panthers.
- Mitchell appears to be the primary target for the Jets and he managed to break out in Week 13 catching 8 of 12 targets for 102 yards and a TD, but he does have a scary floor as he caught only 1 of 6 targets in Week 14. Still, the targets are encouraging, and the Jaguars are vulnerable to the pass, so he’s a decent punt play if you run out of cap space.
The Detroit Lions @ Los Angeles Rams has the highest over/under of the slate (54.5), and there’s lots of options, but mostly expensive. Both pass games also benefit from avoiding all the cold and windy games across the NFL by being indoors in LA.
- The Rams defense are a tough test, but the Lions will have to pass to keep up, so I like Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown, in that order. St. Brown is clearly the WR1 in Detroit, but he’s expensive. Williams is not only cheaper but is averaging 7 receptions for 120 yards over his last 2 games and has TD upside.
- For the Rams, I like Matt Stafford, Puka Nacua, Davante Adams in that order. Stafford is my favorite QB play this week, as he’s averaging the 5th most passing yards (258) and most passing TDs (2.69) among QBs this season and the Lions are allowing the 4th most passing TDs (26) this season. I like Nacua and Adams for the same reason. This should be a shootout, and the Rams need this to stay ahead of a crowded NFC playoff picture.
The Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals has the second highest over/under of the slate (51.5), and there’s lots of options here as well, again mostly expensive.
- The Bengals have allowed the MOST yards (410.5) and points (31.8) to opposing offenses per game this season. That means I like all the Ravens, but in particular, Derrick Henry and Mark Andrews. Henry hasn’t been as dominant as he was last year, but he still has the 6th most rush yards (78.85) and rushing TDs (0.77) per game among RBs and the Bengals defense is particularly vulnerable to the run. As for Andrews, he’s very cheap and the Bengals have been the worst tight-end defense in the league by a large margin, giving up the most PPR fantasy points per game to the position.
- The Ravens defense is ranked only 27th against the pass and Tee Higgins has been ruled out, so every Bengals receiving option gets a boost. For the Bengals, I like Chase Brown, Ja’Marr Chase and Mike Gesicki, in that order. Brown has had a nice bump with Borrow’s return scoring twice last week despite only having 35 total yards. He’s seen 11 targets across the past two games and is very reasonable in terms of salary. Chase just lit up the Ravens 2 games ago catching 7 of 14 targets and 110 yards. He’s had at least 8 targets in every game since Week 3, so there’s a nice floor along with significant upside. Gesicki has averaged 5.3 targets per game since returning from injury 3 weeks ago and benefitted as well from Burrow’s return last week snagging all 6 targets for 86 yards and TD. And without Higgins, Gesicki has a 59.9% route participation rate, meaning he should have plenty of opportunity this week. With targets to go around on what should be a shootout, he makes a for a really cheap way to get exposure to this game.
The Washington Commanders @ New York Giants game has a decent over/under (46.5) with two of the worst statistical defenses in the NFL. The Giants have allowed the 2nd most yards (385.8) and 3rd most points (28.2) per game and the Commanders allow the 3rd most yards (382.5) and 5th most points (27.2) per game.
- For the Commanders, I really like Marcus Mariota who will start with Jayden Daniels out again. In six starts, Mariota has 216 passing yards per game, 35.7 rushing yards per game, 9 passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown. The Giants have allowed the fifth-most PPR fantasy points to quarterbacks since Week 10. Mariota is essentially minimum price across the industry, so he’s a fantastic cap saver. I’m all in on his top targets as well in Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel.
- For the Giants, Jaxson Dart makes for a great play, but the receiving options are a little bit of a mystery, so I’m probably staying away from the rest unless you want to gamble on a punt. Washington just Made J.J. McCarthy look like a superstar, so there’s a significant chance that Dart does something similar.
Do I have to convince you to play Christian McCaffrey? He has the most receptions (6.54) and receiving yards (62) per game leading to the 2nd most receiving TDs (0.38) per game among RBs on top of 65.31 rush yards and 0.62 rush TDs per game. He’s pricey, but he’s facing the bottom ranked Titans defense that has allowed 18 rushing TDs this season, second most in the NFL, so I’m jamming him in my lineups if possible.
Saquon Barkley hasn’t been as explosive as he was last season, but he had 122 rush yards and a TD last week against the Chargers and now gets to face the bottom ranked Raiders run defense that has also allowed 18 rushing TDs this season, tied with the aforementioned Raiders for second most in the NFL. The Eagles have a 24.5-point implied total at home, so there’s plenty of points to go around.
Well, I’m finally going to put the brakes on the Cardinals, but since Marvin Harrison is out again, you can consider Michael Wilson. Wilson has been terrific without Harrison in the lineup, having caught 25 of 33 targets for 303 yards in two games, but has a really tough matchup against the top tier Texans defense, so proceed with caution.
The Broncos have a tougher test this week against the Packers, but I’m still interested in Courtland Sutton and RJ Harvey, who are both reasonably priced across industry. Sutton has the second most red zone targets and deep targets on the team this season and is averaging 8 targets per game over his last 3. In 3 games since J.K. Dobbins was injured, Harvey has averaged just under 20 opportunities (rush attempts plus targets) and just over 70 total yards per game along with 2 TDs. The Broncos tend to play up to their competition, so I can see both returning value. Plus, they let you pay up to get one or more of the stud RBs that I want to target.
On defense, I love taking value and paying down, so I’m in on the New Orleans Saints Defense against the Carolina Panthers and Kansas City Chiefs Defense against the Los Angeles Chargers on Yahoo DFS, which for some reason is minimum salary this week.