“Buy or Bye”™ – Daily Fantasy Football Plays for Super Bowl LX Cash Games

By Ha Kung Wong 

Twitter: @FBGarbageTime

In 2024, we were over 70% for cash lineups again and we’re back with more Daily Fantasy Football advice for Cash Games for Super Bowl LX!

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 Super Bowl LX!

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.

All the Super Bowl lineups this year are of the “Single Game” or “Showdown” variety.  This means slightly different things on FanDuel, Draft Kings and Yahoo.

• FanDuel – You have $60,000 total salary to fill 1 MVP and 4 regular spots. MVP scores 1.5x but does NOT cost more. The average amount you have to spend per player is $12,000.
• Draft Kings – You have $50,000 total salary to fill 1 Captain and 5 regular spots. Captain scores 1.5x but COSTS 1.5x more. The average amount you have to spend per player is $10,000. But since you have to pay more for your Captain, assume you’re paying around $15,000 for a Captain leaving you with around $7000 for each of the 5 remaining slots.
• Yahoo – You have a $135 total salary to fill 1 Superstar and 4 regular spots.  Superstar scores 1.5x but does NOT cost more. The average amount you have to spend per player is $27.

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 for Super Bowl LX.

FanDuel 

Draft Kings 

Yahoo! DFS

Game Notes:

• No “Free Square of the Week”™, but there’s still plenty of value.
• The New England Patriots had the 2nd most points (28.8) per game on offense during the regular season, and they haven’t been fantastic in the post season so far, but I’m not too concerned.  That being said, it’s unclear who is going to benefit the most, so for the Patriots I prefer to get exposure via Drake Maye.  He’s had a breakout season, and due to a number of reasons, such as weather and a shoulder injury, he hasn’t done as well in the postseason.  That’s OK, I’ll take the discount everyone is giving due the recent downturn in production and take advantage of his rushing floor and TD upside.  I also don’t mind playing Hunter Henry, since the Seahawks have had some issues with TEs, but I’m generally limiting exposure to the Rhamondre Stevenson and Trayveon Henderson since the Seahawks have allowed the 3rd least rush yards per game (91.9) during the regular season.  And of course, feel free to slot in Andy Borregales as there may be plenty of stalled drives in field goal range.  If you need another punt play, I also like Mack Hollins as he came back from a short injury stint to catch 2 passes for 51 yards in the Conference Championship.  Prior to his injury in his last two regular season games he piled up 11 receptions on a whopping 17 targets.  For the price, he’s a great upside play.
• The Patriots are little more vulnerable through the air (9th) than on the ground (6th), so for the Seattle Seahawks I’m leaning towards Sam Darnold, coming off 346 yards and 3 TDs in the Conference Championship game, and Jaxson Smith-Njigba, who has the 2nd most receptions (132), yards (1,965) and TDs (12) in the regular season, but I’m also targeting Kenneth Walker, particularly with Zach Charbonnet out, since Walker has the 10th most receiving yards of any RB in the NFL over the regular season and has had 4 total rushing TDs in his two playoff games.  In fact, I don’t mind punting with George Holani in his second game back with RB2 duties.  But my favorite punt of the slate has got to be Rashid Shaheed, who could at any time break one for a TD.
  • For the MVP/Captain, I prefer Sam Darnold or Kenneth Walker as each don’t blow the bank when you pay up the 1.5 x.
  • For the Superstar on Yahoo, since you don’t have to pay a premium, I like going with Jaxson Smith-Njigba.
• On defense, I love taking value and paying down, so just slot in any defense you can afford if you need to save cap space.  If you have a choice, though, the Seahawks do have an impressive 47 sacks during the regular season, and the Patriots have allowed a jaw-dropping 48 sacks during the regular season.  So, the Seahawks Defense isn’t a bad choice.

Good luck everyone with your Super Bowl Cash Lineups and thanks for reading all season!  We’ll be back with more next season but check back throughout the offseason for more great NFL content!