Welcome to the DFS Playbook for NFL Week 15!

And so the week continues. We had a great game Thursday night, though obviously filled with start/sit drama, and we got a two-game Saturday slate to whet our appetites. I hope you had a chance to have a little fun with the short slate because now it's time to get back to business. Cash games are our bread and butter and we've got a great slate for them this week. While we've continued to cash, the slates have been increasingly difficult over the last few weeks due to a lack of legitimate value. People are trying to cram Derrick Henry 's salary into their lineups and, rather than seeking out bargain-priced players with a decent floor, they've been treating their cash lineups like GPP tournament lineups with lower-priced boom-or-bust plays. Some have hit and some have not. If you've gone back through some of the Example Lineup write-ups, you'll see exactly what I am talking about as we've tried to identify where the good and bad chalk differ.

This week, we've had some value open up for us which we should be able to take advantage of while we construct our cash lineups, so to me, it feels like a big week. There is an array of strong, usable players at varying pricing tiers and we're going to play around with all of them because we have decent value in a few spots. We're not going to be pigeon-holed into just one or two plays this time. So let's get started. 

SUNDAY UPDATE:

In the neverending search for value, we have added two players who should help with your roster construction.

As always, for those who may be joining us late, here is your three-step process to lead you up to going through your favorite Playbook plays:

Step 1: Check out the DFS Position Coaches

QB Coach -- James "Babyface" Grande (@The_Real_Grande)

RB Coach -- Justin Vreeland (@JustinVreeland)

WR Coach -- Colby Conway (@colbyrconway)

TE Coach -- Andrew Cooper (@CoopAFiasco)

D/ST Coach -- Dan Malin (@RealDANlanta)

Step 2: Check out the rest of the relevant DFS content

In addition to the positional coaching pieces, you also have things like the DFS Watch List, where I provide you with a list of players I am looking at throughout the week. We have the NFL DFS Podcast with Jon Impemba (@jimpemba777), who also does the Contrarian Corner video and special guest Babyface Grande this week, you can check out the DFS Bargains from Jen Piacenti (@jenpiacenti). Our Master of Tools, Matt Selz (@theselzman), supplies you data junkies with the Weekly Match-Up Report and everyone should also be reading the Weekly Game Previews and WR/CB Match-Up Report from Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance).

Step 3: Make your own list of players

It's real easy to just sit and wait for the Playbook, but as you are doing your research throughout the week, it is important to make notes and list the players who interest you the most. Maybe they end up in the Playbook and maybe they don't. If they're there, then great, it should mean we are honing in on the same things that make him a strong play. If not, maybe you're onto something else that someone overlooked. We aren't perfect and if you uncover something different, maybe you're right. I would be careful of routine groupthink and hype from beat writers, but often times someone will tell me something they saw about their local team that I missed and I am always looking to investigate more if its there. If you do, then say something in the chat. Talk it out and see what the rest of the #FAmily thinks.That's why the chat is there, isn't it?

With those three steps complete and discussions are in progress, you are ready to look at the Playbook players, make comparisons and finalize your list for lineups, so let's get to it.

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