Top daily fantasy football quarterback plays for Wild Card weekend

Welcome to the Wild Card playoff round of the Daily Fantasy season. Playoff DFS presents its own challenges with limited player pools and more defined roles for starters. That said, there are still plenty of value opportunities across all positions. This article looks at some of the projected lesser-owned plays at quarterback who could provide huge boosts to your tournament lineups, as well as some trap plays to avoid.

This is not to say that Aaron Rodgers or Ben Roethlisberger aren’t great plays, but the savings you get by going one level down to Wilson is made even more enticing considering Wilson is in a prime spot to put up big numbers with his arm and legs. Wilson has historically played at a higher level in the postseason, and there’s nothing about the Lions’ defense that suggests he will slow down now.

If the Giants are going to do what they so often have done in the playoffs, it will be because Manning willed it to happen by playing at a very high level. Expect the Manning-to-Beckham combo to get called early and often. Playoff Eli has earned the right to be counted on for big things at a nice savings over the Big Two.

He doesn’t have the track record of Wilson or Manning, but he has the lowest price of the second-tier QBs, and he’s almost certainly going to be playing from behind most of the day, which means he will be throwing a bunch. The potential volume combined with the low price makes him a prime tournament option, not to mention he will probably be on the lower-owned end of the scale.

The temptation to use the cheapest starting quarterback is always great at playoff time, because it allows for more flexibility at the running back and wide receiver spots. But you can’t survive in these types of large-field tournaments by taking a terrible number somewhere on the roster, and Cook is going to put up a terrible number on the road against a solid pass defense. Buyer beware.