DFS Show Week 2: What stacks MUST be in your lineup?

This is the DraftKings Week 2 main slate breakdown from Phil Alexander and Devin Knotts, built around one core argument: week two is a trap for lineup builders because half the field will overreact to one-game samples, and the real edge is in fading last week's storylines (both good and bad) while using Vegas totals and injury-driven target redistribution to find value.

The arguments

Wide receiver scoring is concentrating at the very top of the position, which should push DFS builders toward three-running-back roster construction. Devin cited that in 2024 Ja'Marr Chase outscored the next-closest receiver by nearly 100 points, and in 2025 Puka Nakua/Jaxon Smith-Njigba separated similarly from WR6, while WR4 through WR26 have become largely interchangeable week to week. Phil agreed this has pushed him toward three-RB DraftKings lineups even on a full-PPR site, since the pricing gap at the top of WR doesn't match the shallow talent cliff below it.

Don't overreact to week one — both good and bad performances. Phil's central thesis was that half the field jumps to conclusions off one game, so there's an ownership edge in ignoring blowout/bust narratives. This underpinned multiple calls: fading Chuba Hubbard-type "boring" plays that quietly dominate touches, and specifically targeting Luther Burton and Colston Loveland again this week despite week-one duds, since public perception lags the underlying opportunity.

Cash game quarterback splits Devin and Phil. Devin preferred paying up for Lamar Jackson ($7,300), arguing week one performance suggests 2024 MVP form is back, with Dak Prescott ($6,400) as a safer fallback if the Cowboys-Commanders game scripts as a shootout. Phil instead hammered Brock Purdy ($6,200) as a high-floor, low-variance cash play given a two-touchdown home spread over Miami, dismissing concerns about Purdy's low rushing upside as irrelevant to floor.

Injury-driven target vacuums are the week's biggest cash-game value plays. With Nico Collins likely out, both hosts liked Dalton Schultz ($3,200) against a tight-end-friendly Cincinnati defense, and Jalen Noel/Jaylin Knoll as complementary Texans WR value. With Zay Flowers questionable, Mark Andrews becomes a strong play if Flowers sits, and Aaron Jones ($5,100) was called a "free square" now that Jordan Mason is on IR.

Contrarian quarterback stacks in the highest-total games carry real GPP upside. Devin pushed hard on Jaden Daniels ($6,300) with Terry McLaurin, projecting only around 4% ownership despite Washington-Dallas being a potential shootout, arguing the field is concentrating ownership on Dak/Lamb/Pickens and ignoring the other side. Phil similarly liked Ja'Corey Croskey-Merritt as a lower-owned running back play in that same game environment, and floated Bo Nix in the Denver-Jacksonville over/under as another shootout candidate.

The Ashton Jeanty and Miami-Cleveland "homecoming game" plays split the hosts. Phil was comfortable rostering Jeanty ($6,800) off his 35.7-point week-one game and 81% backfield touch share, framing him as underpriced for one more week. Devin pushed back, arguing Miami and Cleveland are so noncompetitive that these games tend to end with the winning team pulling starters and taking the foot off the gas rather than running up 59-3 type scores, making the "blowout" upside less exploitable than raw point totals suggest.

What it means for your roster

• Build three-RB DraftKings lineups this week given the hosts' shared read that WR4-26 is fungible while elite WRs separate — prioritize RB scarcity/floor over chasing mid-tier receiver ceiling.
• Claim/roster Dalton Schultz ($3,200) and Jalen Noel/Jaylin Knoll ($3,700) as direct beneficiaries if Nico Collins sits; both hosts independently landed on Schultz as a top value tight end.
• Cash-game quarterback: take Brock Purdy ($6,200) for floor or Dak Prescott ($6,400) for shootout upside; avoid Lamar Jackson pairings with Mark Andrews unless you're comfortable fading a big chunk of the field, and stay away from stacking too much Minnesota exposure with Carson Wentz in cash.
• GPP build around Jaden Daniels/Terry McLaurin/CeeDee Lamb as a low-owned (~4% projected) shootout stack in the Cowboys-Commanders game, per Devin's favorite stack call.
• Consider Ashton Jeanty as a fading window — Phil says this is the last week he's price-efficient under 7K, but Devin's skepticism about Miami/Dolphins garbage-time dynamics is worth weighing before overpaying into ownership.
• Cheap value/GPP darts: Casey Concepcion ($4,100), Demario Douglas ($3,800), and Chase Wilson-style burton dead-cat-bounce plays (Luther Burton, Colston Loveland) are the hosts' explicit picks for filling out low-owned GPP rosters this week.