The Atlanta Falcons will play their third primetime game in the last four weeks when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday Night Football. Kirk Cousins has a reputation as a poor prime-time performer, but he led the Falcons to a game-winning drive and a touchdown with 34 seconds left in a 22-21 win over the Eagles in Week 2 and kept Atlanta close with Kansas City before a 22-17 loss in Week 2. 3. He averaged 235.5 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in his two prime-time games this season, so how should Cousins and Falcons pass-catchers from the NFL DFS player pool like Drake London, Darnell Mooney and Kyle. Pitts fit into your Week 5 Thursday Night Football NFL DFS strategy?
Should you include Tampa Bay veteran receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin in NFL DFS lineups? Before setting your NFL DFS lines on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday Night Football, be sure check out SportsLine’s daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure’s NFL DFS tips, strategy and stacks.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with over $2 million in career earnings. He uses a powerful predictive model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking into account factors such as matchups, statistical trends and injuries. This allows him to find the best DFS values, which he shares only with members at SportsLine. His methodology has led to huge cashes on FanDuel and DraftKings, including. Last year, he won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once. Anyone who followed him is way up.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to Buccaneers vs. Falcons on a Thursday Night Football slate and just locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Best NFL DFS picks for Falcons vs. Buccaneers
One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Thursday Night Football is Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney. After spending his first four seasons in Chicago, Mooney is on pace for one of the best seasons of his career as he plays in a more stable offense than the Bears had most of his tenure there. The 26-year-old is averaging 56.3 receiving yards per game, the second-best of his career, including averaging 70 yards over the last three games. He had three receptions for 56 yards last week against the Saints.
Mooney has been a big game threat this season, leading the Falcons in receiving yards (225) despite being in a three-way tie for the second most receptions (15) on the team. He averages 15 yards per reception, which is 23rd in the NFL and leads all Falcons. Tampa Bay allowed three receptions of 15 yards or greater to three different pass catchers last week against the Eagles and McClure expects some heavy plays and production from Mooney at a cheaper price tag for Thursday Night Football NFL DFS lineups. See who else to list here.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes naming Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin, who is third in the NFL in receptions (27) and sixth in receiving yards (322). Godwin had six receptions for 69 yards on nine targets in a 33-16 win over the Eagles last week and he has had at least eight targets in all four games this season.
The Falcons have allowed 56 receptions to wide receivers this season, which is tied for the fourth most in the NFL, and Godwin has a 79.4% catch rate from Baker Mayfield, which is the best catch rate of his eight-year career. He leads the team in receptions, yards and goals (34) being tied with Mike Evans for receiving touchdowns (three). Godwin finished behind Evans in receiving yards in each of the last two seasons but he is emerging as Mayfield’s top pick early in the 2024 NFL season. See who else McClure likes right here.
How to set Thursday Night Football DFS lineups
McClure is also targeting another underrated player who could explode for huge numbers on Thursday Night Football. This choice could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is, and the rest of McClure’s picks in NFL DFS, at SportsLine..
So who does Mike McClure include in his optimal NFL DFS lines for Thursday Night Football, and which under-the-radar NFL DFS picks offer tremendous value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, tips and stacks, all from a daily Fantasy expert with over $2 million in winnings.and find out.
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