NFL DFS Expert Survey: Monday Night Football - Steelers vs. Browns
Our panel of experts is here to give you their NFL DFS picks for the upcoming Showdown slate by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know headChopper’s three favorite Captains? Or squirrelpatrol’s favorite correlation? Find out below!
NFL DFS Showdown Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Monday Night Football (Steelers vs. Browns)
Editor’s Note: It’s being reported that Amari Cooper might play tonight.
DraftKings
Who are your three favorite Captains, ranked in order?
squirrelpatrol: Nick Chubb, George Pickens, Deshaun Watson
headChopper: Deshaun Watson, Nick Chubb, Najee Harris
kmurray03: Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson, Kenny Pickett
Bobby Gomes: Nick Chubb, George Pickens, Elijah Moore
Who is your favorite player to correlate with your favorite Captain?
squirrelpatrol: CLE D/ST
headChopper: Elijah Moore
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: CLE D/ST
Who are your three highest exposure players in your FLEX position, ranked in order?
squirrelpatrol: Jaylen Warren, Deshaun Watson, Kenny Pickett
headChopper: Kenny Pickett, Elijah Moore, David Njoku
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren, Elijah Moore, Nick Chubb
Bobby Gomes: Jaylen Warren, Deshaun Watson, David Njoku
Who is your favorite contrarian Captain?
squirrelpatrol: George Pickens
headChopper: George Pickens
kmurray03: David Njoku
Bobby Gomes: Elijah Moore
Who is your favorite contrarian FLEX option?
squirrelpatrol: Chris Boswell
headChopper: Jerome Ford
kmurray03: Calvin Austin
Bobby Gomes: Calvin Austin
What player do you plan on being most overweight on compared to the field?
squirrelpatrol: Dustin Hopkins
headChopper: Elijah Moore
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: Dustin Hopkins
What player do you plan on being most underweight on compared to the field?
squirrelpatrol: Najee Harris
headChopper: Jaylen Warren
kmurray03: Najee Harris
Bobby Gomes: Najee Harris
FanDuel
Who are your three favorite MVPs, ranked in order?
squirrelpatrol: Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson, Kenny Pickett
headChopper: Deshaun Watson, Nick Chubb, Kenny Pickett
kmurray03: Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson, Kenny Pickett
Bobby Gomes: Deshaun Watson, Nick Chubb, Kenny Pickett
Who is your favorite player to correlate with your favorite MVP?
squirrelpatrol: CLE D/ST
headChopper: Elijah Moore
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: Elijah Moore
Who are your three highest exposure players in your AnyFLEX position, ranked in order?
squirrelpatrol: Jaylen Warren, David Njoku, Dustin Hopkins
headChopper: Najee Harris, George Pickens, Elijah Moore
kmurray03: Deshaun Watson, Jaylen Warren, Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: Jaylen Warren, George Pickens, David Njoku
Who is your favorite contrarian MVP?
squirrelpatrol: Dustin Hopkins
headChopper: George Pickens
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: George Pickens
Who is your favorite contrarian AnyFLEX option?
squirrelpatrol: Chris Boswell
headChopper: Jerome Ford
kmurray03: Elijah Moore
Bobby Gomes: Chris Boswell
What player do you plan on being most overweight on compared to the field?
squirrelpatrol: Dustin Hopkins
headChopper: Najee Harris
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren
Bobby Gomes: Dustin Hopkins
What player do you plan on being most underweight on compared to the field?
squirrelpatrol: Najee Harris
headChopper: Jaylen Warren
kmurray03: Najee Harris
Bobby Gomes: Najee Harris
What is your favorite game-script build and why?
squirrelpatrol: This is projected to be a close, low-scoring game, so lineup construction could be extremely important. The clearest choice is a slow game behind Cleveland’s star RB, Nick Chubb, and pairing him with the Browns D/ST, but I’ll also play some lineups in my multi-entry build centered around the passing games being more involved.
headChopper: Tough teams with tough defenses and points aren’t easy to come by. The Browns have a nice, efficient game from Deshaun Watson to set up the run and move the ball that way, and Kenny Pickett is the catalyst with check-downs to Najee Harris to move the ball on Cleveland.
kmurray03: Cleveland and Pittsburgh just screams low-scoring matchup to me. However, usually in these types of games, we see the public build around kickers and defenses, so I like fading that strategy and building as if there’s a bit more scoring than expected.
Bobby Gomes: Classic AFC North rock fight with a total at sub-40. The Steelers are 8-5 ATS on Monday Night Football since 2014, winning 12 of those games outright. A classic running game and defensive game should be on display.
Which players will you restrict from appearing together often due to possible negative correlation?
squirrelpatrol: I’ll be limiting the number of offensive players against my own defense more strictly than I would a normal single-game slate and will limit my rosters to one RB per team. I’ll also make sure I pair QB MVP/CPT lineups with multiple receivers from their team.
headChopper: RBs from the same team. Both Cleveland’s and Pittsburgh’s backfields are better served using only one guy from each team per lineup.
kmurray03: I’ll be restricting the amount of kickers and defenses I have in the same lineup. Not necessarily only due to negative correlation but also in order to differentiate, as there’s a strong chance we see more lineups with multiple kickers and defenses tonight compared to other slates.
Bobby Gomes: I will likely group away Pittsburgh RBs from one another. I am fine with getting Cleveland RBs together, but not if Nick Chubb is Captain because I believe it could potentially cap his ceiling.
What is your favorite way to differentiate from the field?
squirrelpatrol: I’ll be using lineup construction to make sure each of my rosters makes sense. If I’m using a WR or TE in the MVP/CPT spot, I’ll be more likely to pair them with their QB and vice-versa. I’ll also aim to pair some of my lineups with a RB as a MVP/CPT with the same-team D/ST.
headChopper: Seems like the general consensus is the running backs are the plays from this game, so I like taking a chance on some pass-catchers. I like a contrarian build in GPPs where the passing games actually light it up.
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren season. Warren will likely have higher upside games in spots where the Steelers are trailing, so using that sort of game-script in your builds is very helpful. Warren is going extremely overlooked, and I think he is the best RB play from the Steelers on this slate by far.
Bobby Gomes: Getting massively overweight on kicker and D/ST; I really doubt this game shoots out.
What is an example of one rule you can program into LineupHQ to capitalize on the above strategies?
squirrelpatrol: Groups > New Group > Conditional Player Kenny Pickett > Use 2 to 3 > Add Steelers WRs and TEs as players in the group
headChopper: Groups > New Group > Use between 0-1 > List Browns RBs (then Steelers RBs)
kmurray03: Groups > New Group > Use (0-1) > Steelers D/ST, Browns D/ST, Chris Boswell, Dustin Hopkins
Bobby Gomes: Groups > New Group > Use between 0-1 > List Pittsburgh RBs
What is your hottest take for this game?
squirrelpatrol: Calvin Austin leads the Steelers in receptions for the second week in a row.
headChopper: George Pickens catches 2 TDs of 40+ yards each.
kmurray03: Jaylen Warren outscores Najee Harris by 5+ fantasy points.
Bobby Gomes: Elijah Moore gets in the end zone for the first time as a Cleveland Brown and also exceeds his receiving prop.
Predict the final score of the game.
squirrelpatrol: CLE 17 – PIT 14
headChopper: CLE 23 – PIT 20
kmurray03: CLE 21 – PIT 13
Bobby Gomes: CLE 17 – PIT 13
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Our panel of experts is here to give you their NFL DFS picks for the upcoming Showdown slate by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know headChopper’s three favorite Captains? Or squirrelpatrol’s favorite correlation? Find out below!
NFL DFS Showdown Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Monday Night Football
What is your favorite game-script build and why?
squirrelpatrol: This is projected to be a close, low-scoring game, so lineup construction could be extremely important. The clearest choice is a slow game behind Cleveland’s star RB, Nick Chubb, and pairing him with the Browns D/ST, but I’ll also play some lineups in my multi-entry build centered around the passing games being more involved.
headChopper: Tough teams with tough defenses and points aren’t easy to come by. The Browns have a nice, efficient game from Deshaun Watson to set up the run and move the ball that way, and Kenny Pickett is the catalyst with check-downs to Najee Harris to move the ball on Cleveland.
kmurray03: Cleveland and Pittsburgh just screams low-scoring matchup to me. However, usually in these types of games, we see the public build around kickers and defenses, so I like fading that strategy and building as if there’s a bit more scoring than expected.
Bobby Gomes: Classic AFC North rock fight with a total at sub 40. The Steelers are 8-5 ATS on Monday Night Football since 2014, winning 12 of those games outright. A classic running game and defensive game should be on display.