NFL DFS Expert Survey: Thursday Night Football - Chiefs vs. Lions
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 Thursday Night Football
What is your favorite game-script build and why?
squirrelpatrol: The total on this game is at least 3 points higher than every other game on the board this week, so it should be high-scoring, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it ends up being a bit lower-scoring (and closer) than the line indicates. Detroit invested in the RB position in both the draft (with Jahmyr Gibbs) and in free agency (with David Montgomery), and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them try to slow the game down with the running game to keep Patrick Mahomes off the field.
headChopper: Plenty of scoring in the game but isn’t a shootout. Rather it is two offenses that are very efficient and methodically move down the field and score. Games like that tend to not have the pass-catcher in catch-up mode that goes crazy. Instead, it is offenses that spread the ball around, getting multiple people involved.
kmurray03: Despite the Lions being 6.5-point underdogs here, my favorite game-script is one in which the Chiefs are playing from behind. I think the Chiefs win this game, but I do think the Lions give them a good fight and potentially lead for a good chunk of this game.
TJ Zwarych: I plan for a lot of scoring in this one. I’ll try to jam Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff in as many lineups together as possible, but my favorite combo to build around is Mahomes and Amon-Ra St. Brown. I’ll take shots on cheap players who could potentially score touchdowns around them, like Skyy Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and Noah Gray, to be able to afford a hefty amount of Mahomes/Goff/St. Brown combos in my lineups.
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