The 2023 NFL preseason schedule will continue on Friday with six games, which means there will be plenty of options in the NFL DFS player pool. Success in the early portion of the preseason is all about keeping a close eye on who will play, with value coming from players on the back half of the roster who are battling to make the team. Russell Wilson will play in the Broncos’ opener against the Cardinals on Friday night, but only sparingly. Can you include him in your NFL DFS picks? That could mean plenty of playing time for backup Jarrett Stidham and valuable mop-up duty work for Ben DiNucci. How much exposure should you have to a player like DiNucci in your NFL DFS lineups and who else should you target for NFL DFS tournaments, cash games and 50-50s on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings?
Before making any NFL DFS picks for preseason Week 1 on Friday, August 11 on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out the NFL DFS lineup advice, strategy and player stacks from SportsLine NFL daily Fantasy expert Jimmie Kaylor.
Kaylor is a NFL and DFS expert for SportsLine, who opened the 2022 NFL season by winning DraftKings’ NFL Showdown Thursday Kickoff Millionaire contest. He edged out over 355,000 other entrants in the contest and also has multiple five-figure tournament wins on his DFS resume. Kaylor, who cashed big all season in 2022, has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America, and his background as a former college and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks.
Kaylor hit on epic NFL DFS picks all season in 2022. He was all over Travis Kelce’s four touchdown performance against the Raiders on Monday Night Football, Kirk Cousins’ 460-yard, four TD performance on Thanksgiving Day, and T.J. Hockenson’s 13 catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns in Week 15.
In the season opening Hall of Fame Game, Kaylor was all over Jets rookie running back Israel Abanikanda, who turned out to be the game’s highest scoring player. Anyone who followed his picks is way up.
Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to Friday’s 2023 NFL preseason games and just locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL preseason DFS picks for Friday, August 11
One of Kaylor’s favorite DFS picks for Friday, where every player on DraftKings is $5,500 and $6,000 on FanDuel, is Browns running back John Kelly Jr. A sixth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Kelly has spent two seasons each with the Rams and Browns so far in his NFL career, carrying the ball 32 times for 96 yards and catching two passes for 27 yards in 13 games.
Kelly produced 1,077 yards and nine touchdowns in his final season at Tennessee in 2017. Cleveland appears to have a wide open battle for touches behind starter Nick Chubb at running back and Kelly is already making the most of his preseason opportunities. He carried the ball 10 times for 42 yards and caught four passes for 27 yards and a score in the NFL Hall of Fame Game last week.
Kaylor’s NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Broncos wide receiver Kendall Hinton. The Wake Forest product went undrafted in 2020 after playing quarterback for four years and then producing a 1,000-yard season in his lone season as a wide receiver in college.
He signed with Denver and earned a practice squad spot out of training camp as a rookie, eventually playing in one game in 2020. He went on to earn a larger role in 2021 and 2022, playing in 28 games and catching 39 passes for 486 yards and a touchdown. Hinton will try to prove himself all over again for Sean Payton and should be in line for plenty of reps on Friday against the Cardinals. You can see the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks here.
How to build Week 1 preseason NFL DFS lineups, player pools
Kaylor is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers on Friday. This pick 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 Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.
So who is Jimmie Kaylor including in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Friday, and which under-the-radar NFL DFS picks offer huge value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a DFS expert who won a prestigious millionaire maker tournament last season, and find out.
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Author: CBS Sports Staff
August 11, 2023 | 9:54 am
