Ravens tight end Mark Andrews has more than 40 yards in three of his last five games, with at least one touchdown in three of those contests. He’s the TE8 in Fantasy football 2024 over the last five games, a significant improvement from his start of the NFL season. Andrew had four receptions for 55 yards in Week 5 against the Bengals after being shut out in back-to-back contests, so will Baltimore focus on him again when the Ravens and Bengals meet on Thursday Night Football? That’s an important question when making your Thursday Night Football NFL DFS picks for the 8:15 p.m. kickoff. Before locking in any NFL DFS lineups for Bengals vs. Ravens 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 on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel.
Kaylor hit on epic NFL DFS picks for SportsLine members throughout the 2022 and 2023 seasons. 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 2023, he hit on Ja’Marr Chase’s massive Week 5 performance (15 catches, 192 yards, three TDs), D.J. Moore’s eight catches for 230 yards and three touchdowns in Week 14, and De’Von Anchane’s breakout performance (233 total yards, four TD’s) in Week 3.
This season, some of Kaylor’s top picks in Showdown DFS slates include Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed, (4-138-1, 33-1), Bills quarterback Josh Allen (263-4), and Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (509-4). Anyone who followed his picks is way up.
Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to Ravens vs. Bengals on Thursday Night Football in Week 9 and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Bengals vs. Ravens
One of Kaylor’s top NFL DFS picks for Thursday Night Football is Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. The 27-year-old is QB3 in Fantasy football this season and has made everyone forget about his poor Week 1 performance against the Patriots in his first game back from his season-ending wrist injury. Burrow has thrown for multiple touchdowns in six of his last eight games since that season-opener and is coming off a five-touchdown performance in a 41-24 victory over the Raiders last week.
It was Burrow’s second five-touchdown game of the season, with his first coming against Baltimore. Burrow threw for 392 yards with five touchdowns and an interception in a 41-38 loss to the Ravens in Week 5. Kaylor believes Burrow can have another huge performance against Baltimore, who is allowing the most passing yards (280.9 per game) in the NFL this season.
Kaylor is also targeting Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase. The fourth-year receiver has one of the highest floors in this matchup as he has more than 50 receiving yards in seven of nine games this season. Chase has 11 targets in each of the last two games as Joe Burrow’s go-to option in the offense every game.
Chase had 10 receptions for 193 yards and two touchdowns against Baltimore in Week 5. He’s had some of his biggest performances over his career against the Ravens, including a 201-yard outburst. He has more than 100 yards in three of seven career games against the Ravens and the Bengals will need another huge performance from him to pull off the upset over Baltimore. See who else Kaylor likes right here.
How to set Ravens vs. Bengals NFL DFS lineups, player pool
Kaylor is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers in Bengals vs. Ravens. 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 Thursday Night Football, 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 an NFL DFS expert who won a prestigious millionaire maker tournament, and find out.
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Author: CBS Sports Staff
November 7, 2024 | 12:16 pm
