Bills quarterback Josh Allen finished as QB1 in Fantasy football in three of the last four seasons and now that he has a top wideout in Amari Cooper to go along with his rushing upside, should you spend up to include Allen as your quarterback in NFL DFS picks for Sunday? Cooper, who is expected to make his Bills debut, is the WR36 in Fantasy football this season, but will now catch passes from Allen instead of Deshaun Watson. The 30-year-old receiver is averaging 41.7 yards per game, the lowest of his 10-year career, but will playing with Allen make him an immediate impact option for daily Fantasy football players forming Week 7 NFL DFS lineups and NFL DFS stacks? Before making any NFL DFS picks for Sunday or locking in NFL DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out SportsLine’s NFL DFS lineup optimizer.
The DFS optimizer uses info from the SportsLine Advanced-Data Projection Model and DFS Professional Millionaire Mike McClure to identify top DFS picks/plays for any slate on betting apps like DraftKings and FanDuel. It simulates every game 10,000 times to help DFS players optimize and build winning DraftKings and FanDuel lineups. Optimize, export, and enter lineups confidently with injury updates, floor and ceiling player projections, and Vegas lines and picks all with one winning tool for sports betting apps.
Now, SportsLine’s NFL DFS optimizer has turned its attention to Sunday’s 2024 NFL Week 7 schedule and just locked in its top daily Fantasy football lineups. You can only see its optimal lineups at SportsLine.
Top NFL Week 7 DFS picks for Sunday
One of the optimizer’s top DFS value picks for Sunday is Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins ($6,300 on DraftKings, $7,200 on FanDuel). The 13-year NFL quarterback threw for more than 4,000 yards in each of his last three full seasons before tearing his Achilles midway through last year with the Vikings. Cousins could have been on his way to a career season that year, averaging 291.4 passing yards per game, the second-most of his career and most since 2016. The 36-year-old has proven his strong arm is still there as displayed with 509 yards and four touchdowns against Tampa Bay on Thursday Night Football in Week 5.
Cousins returns to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first time since that 509-yard performance when the Falcons play the Seahawks on Sunday. The Seahawks allowed the third-most yards per game in the NFL last season and the defense hasn’t seemed to improve much this year, especially as of late. Lions quarterback Jared Goff completed 18 of 18 passes with two touchdowns against Seattle this season as the Seahawks have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in three straight games. Seattle’s top two cornerbacks Riq Woolen (ankle) and Tre Brown (ankle) haven’t practiced this week as Cousins could be in line for another huge passing total at a value price for NFL DFS lineups.
The optimizer’s NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Browns tight end David Njoku ($4,100 on DraftKings, $5,300 on FanDuel). The 28-year-old had five receptions for 31 yards in his second game following an ankle injury suffered in Week 1. Njoku only had one reception for 14 yards the week before as he played 46% of snaps, but the Browns tight end increased that to 74% of snaps on Sunday, which was the third-highest of any Cleveland skill position player.
The Browns traded WR1 Amari Cooper to the Bills on Tuesday, which opens up a significantly larger target share for the rest of Cleveland’s pass-catchers. Cooper led the Browns in receptions (24), targets (53), receiving yards (250) and receiving touchdowns (two) this season while generating 27.3% of the targets from Deshaun Watson. Njoku is a prime candidate to benefit from those additional targets against the Bengals, who rank 23rd in yards allowed (356 yards per game) this season. You can see the rest of the optimizer’s NFL DFS picks here.
How to build Sunday Week 7 NFL DFS lineups
The optimizer is also targeting multiple undervalued players who could explode for huge numbers on Sunday. Those players could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who they are, and the rest of the optimizer’s NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.
So what is the optimal NFL DFS lineup for Sunday, 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 optimizer that simulates every game 10,000 times, and find out.
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Author: CBS Sports Staff
October 19, 2024 | 11:55 pm
