The massive popularity of small DFS slates has propelled us to expand our DFS coverage. I will give you my favorite lineup for the Primetime Slate each week. We will release these as soon as both sites release their pricing.
Recommended Primetime DFS lineups
DK Lineup: QB Justin Herbert ($5.5k), RB Joe Mixon ($8.0k), RB Rico Dowdle ($6.0k), WR Ja’Marr Chase ($8.8k), WR Tank Dell ($6.8k), WR Quentin Johnston ($5.2k), TE Will Dissly ($3.3k), FLEX Dalton Schultz ($4.0k), DST Dallas Cowboys ($2.4k)
FD Lineup: QB Justin Herbert ($7.3k), RB Joe Mixon ($9.3k), RB Chase Brown ($6.8k), WR Ja’Marr Chase ($9.6k), WR Tank Dell ($7.2k), WR Quentin Johnston ($6.0k), TE Will Dissly ($5.0k), FLEX Gus Edwards ($5.0k), DST Dallas Cowboys ($3.5k)
The pricing essentially locks Justin Herbert in at QB. If you want to use Joe Burrow or C.J. Stroud, you will need to dramatically pivot down at RB2 or WR3. I don’t particularly trust either Dallas QB, but if Cooper Rush starts, there is a path (albeit a thin one) to a Rush-CeeDee Lamb stack if you go cheaper at WR3.
Joe Mixon should be the RB1. You can opt for two of J.K. Dobbins, Chase Brown, and Rico Dowdle if you want to improve at QB or WR2. Otherwise, choose one of that threesome at RB2. You also can use Gus Edwards, the punt RB2 option, at flex.
Nico Collins (hamstring) and Lamb are the WR1 pivots. Frankly, I don’t love either of them over Ja’Marr Chase. If I were going to use either, I’d put them at WR2 and pinch pennies elsewhere. Tee Higgins is the other WR2 pivot if you want to go QB-plus-two with Burrow and Chase. You can use either Ladd McConkey or Joshua Palmer over Quinton Johnston at WR3. The punt WR options are Jalen Tolbert, Xavier Hutchinson, Andrei Iosivas, John Metchie, and Robert Woods. The Texans’ backups get a boost in their replacement value if Collins remains out.
I don’t see a path to fitting Jake Ferguson (illness) under the cap. That said, if he ends up out because of his illness, you could use Luke Schoonmaker as a punt option here or at flex. Mike Gesicki and Dalton Schultz are the clear TE pivots this week. Gesicki gets a major boost if Tee Higgins suffers a setback from his quad injury. Similarly, Tanner Hudson also would see a boost if Higgins were to be limited.
