NFL DFS, Week 5 Sunday: Top daily Fantasy football picks, lineups, advice for DraftKings, FanDuel — SkimNews
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- The Week 5 NFL DFS Sunday main slate features 11 games, with Lions-Cardinals leading at a 54.5 over/under — 8 points clear of any other Sunday afternoon contest
- Mike McClure, a SportsLine DFS expert with more than $2 million in career winnings who tied for first in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and won the FanDuel Million once, has released his top Week 5 NFL DFS picks
- Jahmyr Gibbs (priced $9,800 on DraftKings, $10,000 on FanDuel) headlines those picks — his seven total touchdowns and 102 touches both lead the NFL entering Week 5, and he faces Arizona's 29th-ranked scoring defense that allowed Christian McCaffrey 116 scrimmage yards and a score in Week 3
- Romeo Doubs ($5,000 DK, $6,000 FD) is another top pick, averaging 68 receiving yards with two total touchdowns over the last three weeks while operating as New England's No. 1 WR with A.J. Brown sidelined
- The Raiders, New England's Week 5 opponent, have allowed opposing top wideouts to average 86.8 receiving yards this season, with seven of their last nine touchdowns allowed coming through the air
- Jets-Browns carries one of the slate's lowest totals at 39.5, though the source flags Deshaun Watson's resurgence and rookie pass-catchers KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, and Kenyon Sadiq as potential value
Why it matters: DFS players watching slate extremes see an 8-point over/under gap separating Lions-Cardinals (54.5) from the rest — a signal that league-leading volume producers like Gibbs (102 touches, 7 TDs) draw the slate's easiest matchup against Arizona's 29th-ranked scoring defense, while budget picks like Doubs exploit clear role upgrades at $5-6K prices with A.J. Brown sidelined.
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