McClure's Top NFL DFS Picks for Week 1 Sunday — SkimNews
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- Mike McClure locked in his top NFL DFS picks for the Week 1 Sunday main slate, which features a dozen games kicking off between 1 p.m. ET and 4:25 p.m. ET
- Ja'Marr Chase ($7,800 DraftKings / $8,000 FanDuel) tops McClure's board in the Bengals-Bucs game, which carries the slate's highest over/under at 50.5 points
- Emeka Egbuka ($6,200 DK / $6,400 FD) is another McClure pick, now Baker Mayfield's top target after Mike Evans left for the Niners and Chris Godwin came off back-to-back injury-plagued seasons; Egbuka caught 63 passes for 938 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie
- Mike McClure has more than $2 million in DFS career winnings, including a tie for first in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once
- DFS lineup-building requires balancing high-salary stars like Chase, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Bijan Robinson, Josh Allen, Derrick Henry and Jahmyr Gibbs against sleepers from projected lower-scoring games such as Titans-Jets or Browns-Jaguars, both with over/unders under 40
Why it matters: For DFS players building Sunday lineups, McClure's $2M+ career winnings — including two tied firsts in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker — give his specific Chase and Egbuka picks tangible weight. The Bengals-Bucs 50.5-point over/under is the slate's scoring ceiling, and Egbuka's role as Mayfield's new WR1 after Evans' departure offers the clearest salary-relief angle.
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