McClure: McCaffrey, Allen top Week 7 Sunday DFS — SkimNews
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- NFL's Week 7 Sunday DFS main slate covers 10 afternoon games beginning between 1 and 4:25 p.m. ET, with byes and the early international game trimming the board and offense tougher to find.
- Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Ja'Marr Chase, Brock Bowers and Brock Purdy are the highest-priced names in the player pool, while four games carry over/unders of 42.5 or lower and only Packers–Lions tops 50.
- Christian McCaffrey is McClure's top pick at $8,700 on FanDuel and $7,600 on DraftKings, the fourth-most expensive running back on FanDuel and fifth on DraftKings, with the 49ers missing Mike Evans (ribs, Achilles) and Deebo Samuel (hamstring) against a Falcons defense giving up the fifth-most receptions to opposing backs.
- Braelon Allen is a second build-around at $6,300 on FanDuel and $5,900 on DraftKings, with Breece Hall (quad) questionable, the Dolphins giving up the second-most fantasy points to opposing running backs, and the Jets listed as 4.5-point favorites for the power-back, clock-running role McClure describes.
- Lamar Jackson was ruled out with an ankle injury and Rams wideout Puka Nacua (calf) is questionable, trimming two prominent skill players from the Sunday board.
- Mike McClure has more than $2 million in DFS career winnings and uses a model that simulates every snap using matchups, statistical trends and injuries; he has tied for first in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and won the FanDuel Million once.
- SportsLine withholds the remainder of McClure's Week 7 slate, with additional picks, rankings, stacks and an under-the-radar value play visible only to members, leaving just McCaffrey and Allen named publicly.
Why it matters: Sunday's board is top-constrained: four games carry over/unders of 42.5 or lower and only Packers–Lions exceeds 50, with offense tougher to find. McClure's disclosed top picks are value-priced running backs — McCaffrey at $8,700 on FanDuel, Allen at $6,300 — and the Jets' 4.5-point favorite status with Breece Hall's questionable quad backs a power-back, run-the-clock role for Allen.
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