NFL DFS, Packers vs. Panthers: Top daily Fantasy picks, lineup advice for 'Thursday Night Football' — SkimNews
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- Green Bay Packers host the Carolina Panthers at 8:15 p.m. ET on Thursday Night Football to open Week 8; the matchup is listed at Green Bay -3.5 with a 46.5 total, while Carolina brings the No. 27 scoring defense and Green Bay the No. 32 rushing offense.
- Jordan Love is one of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks with a 262.5 passing-yard over/under; he has multiple touchdowns in every game, averages 279.7 yards per game and posted a 14:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio over his last six Thursday games, despite not throwing a passing touchdown in the teams’ meeting a year ago.
- Jalen Coker is another McClure DFS centerpiece, averaging 77.5 receiving yards with two touchdowns across four games started and finished this season; his catches inside the 20-yard line match Tetairoa McMillan and Darren Waller combined, while Green Bay allows 14.0 receptions per game to wideouts, third-most in the league.
- Josh Jacobs made his return Sunday and recorded 91 scrimmage yards and a touchdown, rewarding daily-fantasy players who used him after his absence.
- Chuba Hubbard has scored six touchdowns in six games for Carolina, while backups MarShawn Lloyd and Trevor Etienne each recorded eight touches last week, giving the Panthers multiple ground options for Thursday’s DFS builds.
- Matthew Golden is questionable with shoulder and foot injuries, while Christian Watson, Tetairoa McMillan and Tucker Kraft are available TNF receiving options as DFS lineups figure to heavily feature the passing games.
- SportsLine is the only place readers can see McClure’s complete picks, optimal lineups, rankings, stacks and a still-unidentified undervalued player; his prediction model simulates every snap using matchups, statistical trends and injuries, and he has more than $2 million in career DFS winnings.
Why it matters: For daily-fantasy players, Jordan Love’s case rests on 279.7 yards per game, multiple touchdowns in every game and a 14:1 Thursday TD-to-INT ratio. The counterweight is equally concrete: Jacobs returned for 91 scrimmage yards and a score, while Hubbard has six touchdowns in six games, so ground involvement cannot be treated as filler.
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