NFL DFS, Week 5 Sunday: Top daily Fantasy football picks, lineups, advice for DraftKings, FanDuel — SkimNews
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- Mike McClure locked in his Week 5 NFL DFS Sunday picks, headlined by Lions-Cardinals at a 54.5 over/under — the highest total on the 11-game main slate and 9 points clear of any other Sunday afternoon contest.
- Jahmyr Gibbs is McClure's top play at $9,800 on DraftKings and $10,000 on FanDuel (the priciest player on both sites), with seven touchdowns and 102 touches leading the NFL entering a matchup against Arizona's 29th-ranked scoring defense.
- Romeo Doubs is the value target at $5,000 on DraftKings and $6,000 on FanDuel, averaging 68 receiving yards and two total touchdowns over the last three weeks while serving as New England's No. 1 wideout with A.J. Brown sidelined.
- The Patriots face Las Vegas, whose defense has allowed opposing top wideouts to average 86.8 receiving yards this season and has surrendered seven of its last nine touchdowns allowed through the air.
- Even Jets vs. Browns (39.5 total, the slate's lowest) carries DFS value, with Deshaun Watson on a resurgence and rookies KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, and Kenyon Sadiq drawing interest as emerging pass-catching options.
- McClure — a professional DFS player with $2 million+ in career winnings — uses a simulation model factoring matchups, statistical trends, and injuries, and previously tied for first in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once.
Why it matters: DFS players building Week 5 Sunday lineups get a salary-balanced blueprint from a two-time DraftKings Millionaire Maker winner: pairing the slate's most expensive back (Gibbs at $10,000 FanDuel, 102 touches) with a $5,000 DK wideout (Doubs) facing a Raiders secondary that's surrendered 86.8 yards per game to opposing No. 1 receivers, giving roster-builders a high-ceiling pairing grounded in volume and matchup data.
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