Ja'Marr Chase, Egbuka Lead McClure's Week 1 NFL DFS Picks — SkimNews
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- Ja'Marr Chase headlines Mike McClure's top Week 1 NFL DFS picks at $7,800 on DraftKings and $8,000 on FanDuel, coming off another 1,400-yard receiving season.
- Bengals vs. Buccaneers carries the highest over/under on the 12-game Sunday slate at 50.5 points, anchoring McClure's recommended stacking strategy.
- Emeka Egbuka is McClure's value play at $6,200 on DraftKings and $6,400 on FanDuel — he's the top Bucs receiver after Mike Evans left for the 49ers and Chris Godwin battled back-to-back injury-plagued seasons.
- Egbuka's rookie production — 63 catches, 938 yards, six touchdowns — backs up his new role as Baker Mayfield's primary target.
- Lower-total games like Titans-Jets and Browns-Jaguars (both under 40 over/under) could surface contrarian DFS value picks outside the obvious shootouts.
- Mike McClure runs a snap-by-snap NFL simulation model and has more than $2 million in career DFS winnings, including two DraftKings Millionaire Maker titles and a FanDuel Million victory.
Why it matters: For DFS players, the Bengals-Bucs shootout at 50.5 points drives the slate's top stack, and Egbuka's salary relief — with Evans gone and Godwin's health uncertain — is the contrarian lever McClure is selling for Week 1 tournament entries.
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