NFL DFS Tournament Takes & Leverage Points: Week 8 (Fantasy Football)
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Keep an eye on the three Florida games, with rain and gusty winds in the forecast for NE @ MIA, ATL @ TB, and IND @ JAX. I am keeping those players in the pool for now, but check the Sunday forecast before loading up on passing stacks.
- Which chalk deserves the attention?
- Where are we giving up too much projection just to be different?
- And how can we turn those answers into better tournament lineups?
Slate Overview
| Position | Chalk | Pivot Options |
| QB | Dak Prescott / Joe Burrow | Josh Allen / Drake Maye |
| RB | Chase Brown / Rhamondre Stevenson | Derrick Henry / Jaylen Warren |
| WR | Zay Flowers / Ja’Marr Chase | Amon-Ra St. Brown / George Pickens |
| TE | Hunter Henry / Brenton Strange | T.J. Hockenson / Travis Kelce |
Chase Brown and Rhamondre Stevenson lead projected RB ownership, while Dak Prescott is the field’s most popular QB option. WR attention is spread across Flowers, Chase, Lamb, Higgins, and Puka, so paying up there will still put us alongside plenty of other lineups. Hunter Henry and Brenton Strange lead the TE ownership, with Hockenson and Kelce offering similar or better projections at much lower ownership. There are enough reasonable pivots across the slate to keep the chalk we want and get different through a stack partner, an expensive RB, or the FLEX.
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