NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Picks for Every Game (Week 6)

Week 6 is upon us. Two teams are on bye, two more are playing abroad on Sunday morning and the week concludes with a Monday Night Football doubleheader, leaving 10 games for the Week 6 DFS main slate at DraftKings and FanDuel. The following players are in my player pool for both the main slate and the showdown slates. I’ll update this by Saturday night if any injury news requires changes.

Updated at 10:00 p.m. ET on October 11. Jalen Coker, Curtis Samuel and Noah Brown were removed from the suggestions, and any new additions are italicized. 

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NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Week 6

Sunday Main Slate

BAL vs. LAR

• Core Plays: Puka Nacua
• GPP Only: Davante Adams

CAR vs. DAL

• Core Plays: Tetairoa McMillan, Rico Dowdle, Bryce Young, Dak Prescott, Javonte Williams, Jake Ferguson
• GPP Only: George Pickens, Ryan Flournoy

IND vs. ARI

• Core Plays: Tyler Warren
• GPP Only: Jonathan Taylor, IND DST

JAC vs. SEA

• Core Plays: Brian Thomas, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sam Darnold
• GPP Only: Travis Etienne, Tory Horton, AJ Barner

MIA vs. LAC

• Core Plays: Darren Waller
• GPP Only: Jaylen Waddle, Tua Tagovailoa, MIA DST

PIT vs. CLE

• Core Plays: Quinshon Judkins, David Njoku, CLE DST
• GPP Only: None

NO vs. NE

• Core Plays: Drake Maye, Stefon Diggs
• GPP Only: Rashid Shaheed, NO DST

LV vs. TEN

• Core Plays: TEN DST
• GPP Only: Calvin Ridley

TB vs. SF

• Core Plays: Rachaad White, Christian McCaffrey, Kendrick Bourne
• GPP Only: None

GB vs. CIN

• Core Plays: None
• GPP Only: Josh Jacobs, Tucker Kraft

Sunday Main Slate Core Plays

QB

• Bryce Young
• Dak Prescott
• Sam Darnold
• Drake Maye

RB

• Rico Dowdle
• Javonte Williams
• Quinshon Judkins
• Rachaad White
• Christian McCaffrey

WR

• Puka Nacua
• Tetairoa McMillan
• Brian Thomas
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba
• Stefon Diggs
• Kendrick Bourne

TE

• Jake Ferguson
• Tyler Warren
• Darren Waller
• David Njoku

DST

• CLE DST
• TEN DST

Sunday Morning Football

NYJ vs. DEN

• Top shelf captains: Bo Nix, J.K. Dobbins
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Justin Fields, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Courtland Sutton
• Flex only: Mason Taylor, Isaiah Davis, Josh Reynolds, Jeremy Ruckert, Evan Engram, DEN DST, Will Lutz, RJ Harvey, Marvin Mims, Pat Bryant

Sunday Night Football

KC vs. DET

• Top shelf captains: Patrick Mahomes, Xavier Worthy, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Jared Goff, David Montgomery
• Flex only: Marquise Brown, Harrison Butker, Tyquan Thornton, Brashard Smith, Sam LaPorta, Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond

Monday Night Football

ATL vs. BUF

• Top shelf captains: Bijan Robinson, Josh Allen, James Cook
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Michael Penix
• Flex only: Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Tyler Allgeier, Ray-Ray McCloud, Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, Josh Palmer, Elijah Moore, Tyrell Shavers

Monday Night Football

WAS vs. CHI

• Top shelf captains: Jayden Daniels, Deebo Samuel, Caleb Williams
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Rome Odunze
• Flex only: Zach Ertz, Jaylin Lane, DJ Moore, Luther Burden, Cole Kmet, Colston Loveland, Kyle Monangai

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