NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Picks for Every Game (Week 5)

There are four teams on bye, and there’s another game abroad, leaving us with a 10-game DFS main slate for Week 5 at DraftKings and FanDuel. Below is the pool of players I’m using from both sites as of the publication of this piece. Rico Dowdle is a player I’d like to bring attention to among the GPP suggestions, since he wasn’t featured in the game stack suggestions for the Dolphins at the Panthers in the NFL DFS Week 5 Picks & Predictions piece published on Thursday. Finally, as always, I’ll update this piece with showdown suggestions and any necessary updates for the main slate player pool after injury reports are finalized. So, circle back over the weekend to see my showdown slate suggestions and any possible additions or subtractions from the suggested players for the main slate.

Updated at 5:40 p.m. ET on October 4. Any changes to the main slate suggestions are in italics.

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NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Week 5

Sunday Main Slate

NYJ vs. DAL

• Core Plays: Garrett Wilson, Justin Fields, Breece Hall, Mason Taylor, George Pickens, Javonte Williams, Dak Prescott, Jake Ferguson
• GPP Only: Jalen Tolbert

CAR vs. MIA

• Core Plays: Tetairoa McMillan, De’Von Achane, Jaylen Waddle
• GPP Only: Rico Dowdle, Tommy Tremble, Tua Tagovailoa, Darren Waller

BAL vs. HOU

• Core Plays: HOU DST
• GPP Only: Woodie Marks

IND vs. LV

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

NO vs. NYG

• Core Plays: NO DST, NYG DST
• GPP Only: None

PHI vs. DEN

• Core Plays: None
• GPP Only: None

ARI vs. TEN

• Core Plays: None
• GPP Only: ARI DST

SEA vs. TB

• Core Plays: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Rachaad White
• GPP Only: None

CIN vs. DET

• Core Plays: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs
• GPP Only: David Montgomery, Jameson Williams, DET DST

LAC vs. WAS

• Core Plays: Omarion Hampton, Zach Ertz
• GPP Only: Justin Herbert, Quentin Johnston, Keenan Allen, Ladd McConkey, Jayden Daniels, Deebo Samuel, Luke McCaffrey

Sunday Main Slate Core Plays

QB

• Justin Fields
• Dak Prescott

RB

• Breece Hall
• Javonte Williams
• De’Von Achane
• Jonathan Taylor
• Rachaad White
• Jahmyr Gibbs
• Omarion Hampton

WR

• Garrett Wilson
• George Pickens
• Tetairoa McMillan
• Jaylen Waddle
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba
• Amon-Ra St. Brown

TE

• Mason Taylor
• Jake Ferguson
• Tyler Warren
• Zach Ertz

DST

• HOU DST
• NO DST
• NYG DST

Sunday Morning Football

CLE vs. MIN

• Top shelf captains: Quinshon Judkins, Justin Jefferson
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Dillon Gabriel, Jordan Mason, Carson Wentz
• Flex only: Jerry Jeudy, Isaiah Bond, Andre Szmyt, David Njoku, Harold Fannin, CLE DST, Jordan Addison, T.J. Hockenson, MIN DST, Will Reichard, Jalen Nailor, Zavier Scott

Sunday Night Football

BUF vs. NE

• Top shelf captains: Josh Allen, James Cook, Drake Maye
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Stefon Diggs
• Flex only: Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid, Josh Palmer, Elijah Moore, Ty Johnson, Jackson Hawes, Ray Davis, Hunter Henry, TreVeyon Henderson, Kayshon Boutte, Rhamondre Stevenson, Austin Hooper

Monday Night Football

JAC vs. KC

• Top shelf captains: Travis Etienne, Trevor Lawrence, Patrick Mahomes, Xavier Worthy
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Brian Thomas
• Flex only: Cam Little, Brenton Strange, Parker Washington, Bhayshul Tuten, Dyami Brown, Travis Kelce, Marquise Brown, Harrison Butker, Tyquan Thornton, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Brashard Smith, Noah Gray

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