There aren’t any games abroad on Sunday morning, and there’s only a single Monday Night Football game this week. Yet, six teams are on bye, leaving this week’s main slate with 10 contests. Below, I’ve laid out my player pool for the Week 8 NFL DFS main slate and the showdown contests. As usual, I’ll update the suggestions over the weekend if injury updates necessitate changes.
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET on October 25. There was a ton of injury news since this was published, so many changes were made. Instead of italicizing the players added and noting the players removed, I suggest readers re-read the entire article, as players were also moved to and removed from the core studs and GPP suggestions.
NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Week 8
Sunday Main Slate
ATL vs. MIA
- Core Plays: Bijan Robinson, ATL DST
- GPP Only: Tyler Allgeier
BAL vs. CHI
- Core Plays: Derrick Henry, Colston Loveland
- GPP Only: BAL DST, Isaiah Likely, CHI DST
CAR vs. BUF
- Core Plays: Josh Allen, Khalil Shakir, Dalton Kincaid
- GPP Only: Tetairoa McMillan
CIN vs. NYJ
- Core Plays: CIN DST
- GPP Only: Ja’Marr Chase
HOU vs. SF
- Core Plays: Jaylin Noel, Christian McCaffrey
- GPP Only: HOU DST, SF DST
NE vs. CLE
- Core Plays: CLE DST
- GPP Only: None
PHI vs. NYG
- Core Plays: DeVonta Smith
- GPP Only: Dallas Goedert
NO vs. TB
- Core Plays: Chris Olave, Spencer Rattler, Rashid Shaheed, Emeka Egbuka, Baker Mayfield, Cade Otton
- GPP Only: NO DST, Tez Johnson
DEN vs. DAL
- Core Plays: Courtland Sutton, Bo Nix, J.K. Dobbins, Troy Franklin, Marvin Mims, Javonte Williams
- GPP Only: CeeDee Lamb, Jake Ferguson
IND vs. TEN
- Core Plays: Jonathan Taylor, Chimere Dike
- GPP Only: Tyler Warren, Cam Ward
Sunday Main Slate Core Plays
QB
RB
WR
- Khalil Shakir
- Jaylin Noel
- DeVonta Smith
- Chris Olave
- Rashid Shaheed
- Emeka Egbuka
- Courtland Sutton
- Troy Franklin
- Marvin Mims
- Chimere Dike
TE
DST
- ATL DST
- BAL DST
- CIN DST
- CLE DST
Sunday Night Football
PIT vs. GB
- Top shelf captains: Josh Jacobs, Jordan Love
- Contrarian / Secondary captains: Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf, Romeo Doubs, Matthew Golden
- Flex only: Jaylen Warren, Calvin Austin, Jonnu Smith, Pat Freiermuth, Kenneth Gainwell, Cameron Heyward, Tucker Kraft, Christian Watson, GB DST,
Monday Night Football
KC vs. WAS
- Top shelf captains: Patrick Mahomes, Rashee Rice
- Contrarian / Secondary captains: Marcus Mariota
- Flex only: Xavier Worthy, Travis Kelce, Isiah Pacheco, KC DST, Brashard Smith, Tyquan Thornton, Terry McLaurin, Jeremy McNichols, Chris Moore
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