New starters will be under center in Week 5 of the 2022 NFL schedule, as veteran Teddy Bridgewater gets the nod for Miami, while rookie Kenny Pickett gets the call for Pittsburgh. Several other backups such as Cooper Rush and Andy Dalton could take the place of injured starters, while New England may be down to third-string quarterback Bailey Zappe. All of these players are potential NFL DFS sleepers in the NFL DFS player pool if quarterback is the position you choose to save money on.
Rush has outperformed players like Justin Fields and Matthew Stafford fantasy-wise this season. He’ll go head-to-head with Stafford on Sunday, so would an effective NFL DFS strategy be to roster Rush at a discount over Stafford and other more expensive options? Before you make your NFL DFS picks for Week 5, be sure to see the NFL DFS advice, strategy and player projections from SportsLine daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with over $2 million in career winnings. His methodology has led to enormous cashes on FanDuel and DraftKings. He took down two high-stakes tournaments on FanDuel in 2020 and recorded a pair of top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 entrants on DraftKings. His lineups also finished inside the top 1% in more than a dozen other tournaments.
He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking factors such as matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best DFS values that he shares only with members at SportsLine.
This year, he’s already won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker, crushing the Rams vs. 49ers Monday Night Football game. Now, McClure has turned his attention to Sunday’s Week 5 slate and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Week 5
One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Week 5 is Rams receiver Cooper Kupp at $9,600 on DraftKings and $9,500 on FanDuel. Kupp posted a 14-122-0 stat line last week and has at least 11 receptions and 100 yards in three of his four games. He’s also scored four touchdowns on the season, which is the fourth-most in the league and the most among wide receivers.
Los Angeles takes on Dallas in Week 5 and Kupp has scored touchdowns in two of his three career games versus the Cowboys. He has yet to face them with Stafford under center,…
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