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Week 8 DFS picks: Bijan Robinson, Michael Wilson, Kyler Murray, Cade Otton
A stud, a pivot, a sleeper and a value for Sunday’s DraftKings Main slate, picked after Friday’s final injury reports, and why each one.
PivotPicks as of Friday, Oct 30, 5:26 PM ET3 min read
Most lineups pile onto the same handful of players every week. Here are Pivot’s picks for Sunday: a stud, a pivot, a sleeper and a value, and why each one.
Pivot’s board keeps moving with the news until each game kicks off: the app has the current one.
Main slate at a glance
Eleven games starting at 1 pm. Two share the top total, 54.5 points: Arizona at Dallas, with Dallas a 7-point favorite indoors, and Baltimore at Buffalo, where Lamar Jackson is back after missing three games. Expect most lineups to start there.
From Friday’s final injury reports: Emeka Egbuka is out for Tampa, Atlanta’s Brian Robinson is out, and Ja’Marr Chase is good to go for Cincinnati, a 12.5-point favorite over Tennessee. Jacksonville is a 10-point favorite over Indianapolis.
Rain and wind are in the forecast in Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville. Dallas, Detroit and the Rams play indoors.
The picks
The stud
Bijan Robinson
RBATL @ TB · Sun 1:00 PM
Salary$8,500Projection21.3Ceiling37.6
Atlanta’s workhorse at $8,500, and with Brian Robinson ruled out Friday he should have the backfield to himself, as a runner and a receiver. Tampa has been one of the tougher defenses against running backs, so the field is leaning toward Jahmyr Gibbs and the big receivers instead. Rain is in the Tampa forecast, the kind of afternoon that keeps the ball on the ground.
Pairs with Cade Otton from the other side of the same game.
The obvious playCeeDee LambWR · $8,100
The pivot
Michael Wilson
WR · $6,200 · $1,900 lessWRARI @ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM
Salary$6,200Projection13.4Ceiling25.2
Most lineups will have CeeDee Lamb ($8,100) from the Cardinals-Cowboys game. Michael Wilson plays in that same game, is Arizona’s top receiver and costs $1,900 less. Dallas has given up a lot of points to receivers this season, and with the Cardinals expected to be behind, they should be throwing a lot. The $1,900 you save helps pay for a stud.
Pairs with Trey McBride, Arizona’s tight end, if you expect the Cardinals to be chasing points.
The sleeper
Kyler Murray
QBMIN @ DET · Sun 1:00 PM
Salary$5,600Projection16.9Ceiling27.6
One of Pivot’s top sleepers as of Friday, Oct 30, 5:26 PM ET. The list keeps moving with the news until kickoff.
Minnesota’s starting quarterback at $5,600. Detroit has given up the most DraftKings points to quarterbacks this season, 28.1 a game, and this one is indoors with Detroit favored by 3.5, so Minnesota may need to keep throwing. He adds points running, too.
Pairs with Justin Jefferson or Jordan Addison, plus a Detroit pass catcher if you expect a shootout.
The value
Cade Otton
TETB vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM
Salary$3,400Projection8.5Ceiling17.5
Tampa’s starting tight end at $3,400. Emeka Egbuka was ruled out Friday, which leaves more passes to go around, and Atlanta has given up the 10th-most DraftKings points to tight ends. The field piled onto him last week and he came up empty, so this week few lineups will have him.
Pairs with Bijan Robinson from the other side of the same game.
WR$4,900
RB$5,400
QB$5,200
WR$3,900
WR$5,600
WR$4,500
WR$5,700
RB$5,000
QB$6,500
WR$5,100
RB$5,600
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