Every NFL week starts with a Thursday Night Football game for most of the remainder of the 2021 season, and these are our favorite slates to play Daily Fantasy Football. The TNF showdown slate allows you a smaller crop of players to choose from, and if your cheap sleeper pick hits, you can cash big in your tournaments or easily win your head-to-head DFS matchups.
Every week, I’ll get the Thursday Night DFS picks from our experts and we’ll feature them below. But first, let’s preview the matchup and what we might expect.
Last week we were greeted with a massive upset. The Dolphins came up with an interesting game plan to slow down Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense and it wasn’t too complicated — send the house early and often. The Dolphins blitzed Jackson on nearly every dropback and the end result was a dominant defensive performance that led Miami to the surprising victory. Unfortunately, a dominant defense doesn’t make for a fun Daily Fantasy slate — unless of course you loaded up on Miami D/ST in your captain spot and faded high-priced Ravens.
This week, the action will once again center around a heavy, nearly-touchdown favorite — the Patriots. That means you can expect a lot of people playing this DFS slate to stack a lineup around a predicted gamescript that heavily favors New England’s run game and Atlanta’s passing game (playing in catch-up mode). It will be interesting to see how rostership shakes out in the Patriots backfield with Damien Harris returning after missing Week 10 — the Rhamondre Stevenson breakout week.
And let’s not forget, it was just two weeks ago that Atlanta pulled off a major upset over New Orleans and if the gamescript doesn’t go as Vegas predicts, you could cash in by going contrarian in this one. As you’ll see below, our experts are mixed on how this game will play out. So that alone should make for a fun DFS slate!
Without further ado, here’s a look at who our experts are picking on this DFS Thursday Night Football slate:
Dave Richard
CAPTAIN/MVP Damien Harris, RB, NE
FLEX Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, NE
FLEX Mike Davis, RB, ATL
FLEX Patriots D/ST
FLEX Hunter Henry, TE, NE
FLEX Russell Gage, WR, ATL
Jamey Eisenberg
CAPTAIN/MVP Patriots, D/ST
FLEX Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, NE
FLEX Damien Harris, RB, NE
FLEX Mac Jones, QB, NE
FLEX Hunter Henry, TE, NE
FLEX Mike Davis, RB, ATL
Heath Cummings
CAPTAIN/MVP Matt Ryan, QB, ATL
FLEX Kyle Pitts, TE, ATL
FLEX Nick Folk, K, NE
FLEX Mac Jones, QB, NE
FLEX Younghoe Koo, K, ATL
Frank Stampfl
CAPTAIN/MVP Damien Harris, RB, NE
FLEX Patriots D/ST
FLEX Nelson Agholor, WR, NE
FLEX Mac Jones, QB, NE
FLEX Kyle Pitts, TE, NE
FLEX Mike Davis, RB, ATL
Chris Towers
CAPTAIN/MVP Matt Ryan, QB, ATL
FLEX Wayne Gallman, RB, ATL
FLEX Damien Harris, RB, NE
FLEX Mac Jones, QB, NE
FLEX Cordarrelle Patterson, RB, ATL
FLEX Mike Davis, RB, ATL
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