
This article is consistently hitting on the majority of plays through eight weeks this season, with last week going 16/23 (69%). My lineups were very close to big wins last week. However, I got dragged down in several places, given my ownership on JCM, the article’s cover player, not coming through for the first time this year – 6/7 on cover players this year now. This week, we’ve got a 10-game slate with seven games via the early window and three games in the afternoon. My overall approach will likely be to put most of my investment on the main slate, with 1-2 LUs on each site, and if anything, I may be interested in adding a 1 PM only LU on FanDuel, mainly knowing Jonathan Taylor plays in the 4 PM window.
The goal of this article is to provide some insight and transparency into my DFS & betting process and approach leading up to an NFL slate, along with picks and plays that I’ve landed on for this week in result.
Any given week, the approach and strategy may adjust, depending on what the slate looks like and how I want to attack it.
Let’s dive into preparation for this week and see how we are attacking Week 8!
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