Two teams coming off Thanksgiving Day losses will meet this week on Thursday Night Football. The New Orleans Saints (5-6), losers of four straight, will host the Dallas Cowboys (7-4), who have dropped two in a row. With key players like Alvin Kamara (knee), Amari Cooper (Reserve/COVID-19 list) and CeeDee Lamb (concussion) missing last week’s games, you may have to scour through depth charts to find suitable replacements for Thursday’s NFL DFS lineups if they don’t return.
Perhaps someone like Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup can build off his 100-yard game against the Raiders and continue to draw Dak Prescott’s attention. New Orleans has given up 71 total points over the last two weeks, so who should you target with your NFL DFS stacks and NFL DFS strategy? Before finalizing your Cowboys vs. Saints NFL DFS picks, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice, strategy and projections from SportsLine daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with almost $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 top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 entrants on DraftKings. His lineups also finished inside the top 1 percent in more than a dozen other tournaments last season.
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.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to Saints vs. Cowboys and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Cowboys vs. Saints
One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Thursday Night Football is Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. The quarterback is coming off arguably his best game of the season, as he passed for 375 yards and two touchdowns in Week 12’s loss to Las Vegas. It was Prescott’s first game since 2019 in which he topped 300 yards with multiple touchdowns and no interceptions.
Prescott faces a Saints defense that was just shredded by Josh Allen on Thanksgiving. The Bills‘ quarterback had four TDs and 260 passing yards while rushing for another 43 yards. The Saints’ defense has fallen apart after a strong start to the year and now ranks in the bottom 10 in pass defense. New Orleans has allowed 16 total touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks over the last five games, an average of 3.2 per week.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Cowboys running back Tony Pollard, who had 36 rushing yards and 32 receiving yards in Week 12. He’s had at least 43 yards from scrimmage in all but one game this year and is averaging nearly 79 over his last three games.
Ezekiel Elliott has been ineffective in recent weeks because of a variety of ailments and the Cowboys are considering either resting him or scaling back his workload. That will present more opportunities for Pollard, who has outproduced Elliott on a per-touch basis in both the run game and pass game. Pollard’s touches have already been trending upwards in recent weeks and he’ll be in prime position to make a major impact on Thursday Night Football.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Saints vs. Cowboys
McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who is set to explode for huge numbers on Thursday Night Football. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
So who is Mike McClure putting in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Thursday Night Football? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a daily Fantasy expert with nearly $2 million in winnings, and find out.
