NFL Week 5 features a Sunday Night Football showdown between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs at 8:20 p.m. ET.
If you’re unfamiliar with the single-game NFL DFS format, it differs a bit on DraftKings and FanDuel. On DraftKings, you have one “captain” spot and five flexes. The captain will score 1.5x fantasy points, but he also costs 1.5x salary. That means if you want to roster Josh Allen at Captain and take advantage of the scoring boost, you’ll have to pay $18,600 as opposed to $12,400.
FanDuel’s single-game format features one “MVP” spot and four flexes. The MVP also scores 1.5x fantasy points, but he doesn’t cost any additional salary. That takes away a bit of the strategy and makes the goal simple: Get your highest-scoring player in the MVP spot.
In these articles, I’ll be using various FantasyLabs tools to break down the slate. And don’t forget to check out our Lineup Builder if you like to hand build your lineups, or are Lineup Optimizer for those of you that like to enter multiple lineups.
Studs
There is no shortage of studs in this contest. The Chiefs and Bills both feature tons of offensive firepower, so getting as many studs as possible into your lineups makes a lot of sense. The Chiefs own the slight edge in implied team total as the home team, but both squads are expected to put up plenty of points.
Allen is the most expensive option on DraftKings, and he’s been a bit quiet this season. He exploded for 40.22 DraftKings points in Week 3, but he’s scored 21.02 or fewer in his other three games. It hasn’t been entirely Allen’s fault – the Bills have won two games by at least 35 points – but his numbers are still down virtually across the board.
