NFL DFS: Optimizer produces daily fantasy football lineup picks and projections for Week 8, 2024 for DraftKings and FanDuel

Fantasy football injuries are nothing new in the NFL, but the first half of the 2024 NFL season appeared to produce particularly devastating injuries to the top wide receivers in the NFL DFS player pool. The Week 8 NFL DFS player pool will be missing receivers such as Brandon Aiyuk (ACL), Mike Evans (hamstring), Chris Godwin (ankle) and Nico Collins (hamstring). Given these injuries, how should daily fantasy football players change their NFL DFS strategy for Week 8? Can players like Jalen McMillan, Trey Palmer or Sterling Shepard be NFL DFS sleepers if Tampa Bay plays without its top two receivers? Baker Mayfield ranks second in the NFL in passing yards. So how should the Buccaneers factor into your NFL DFS strategy for Week 8? Before making NFL DFS picks for Sunday or setting NFL DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out SportsLine's advanced NFL DFS lineup optimizer.

The DFS Optimizer uses information from the SportsLine Advanced-Data Projection Model and DFS Professional Millionaire Mike McClure to identify the best DFS picks/plays for each list of betting apps such as DraftKings and FanDuel. It simulates every game 10,000 times to help DFS players optimize and build winning DraftKings and FanDuel lineups. Securely optimize, export and enter lineups with injury updates, floor and ceiling player projections, and Vegas lines and picks – all with a winning tool for sports betting apps.

Now SportsLine's NFL DFS Optimizer has turned its attention to the NFL Week 8 schedule for Sunday 2024 and has just determined its best daily fantasy football lineups. You can only see the optimal lineups at SportsLine.

The best NFL Week 8 DFS picks for Sunday

One of the optimizer's top DFS value picks for Sunday is Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow ($7,000 at DraftKings, $7,700 at FanDuel). After struggling in his first game of the year following season-ending wrist surgery, Burrow threw multiple touchdowns in five of his final six games. He had two touchdown passes against the Browns last week and showed a new twist in his game the week before with a 47-yard touchdown run against the Giants. While Burrow shouldn't be expected to make these game-changing runs all the time, the fact that it's possible is something daily fantasy football players never expected.

Burrow is the QB3 in fantasy football both this season and the last three weeks. The Bengals play the Eagles, who allowed Baker Mayfield to throw for 347 yards and two touchdowns in Week 4. Since then, the Eagles have played Deshaun Watson and Daniel Jones, putting them 10th in passing yards allowed and sixth in completion percentage against May.

The Optimizer's NFL DFS strategy also includes drafting Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III ($7,800 at DraftKings and FanDuel). The 24-year-old scored both a rushing and receiving touchdown in a 34-14 win over the Falcons on Sunday. Walker rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries and added two receptions for 24 yards last week. He has scored at least one touchdown in four of five games this season, while his six rushing touchdowns this season are tied for third, although he is the only one in the top 10 for rushing touchdowns to have played fewer than six games.

The Seahawks play the Bills, who are allowing the fourth-most yards per carry (5.1) in the NFL this season. Buffalo ranks 20th in rushing yards allowed (132.9 yards per game) and the Bills have given up the second-most fantasy points per game to opposing running backs. Buffalo allows the second-most receptions and receiving yards to opposing running backs, and Walker has averaged 5.7 receptions for 39.3 yards in his last three games as a quality pass-catcher out of the backfield. You can see the rest of Optimizer's NFL DFS picks here.

How to make the NFL DFS lineups for Sunday, Week 8

The optimizer is also targeting several undervalued players who could explode with huge numbers on Sunday. These players could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can see who they are and what other NFL DFS picks the optimizer includes only at SportsLine.

So what is the optimal NFL DFS lineup for Sunday and which NFL DFS picks that aren't yet out offer tremendous value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice and stacks, all from an NFL DFS optimizer that simulates every game 10,000 times, and find out.