Fantasy Football Today DFS · CBS Sports, Fantasy Football, NFL DFS, DFS

NFL DFS Week 1 Preview: Main Slate Lineups, Picks, Stacks and Ownership I FFT DFS

·1 hr 8 min

Mike McClure and Meg open like Week 1 is something to celebrate. They sound genuinely happy football is back. The show is framed as a game-by-game preview of the main slate, and that format carries the whole conversation. They say they will keep doing the preview every Thursday. Listener and mailbag questions are pushed to the end. Early pricing matters immediately because it creates game-theory edges before the field settles on the obvious plays. The panel leans into top-three cheat-sheet thinking at each position, which keeps the discussion practical. When quarterback talk comes up, rushing upside gets special weight. The Daniel Jones and Joe Flacco comparison is used to show why. The Raiders-Patriots game does not give them much to work with, but it still becomes a clean example of how they handle a thin matchup. On the Patriots side, Drake Maye is the quarterback they keep coming back to. The stack options run through Stefon Diggs, Pop Douglas, and Hunter Henry. Pop Douglas stands out because he looks potentially low-owned. They also like the Maye-Douglas connection from last season and camp. The tone stays loose, slate-focused, and centered on what can actually be played. The closing idea is simple: the first few weeks are where misperceptions can create value.

As heard by us

Week 1 DFS preview with useful slate work and stack ideas.

Fantasy Football Today DFS settles into a Week 1 main-slate preview and stays there, with pricing and game theory treated as the real point of the conversation.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Week 1 slate maps and lineup calls before lock.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify