DFS Picks of the Week: Our top Underdog plays for college and NFL, Sept. 14-15
It’s another exciting week of football, with the college football season entering Week 3 and the NFL kicking off Week 2 action.
Over at Underdog Fantasy, DFS players can sort through thousands of pick’em options for this weekend’s biggest games.
But, like they do every week, our DFS experts — Andrew Olson and Adam Spencer — will sift through the picks for you and provide their favorites. This week, the guys have 3 college picks from Saturday’s slate and 2 NFL picks from Sunday’s schedule.
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Our Week 3 CFB Picks
Andrew Olson
Montrell Johnson, Florida RB: Higher than 63.5 rush yards
Over 4 college seasons, Johnson has been good for 5.4 yards per carry. Texas A&M comes to The Swamp with a run defense that has struggled each week. Take me higher.
Tre Harris, Ole Miss WR: Higher than 86.5 receiving yards
Harris did not deliver on the TD last week, but he’s up to 309 receiving yards through just 2 games. Wake Forest allowed 33 completions for 357 passing yards to Virginia in Week 2. I’m not sure anybody can contain Harris.
Garrett Nussmeier, LSU QB: Lower than 301.5 passing yards
Nussmeier comes in having thrown for 610 yards in 2 games. It’s impressive that he logged 308 yards against USC, but that was at a neutral site. This projected higher/lower feels a little high for a true road game against a defense that is getting after the quarterback.
Adam Spencer
Luther Burden III, Mizzou WR: Higher than 4.0 receptions
Burden left last week’s big win over Buffalo in the first half. That caused speculation that he was injured. That wasn’t the case, however. He was just dealing with an illness. If he’s 100% this week, he’ll need to make at least 5 catches to help Mizzou take down Boston College.
Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss QB: Higher than 2.5 pass TDs
The Rebels visit Wake Forest on Saturday evening, where I expect the offense to continue to dominate. Dart has thrown for 795 yards and 6 touchdowns through 2 games. I like him to connect with Tre Harris (Andrew’s pick) early and often, throwing for 3+ touchdowns.
Gunnar Helm, Texas TE: Higher than 27.5 receiving yards
Helm has become a go-to guy for QB Quinn Ewers. He’s posted 42 and 98 yards in the Longhorns’ 2 games this year so far. This number is too low. He should be good for 30+ yards against UTSA.
Our Week 2 NFL Picks
Andrew Olson
Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams QB: Higher than 255.5 pass yards
Stafford is getting up there in sports years, but he showed us in Week 1 that he can still sling it. The Week 2 matchup with the Arizona defense should be favorable for the Rams’ passing attack.
Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR: Higher than 0.5 rush+receiving TDs
Evans reminded us all that he’s still a playmaker with his 2 touchdowns in Week 1. I have a hard time seeing the Detroit defense keeping him out of the end zone.
Adam Spencer
Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers QB: Higher than 1.5 pass TDs
If Christian McCaffrey is out again, Purdy should be good for 2 TD passes against the Vikings. If McCaffrey plays, he could very well be on the receiving end of a Purdy TD pass or 2. I like Purdy to throw for 2 or more touchdowns no matter who lines up next to him in the backfield.
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions WR: Higher than 80.5 receiving yards
I’m buying the dip on St. Brown. He was ineffective in Week 1 against the Rams. But the Buccaneers are already decimated in the secondary due to injuries. St. Brown bounces back on Sunday with a big-time performance.
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Guessing the statistics does not make you a football journalist. It only makes you a gambling addict/enabler. There is so much interesting information in 5-6 divisions of college football you don’t have time for low life / low intelligence gambling. Maybe you could write “what defense plan will stop Burden”, and how?