{"id":197055,"date":"2024-10-28T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=197055"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:12:32","slug":"draftkings-flea-flicker-week-8-dfs-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/10\/28\/draftkings-flea-flicker-week-8-dfs-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings Flea Flicker Giants at Steelers and Texans at Jets DFS Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DraftKings Flea Flicker DFS tournament is an interesting one. It&#8217;s spread across Monday and Thursday Night Football and features two extremely different matchups. Let&#8217;s take a look at an example lineup to find the optimal strategy.<\/p>\n<h2>DraftKings Flea Flicker Giants at Steelers and Texans at Jets DFS Lineup<\/h2>\n<h3>Quarterback &#8211; Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers<\/h3>\n<p>The Giants defense is ranked 22nd against opposing quarterbacks, and Russell Wilson was the QB1 overall in Week 7. His range of outcomes is on the higher end, and he&#8217;s cheaper than C.J. Stroud by almost $1,000.<\/p>\n<h3>Stacks &#8211; George Pickens and Calvin Austin III<\/h3>\n<p>In his first action back, Wilson targeted Pickens nine times for 111 yards and a touchdown. Calvin Austin, the team&#8217;s deep threat, was involved with four targets. They only connected on one, but to win a tournament like this we&#8217;ll need an unexpected player to hit. The stack with Wilson was a tiebreaker for Austin over some other bargain bin wide receivers.<\/p>\n<h3>Hero Running Back &#8211; Joe Mixon, Houston Texans<\/h3>\n<p>In healthy games this year, Mixon has been a top-six running back every week. The volume is there. The touchdowns are there. Mixon is the top-priced running back in the contest, but well worth the money.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/10\/23\/deandre-hopkins-fantasy-outlook-after-being-traded-to-chiefs\/\" target=\"_self\">DeAndre Hopkins Fantasy Outlook Post-Trade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Value Running Back &#8211; Braelon Allen, New York Jets<\/h3>\n<p>The last time the Jets were on a short week, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/tag\/braelon-allen\/\" target=\"_self\">Braelon Allen<\/a> handled 11 carries and three targets at almost five yards per touch. If he receives a similar workload, he could score comparable amounts to Breece Hall at a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n<h3>Wide Receiver Three &#8211; Tank Dell, Houston Texans<\/h3>\n<p>Nico Collins is on IR. Stefon Diggs is feared to have torn his ACL. It&#8217;s basically Tank Dell and no one else in the receiver room right now, which should hopefully drive some volume his way. He hasn&#8217;t been great this season, but this could be the week he turns it around for fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Want to build this lineup? Head over to DraftKings with a little welcome bonus on us.<\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;180848&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Tight End &#8211; Tyler Conklin, New York Jets<\/h3>\n<p>Out of the four tight ends in this contest, none are extremely exciting names. But <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/tag\/tyler-conklin\/\" target=\"_self\">Tyler Conklin<\/a> is quietly having a productive season with four or more targets in five of his last six games. Pray for a touchdown, but he could be so much more for the Flea Flicker DFS contest this week.<\/p>\n<h3>FLEX &#8211; Malik Nabers, New York Giants<\/h3>\n<p>On the opposing side of the Steelers super stack, Nabers is the only predictable option in the Giants offense. He&#8217;s a bona fide superstar and even if the Giants struggle, Nabers will get his. He&#8217;s cheaper than two injured Texans receivers, and if the Steelers stack does well it will correlate to the Giants airing it out to Nabers more often.<\/p>\n<h3>D\/ST for Flea Flicker DFS Tournament &#8211; Pittsburgh Steelers<\/h3>\n<p>In the last part of the super stack, we normally try to correlate defense with a running back. But in this scenario, the defense forces turnovers from Daniel Jones (not the most difficult task), and Wilson and the passing game capitalize on the short fields. They&#8217;re cheaper than the Texans D\/ST, and also have the easiest matchup of the four defenses.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOrgJR7-vcWvI16FVhfdR8Q\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Weekly Fantasy Football Podcast<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>Ages 21+. Gambling problem? 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