NFL DFS · Sunday, November 8, 2026

NFL DFS picks for Sunday, November 8, 2026

This slate locked Sun 1:00 PM ET. These are the picks StatWarrior published before lock, kept unchanged. The Actual column is each player's DraftKings fantasy points from the official box scores.

DraftKings · Classic (Sun-Mon) slate · 13 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 2 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 15.0 DraftKings points against 21.3 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 24.9 DraftKings points against 25.1 projected.

One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.

Top values (points per $1K)

Best projected points per $1,000 of salary, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjValueActual
Kirk Cousins
QB · LV vs SF
$5,30017.73.34x15.6
Drake Maye
QB · NE vs GB
$7,00023.13.30x21.3
Christian McCaffrey
RB · SF vs LV
$8,00025.63.19x22.7
Josh Allen
QB · BUF vs MIN
$7,40023.43.16x13.9
Drew Lock
QB · SEA vs ARI
$4,00012.43.09x12.6
Dak Prescott
QB · DAL vs IND
$6,50020.03.07x23.5
Jared Goff
QB · DET vs MIA
$6,60020.23.06x6.3
Jahmyr Gibbs
RB · DET vs MIA
$10,00030.53.05x13.4
Patrick Mahomes
QB · KC vs NYJ
$6,10018.63.05x17.5
D'Andre Swift
RB · CHI vs TB
$7,00021.33.04x3.1

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Jahmyr Gibbs
RB · DET vs MIA
$10,00030.549.413.4
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR · SEA vs ARI
$9,30028.245.212.1
Christian McCaffrey
RB · SF vs LV
$8,00025.641.222.7
Puka Nacua
WR · LAR vs WAS
$8,80024.240.439.0
Kenneth Walker III
RB · KC vs NYJ
$9,00023.842.139.3
Josh Allen
QB · BUF vs MIN
$7,40023.438.313.9
Drake Maye
QB · NE vs GB
$7,00023.138.921.3
CeeDee Lamb
WR · DAL vs IND
$8,30022.140.237.5

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
DET vs MIA72.328.3
SF vs LV62.930.7
DAL vs IND60.028.0
KC vs NYJ58.528.3
LAR vs WAS57.3—

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