Week 7 DraftKings NFL DFS Picks: Stack Jordan Love and Tucker Kraft
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Week 7 DraftKings NFL DFS Picks: Stack Jordan Love and Tucker Kraft

Geoff Ulrich released his favorite plays on DraftKings NFL DFS for Week 7, including stacking Jordan Love and Tucker Kraft, as well as a Chiefs game stack.

We’re on to Week 7 of the NFL season, and with TNF over, that means it's time to switch your focus to daily fantasy lineup building and taking a shot at some of those huge prize pools available every week in the DFS streets. 

Today’s goal? 

Week 7 NFL DFS Picks for DraftKings GPPs and the Fantasy Football Millionaire 

I’ll be breaking down my favorite plays and stacks here every week while also highlighting a few GPP-only and higher-variance plays that I think offer great 5x blowup potential—at low ownership. 

These plays and salaries will be specific to DraftKings and their salary cap contests.

However, since we’re also relying on the FantasyLife+ projections, tools and advice, the specific game matchups and correlations (aka, game stacks) are things you can apply to lineup building across the DFS industry.

Hint: When you download Comet, you get a year of a FantasyLife+ subscription for FREE.

If you'd like my favorite plays and GPP targets that are specific for FanDuel, you can also find that here. 

Let’s dive in. Here's Week 7!!

There are some important injury spots to be aware of on the slate at most positions. CeeDee Lamb reportedly will play (and without limitations, according to him) while Jalen Coker is also back for Carolina, as is TE Ja'Tavion Sanders. TE Brock Bowers looks doubtful, and David Njoku was ruled out. Kyler Murray looks headed to a game-time decision, and J.J. McCarthy has been relegated to the QB3 while Carson Wentz will start. 

Finally, Rashee Rice will return for KC and looks likely to be one of the most popular plays on DraftKings at $5600 (more on that below). 

DraftKings Week 7 Stacks 

  1. Packers' passing attack

I love this spot for Kraft and the Packers' passing game in general. The Cardinals haven’t given up a ton of TDs, but they’re perhaps ready for some regression in that area soon, as they enter the week 24th in success rate per dropback and have allowed the sixth most passing yards on the season. Much of those yards have come to opposing TEs, who have eaten Arizona alive most of the year. Overall, the Cardinals’ defense has allowed the sixth most FP to opposing TEs and third most yards to the position, and will now face Kraft, a legit YAC beast who leads all TEs with 10 or more catches on the year in yards per reception (14.9). He’ll have every shot at being the TE1 in Week 7. 

If Kraft is breaking off multiple +20-yard catches, then it’s also going to boost the upside for Love, who has a real shot at hitting 300+ yards in this game with Kraft to throw to. He’ll also have assistance from the emerging Matthew Golden, who totaled 86 yards on just 3 catches vs. the Bengals and added another 16 rush yards. Golden is still behind Romeo Doubs in targeting, but the rookie is becoming the go-to deep threat for Green Bay and accounted for 34% of the team’s total air yards in Week 6 (via the Utilization Report). 

Given that Josh Jacobs (illness) also may not be 100%, stacking the cheap Kraft and Golden together with Love should give you a great shot at cornering the market on Green Bay receiving yards and potentially TDs in this matchup as well. 

  1. Chiefs Contrarian Passing Stack

The Raiders are a true pass-funnel defense that ranks top 10 in most advanced run stats, but are just 19th in EPA per dropback, making it a great spot for another big Mahomes game. With KC already leading the league in PROE (pass rate over expectation), and getting Rashee Rice back this week, Mahomes dropping back 40+ times and throwing for 4+ TDs (which he’s done against Vegas four times in his career) is well within his range of outcomes this week. 

As much as you have to like the cheaper price you’re getting on Rice (5600) this week, the field will be very overweight on him at this price in this matchup, and there are plenty of other high-upside options to choose from in this offense. I’d much rather take a game-theory approach to the Chiefs WR situation and target the more expensive Xavier Worthy (6100) in this spot. He doesn’t require heavy targeting to outperform, and should benefit from Rice’s presence and ability to draw primary coverage. 

Kelce is another obvious stacking candidate, as he’s looked good after a slow start, and even at his advanced age, still managed to average a stout 8.5 receptions, 79 yards and 0.5 TDs vs. the Raiders last season. While Rice will certainly funnel off some targets, Kelce is averaging 6.0 receptions over his last three games and should remain a popular red zone target for Mahomes this week, given how well the Raiders stack up against the run in that area. 

🌑 Week 7 DFS Moonshots

Luther Burden (4300)

Burden didn’t play a ton last week, even after DJ Moore went out, but did lead the team with a 31% TPRR (Targets per Routes Run) in Week 6 and is starting to become a favorite target of both Caleb Williams and HC Ben Johnson. 

Moore is playing, but missed practice, so Burden could easily see a solid bump in snaps yet again and will be facing off against a weaker New Orleans defense that ranks just 28th in EPA per dropback on defense. 

Marvin Mims (3500)

The Giants have allowed the fourth most FP and second most receiving yards to opposing WRs on the season. Someone in the Broncos' harem of WRs that they have been accumulating the past couple of seasons is likely to go off, and Mims certainly projects as the player most likely to hit on that 40+ yards TD play that can give you 5x return at this price. 

Ja’Tavion Sanders (3200)

Sanders is set to return to action this week after missing multiple games with an ankle sprain, and caught 7 passes from Young in Week 2, his last full game. This week he’ll be up against a Jets defense that has a true shutdown corner but has also allowed the fifth most FP to opposing TEs. Young should be looking his way a lot in this game, and another big PPR day similar to Week 2 is well within the range of his outcomes.  

Players Mentioned in this Article

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    PatrickMahomesIR
    QBKCKC
    PPG
    15.90
  2. Jordan Love
    JordanLove
    QBGBGB
    PPG
    14.10
  3. Tucker Kraft
    TuckerKraftIR
    TEGBGB
    PPG
    12.47
  4. Travis Kelce
    TravisKelce
    TEKCKC
    PPG
    6.55