Week 8 DraftKings NFL DFS Picks: Derrick Henry and the Chicago Bears Stack

We’re on to Week 8 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 8 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. And if you'd like to get FantasyLife+ FREE for a year, all you have to do is download Comet.

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. Week 8!!

DraftKings Week 8 Stacks

A Chicago Bear Jamboree

Caleb Williams (5600) / D'Andre Swift (5900) / Colston Loveland (3000)
Game Stack add: Derrick Henry (6000)

Lamar Jackson projects to be one of the most rostered QBs this week, but at 6800, he’s 1300 more expensive than Williams, who isn’t likely to be heavily rostered. Williams hasn’t done a heck of a lot the last couple of games (1 TD vs 1 INT), but the Bears also haven’t needed him to as their defense has stepped up against some weaker opponents. They’ll be under a lot more pressure this week, however, with Derrick Henry coming in off a bye, which should lead to more Williams dropbacks and rushes in general.

Henry exploded for 122 yards on the ground in his last start and will face a Bears defense that has gotten back some reinforcements of late but is still just 23rd in success rate vs the rush. With Henry’s price at a season-low and Jackson expected to be so popular, building this Bears passing stack around Henry going nuclear (and Chicago needing to pass more as a result) makes plenty of sense.

In terms of targets, Swift is a nice contrarian way to stack Williams. On top of being a great receiver, Swift is in an upside spot this week with the Ravens also ranking poorly vs the run (31st in EPA per rush). A Williams-Swift TD connection also has a decent shot at working out vs a Ravens pass defense that has allowed 2 receiving TDs to RBs already.

Finally, I also love this spot for Colston Loveland breakout game after the rookie played on 91% of the snaps last week when Cole Kmet left the game. The Ravens have been vulnerable all season vs TEs and allowed the eighth-most FP per game to the position. Kmet has been ruled out for the game.

Denver Lights up Dallas

Bo Nix (6000) with Courtland Sutton (6000) and Marvin Mims (3900)
Pair with: Jake Ferguson (6000)

The Cowboys are one of the best matchups an opposing QB could ask for, as they head into Week 8 having allowed a league-worst 25.10 FP per game to the position. Even with his salary up $400, Bo Nix, who went for 40.0 points at home last week vs another NFC East defense, remains a solid value and will have every chance of posting his second monster week in a row.

Dallas has allowed a league-worst 12 TDs to the position and has been typically terrible vs opposing teams' WR1s. Tetairoa McMillan (2 TDs), Garrett Wilson (TD) and Romeo Doubs (3 TDs) all acted as their team's primary targets vs the Cowboys and put up monster fantasy days, making this an equally great spot for Sutton, who has seen 10 targets in two of Denver’s last three games.

It’s always a guessing game as to when Marvin Mims will show up, but the Broncos have been better at getting the explosive downfield threat more involved of late. His 21% target per route run rate over the last two games is higher than Sutton’s, and his 6 catches and 85 yards vs New York were season highs.

TE Jake Ferguson would be my target from Dallas, given how poorly they defended vs the Giants TEs last week. Both Daniel Bellinger and Theo Johnson went for 60+ yards vs Denver on just 3 catches, and Ferguson remains Prescott’s go-to checkdown option, having nabbed 7 or more catches in four of his last five games.

🌑 Week 8 DFS Moonshots:

Jaylin Noel (3500)

The Texans seem likely to be without their top two WRs as Christian Kirk (hamstring) and Nico Collins (concussion), who were both absent from practice on Wednesday and Thursday. Noel had a breakout game vs the Seahawks in Week 7 (4-77-0), and his speed and ability to separate give him something the Texans clearly have been lacking with Tank Dell (knee) still out.

While the 49ers have a great D-Line, they also lack a true shutdown corner and are just 23rd in EPA per dropback, making this a decent upside spot, from a matchup perspective as well.

Chimere Dike (3400)

The Titans have been trying to get Dike more involved in the offense for weeks now, and it finally paid off in Week 7 when he was able to break free for a long TD catch from Cam Ward. The Colts don’t defend the slot particularly well and allowed Keenan Allen to go for 9 receptions last week, with the Chargers in hurry-up mode most of the second half.

Dike could find himself setting career highs in catches this week yet again.

Tyler Johnson (3100)

Johnson was the most effective WR for the Jets last week, going for 3 receptions and 60 yards (3 targets). Most of his work came with Tyrod Taylor under center, so whomever the Jets announce as starting QB will be important.

Still, even if Fields starts, with Garrett Wilson out for a second week in a row, Johnson should get a shot at thriving again vs a very poor Bengals defense.