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The first game on the NFL Week 8 schedule features a battle between two of the most accomplished quarterbacks in the league. Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens hit the road to take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a prime time battle on Thursday Night Football. In a game with injuries and offensive talent on both sides, you'll need to find the right mix of players when building your NFL DFS lineups and NFL DFS stacks. Given their struggles in Week 7, should Jackson and Brady be considered must-start options in your TNF Showdown DFS strategy? Or would it make sense to look at the running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends in the TNF DFS player pool? Mike Evans, Leonard Fournette, Chris Godwin, Cade Otton, Mark Andrews, Devin Duvernay, and Rashod Bateman all project to be impact classic and showdown NFL DFS picks for Thursday Night Football.

Before making any Thursday NFL DFS picks for Ravens vs. Buccaneers on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel of your own, be sure to check out the NFL DFS lineup advice, strategy and player stacks from SportsLine NFL daily Fantasy expert Jimmie Kaylor. 

Kaylor is an NFL and DFS expert for SportsLine, who opened the 2022 NFL season by winning DraftKings' NFL Showdown Thursday Kickoff Millionaire contest. He edged out over 355,000 other entrants in the contest and also has multiple five-figure tournament wins on his DFS resume. Kaylor has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America, and his background as a former college and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks.

Kaylor has been spot-on all season, hitting on epic NFL DFS picks like Jerry Jeudy (4-102-1), Stefon Diggs (12-148-3), Amari Cooper (7-101-1), Nick Chubb (23-113-1), CeeDee Lamb (8-87-1), Deebo Samuel (6-115-1) Cooper Kupp (14-122), Travis Kelce (7-25-4), Davante Adams (3-124-2), and Justin Fields (179-1-1, 82-1) in primetime showdown matchups. Anyone who has followed his picks is way up.

Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to Buccaneers vs. Ravens on Thursday Night Football Week 8 and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.

Top NFL DFS picks for Ravens vs. Buccaneers on TNF

One of Kaylor's top TNF DFS picks for Ravens vs. Buccaneers is Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson. The 2019 NFL MVP is well on his way to another 1,000-yard rushing season (510 yards through seven games), and he has been efficient as a passer as well. Jackson enters Week 8 completing 61.4% of his passes for 1,397 yards, 13 touchdowns, 6 interceptions, and quarterback rating of 92.1. Kaylor is expecting Jackson to bounce back in a major way from his sub-par performance against the Cleveland Browns in Week 7. 

"Jackson's dual-threat ability makes him a safe, yet high-upside option for Thursday Night Football, much like Justin Fields was for the Bears against the Patriots on Monday. Tampa Bay has all kinds of issues that will be tough to work through on a short week. I'm expecting Jackson to finish this game with 300-plus total yards and multiple touchdowns. I'll be building several Showdown lineups around Jackson for Thursday Night Football, despite the high price tag," Kaylor told SportsLine. You can see the rest of Kaylor's NFL DFS picks here.

How to make NFL DFS lineups for Buccaneers vs. Ravens on TNF

Kaylor is also targeting another undervalued option that could explode for huge numbers for Thursday Night Football. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is, and the rest of Kaylor's TNF DFS picks, at SportsLine. 

So who is Jimmie Kaylor including in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Thursday Night Football? And which under-the-radar DFS picks offer huge value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a DFS expert who already won a single-game millionaire maker tournament in 2022, and find out.