The first game on the NFL Week 9 schedule features teams trending in opposite directions on Thursday Night Football. MVP candidate Jalen Hurts and the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles hit the road to take on the struggling Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston. Both sides have explosive playmakers that should be taken into consideration when building your NFL DFS lineups and NFL DFS stacks. Given his obvious rapport with Hurts, should Philadelphia wide receiver A.J. Brown be considered a must-start option in your TNF Showdown NFL DFS strategy? Or would it make sense to look at the quarterback, running backs, tight ends, or other wide receivers in the TNF NFL DFS player pool? DeVonta Smith, Miles Sanders, Dallas Goedert, Davis Mills, Dameon Pierce, Phillip Dorsett, and O.J. Howard all project to be impact classic and showdown NFL DFS picks for Thursday Night Football.
Before making any Thursday NFL DFS picks for Texans vs. Eagles 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 in primetime showdown matchups 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), Justin Fields (179-1-1, 82-1), Diggs again in Week 8 (6-106-1), and Chubb (23-101-2) and Cooper (5-131-1) again on MNF in Week 8. Anyone who has followed his picks is way up.
Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to Eagles vs. Texans on Thursday Night Football Week 9 and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Texans vs. Eagles on TNF
One of Kaylor's favorite DFS picks for Philadelphia vs. Houston on TNF is Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown. The 25-year-old is one of the most physically imposing wideouts in the NFL today, and has proven to be nearly unguardable at times in his NFL career. In Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brown hauled in 6 passes for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns. On Thursday night, the former Ole Miss standout will be facing a Texans' secondary that has been getting torched by No. 1 wide receivers all season. Because of this, Kaylor is expecting a huge night from Brown against the Texans on TNF.
"The Philadelphia offense should have a field day against Houston's young defense, and one player I expect to feast early and often is wide receiver A.J. Brown. The Texans have had issues all year against high-end wide receivers, and Brown will be arguably the best they've faced thus far. I'm expecting another double-digit target night with 100+ yards for Brown on TNF," Kaylor told SportsLine. You can see the rest of Kaylor's NFL DFS picks here.
How to make NFL DFS lineups for Eagles vs. Texans 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.
