One of my favorite things to do and definitely my favorite thing about these Monday-Thursday contests in DFS, is to hedge what you need to salvage your week in either seasonal or Sunday-Monday DFS. What I mean by this is that I like to go heavy or fade my opponents players or possibly even my own in order to ensure myself a victory in seasonal fantasy football or to stay in the money in daily. 

For example, tonight I have Michael Thomas EVERYWHERE. Seriously. I am starting him in 9 of my 11 leagues and also have a very high percentage of him in my Sunday-Monday DFS lineups (of which I played VERY little this week). Thus, you will not find any Michael Thomas in my lineups here tonight. Of course I would not always recommend fading a player in a great spot such as Thomas tonight just becaue I have him in seasonal but there is no doubt that Thomas will be one of if not the highest owned player in these contests this week. With Willie Snead out and the insanely low price on Thomas across all three major sites, his ownership will be quite plentiful. 

I have made two lineups for each FanDuel and DraftKings this week. In each, I am investing in the entirety of a teams running game. What this means is I bough up both Jeremy Hill and Gio Bernard in one and both Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman in the other. Running backs are just not great in this slate so I decided it would be best to just lock in all of the production from one of these two teams and let it ride.

Here are the DFS NFL Optimal Lineups for Monday-Thursday Week 3: