The NFL season goes rolling into Week 5 with a 12-game Sunday main slate. With scoring up around the league this week is expected to continue the trend with numerous games featuring a 50+ Vegas point total including the Falcons/Steelers matchup with a huge 57-point number. As you would expect there are plenty of plays on the Consensus list from that matchup, but which other games and players are the experts into on Sunday? Also, be sure to check out our new split out Cash game and GPP sections for each position along with projected ownership percentages.
In this series, we will publish a consensus of NFL DFS expert’s recommendations that take into account each expert’s current DailyOverlay score to generate a Weighted Consensus ranking for each position. To calculate the Weighted Rank Score, each expert’s DailyOverlay score is weighted on a sliding scale from 1 to 5 with the top expert in the current standings being weighted with a five while the last place expert is weighted with a one. If you have ever wondered how to differentiate between two players who were both selected by the same number of experts, then this is the list you need. We also list the projected Ownership Percentages for Cash and GPP leagues to help you identify some players that could be good low-owned contrarian plays. We will include all players that have been recommended by at least two experts.
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Here is the NFL Weighted Consensus list for Week 5…
