Mike McClure’s Week 1 DFS board is starting with Ja'Marr Chase and Emeka Egbuka, two players he is building around for the first full Sunday main slate of the NFL season. The slate runs across a dozen games from 1 p.m. ET to 4:25 p.m. ET, and lineup choices at DraftKings and FanDuel will be set before the window closes.
That is why the question of who should I start lands now, not later. McClure is not just another voice tossing out guesses. He is a professional DFS player with more than $2 million in career winnings, with two first-place finishes in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker and one win in the FanDuel Million. His picks carry weight because they come from a model that simulates every snap of NFL action, the kind of process built to find edge before the field catches up.
Chase comes in at $7,800 on DraftKings and $8,000 on FanDuel, a price that asks for production but still leaves room for a strong return if he lands the kind of game McClure is targeting. Egbuka is cheaper at $6,200 on DraftKings and $6,400 on FanDuel, which makes him the sort of lineup piece that can free salary without forcing a sacrifice elsewhere. For DFS players trying to balance ceiling and cost, those numbers matter as much as the names.
Egbuka’s case is tied to a changing Tampa Bay offense, with Mike Evans now gone and more responsibility shifting to the younger receiver. That opens the door for volume, and volume is what matters on a slate this size. McClure is also said to be targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Sunday, but that name is not identified in the accessible information, leaving one of the slate’s biggest upside plays hidden from view.
For now, the clearest takeaway is that McClure is steering DFS players toward a core built on Chase and Egbuka while keeping at least one explosive option under wraps. SportsLine says members can see the full top picks, stacks and player pools before lineups lock, and on a Sunday with 12 games to sift through, that kind of separation can decide the difference between a good roster and one that cashes.
