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Week 6 of the NFL season is upon us and with it the DraftKings Millionaire contest. This $20 slate has a prize pool of $4 million, with a cool million going to the winner. And, as always, you can expect the winning lineup to have some form of a stack. Let’s take a look at the best stacking options on the slate:

Week 6 of the NFL season is upon us and with it the DraftKings Millionaire contest. This $20 slate has a prize pool of $4 million, with a cool million going to the winner. We take a look at the best value plays on the slate, offering salary flexibility to go for the big prize:

This article will highlight eight prop bets on quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends that appear favorable based on the output of the Professor’s predictive model. The numbers and prices available are from DraftKings.

Seattle was a fashionable pick to make the playoffs and, by some, even win the vaunted NFC West. Much of the hype surrounded the addition of Waldron as the offensive play-caller. Waldron had been with the Rams, and the thought was he would bring a Rams-style offense to Seattle. Apart from the first week of the NFL season, that has not happened. Now the Seahawks are 2-3 and without Wilson for the next four weeks. 

I heavily bet the futures market in the NFL. It is the primary way I try to counter the high degree of variance in a seventeen-game season. I publish this article to provide you with value in the futures market.

The Professor's NFL Week 6 Best Games to Bet column profiles three games that the Professor is betting on this weekend. All spreads and totals are provided by DraftKings.

n the NFL Week 6 main slate of games, Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreke Hill is the most expensive option on the board. Last week, despite not having a catch of over 20 yards, Hill put up 63 yards on 7 catches.

expected spread makes the Colts -7.16. So the line at -10 seems within the realm of reason. The simulations tell a different story, the model has the Colts winning by only 4.8 points. 

Every time I write out the number “six,” I flashback to Clark W. Griswold in European Vacation stating that he and his family are looking for “sex.” That and him driving around in circles, “look kids, Big Ben, Parliament.”  That was apropos of nothing. 

eek 6 in the NFL is the first week of the season that features byes, but it's a stacked slate on NFL Sunday despite the shorter list of games. This week features an AFC heavyweight matchup between the Chargers and Ravens, a cross-conference game between the undefeated Cardinals and playoff-contending Browns, Chicago quarterback Justin Fields' first start in the heralded rivalry with Green Bay, and a potential blowout of one of the NFL's most respected franchises as the Dallas Cowboys travel to New England.