The Buffalo Bills host the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football to open the Week 3 NFL schedule. Buffalo is an 11.5-point favorite, while the over/under is 49.5 points. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET at Highmark Stadium. The game features a loaded NFL DFS player pool, with some of the biggest names in the sport like Josh Allen, James Cook, Khalil Shakir, Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, and Jaylen Waddle leading the way. Building successful NFL DFS lineups and NFL DFS stacks will require owners to find the right mix of high-priced players and low-cost values. Who are the top NFL DFS sleepers for TNF?
Finding undervalued players at a cheap price is still the key to building a winning NFL DFS strategy in Showdown contests — especially with this matchup featuring so many big-name players. Should you target potential values like Keon Coleman, Dalton Kincaid, or Malik Washington to pair with the bigger-name players for Thursday Night Football DFS lineups? Before making any NFL DFS picks for Dolphins vs. Bills on Thursday Night Football on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out the NFL DFS lineup advice, strategy and player stacks from SportsLine NFL daily Fantasy expert Jimmie Kaylor.Â
Kaylor is a NFL betting 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.Â
Now, Kaylor has turned his attention to the Thursday Night Football matchup of Bills vs. Dolphins and just locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his Thursday Night Football DFS picks and analysis at SportsLine.
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Top NFL DFS picks, lineups, stacks for Dolphins vs. Bills
One of Kaylor’s top DFS picks for Bills vs. Dolphins is Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen. The reigning NFL MVP has put together an impressive career resume since being drafted in 2018. In the 2024 season, he posted a standout campaign, throwing for 3,731 passing yards, 28 touchdown passes, and just six interceptions. He also added 531 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground. That effort earned him the NFL Most Valuable Player award, along with a second-team All-Pro nod.Â
Through two weeks in the 2025 season, Allen is on a MVP trajectory once again. He has thrown for 542 yards and two touchdowns, and zero interceptions with a passer rating of 98.4. Against the Jets in Week 2, Allen threw for 148 yards and also rushed for 59 yards on six carries. His dual-threat skillset gives Allen a very high floor in TNF DFS contests. See who else to roster right here.
Part of Kaylor’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. The six-time All-Pro selection has put together a career that will likely result in him being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In his nine-plus NFL seasons, Hill has totaled 808 receptions for 11,247 yards and 82 touchdowns. He’s also rushed for 819 yards and seven scores.
Hill remains one of the most explosive threats in the league, though his 2024 season shows signs of slight regression. In 17 games he caught 81 passes for 959 yards (11.8 yards per catch) and six touchdowns, his lowest full-season output since his early-career stretch. In 2025, Hill has 10 receptions for 149 yards, averaging 14.9 yards per catch. He has yet to record a touchdown so far, but his explosiveness has been apparent. You can see the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks here.
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How to build NFL DFS lineups and stacks for Bills vs. Dolphins
Kaylor is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers on 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 get the rest of Kaylor’s NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.Â
So who is Jimmie Kaylor including in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Dolphins vs. Bills on Thursday Night Football, and which under-the-radar NFL DFS picks offer huge value? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from SportsLine’s proven DFS expert who won a single-game millionaire maker tournament, and find out.
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