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DraftKings contributor Steve Buchanan joins The Sweat to give his favorite early DraftKings QB play for the Week 1 NFL slate.
Watch the QB salary release segment below!
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Video Transcript
Emerson Lotzia:
The most important position in all of sports, the quarterback! So Steve, which salary—these things were released just moments ago—which salary immediately stands out to you?
Steve Buchanan:
Really off the bat here, I don’t think there are any real surprises—Mahomes is the most expensive, followed by Herbert and Jackson. But Jalen Hurts caught my eye at $6800 immediately going against the Lions. This has been a secondary that’s been struggling for years now, and it should be more of the same again this year, too. So Jalen Hurts at $6800 feels like a nice play there. I know he kind of tailed off near the end of the year—had that injury that he was dealing with a little bit there, but with the rushing upside and then obviously what he can do against this secondary—he wasn’t the most overly accurate quarterback, but I think at $6800, I feel like that’s a nice spot to go to, at least right off the jump here.
Steve’s Pick: Jalen Hurts ($6,800)
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