{"id":2071,"date":"2022-12-19T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:17:42","slug":"best-nfl-monday-night-football-dfs-picks-for-rams-vs-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/best-nfl-monday-night-football-dfs-picks-for-rams-vs-packers","title":{"rendered":"Best NFL Monday Night Football DFS Picks for Rams vs. Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Will Helms<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems like every week I start my lede with something along the lines of, \u201cAfter another crazy week of football, we\u2019ve arrived at the final NFL game\u201d. This week, even more than others, I mean it. Saturday and Sunday brought us one of the craziest slates of football we\u2019ve seen all season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Monday\u2019s matchup probably won\u2019t live up to its initial preseason billing, there\u2019s still plenty of intrigue in the all-NFC matchup. 365Scores has you covered when making Daily Fantasy lineups on both FanDuel and DraftKings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MNF FanDuel<\/strong> DFS Plays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MVP Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a heads up, I\u2019ve gone a more contrarian route on both sites than I have in past weeks. Both sites are far lower on a few players than I am and I\u2019m trying to cash in on that fact. One of the guys I\u2019m using as my main MVP options is sixth in salary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m using AJ Dillon ($11,500) as a main MVP play. Last season, he got stronger as the year went on and he\u2019s put up over 16 points in each of the last two. Aaron Jones ($13,500) has been banged up and was untouched by Jones, 21-to-14 last week. To be clear, I\u2019ll play Jones as well and I play on making him an MVP option as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game script should be fairly run-heavy against the banged up Rams, who may be chasing the game early. If the Packers can build a lead, we should get a steady dose of both Jones and Dillon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Packers still have Aaron Rodgers ($16,000), but make no mistake, they\u2019re a power running team. Trust the running backs and you should profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value Plays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weirdly, we don\u2019t need any overly cheap options Monday. The most expensive player on the slate is Rodgers and I\u2019m fading No. 2 Baker Mayfield ($14,000). Because of this, we can play Dillon, Jones and Rodgers and still have $9500 to spend on each of our final two players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Relative to his normal price, Allen Lazard is cheap. At $10,000, he\u2019s a lot cheaper than should be realistically expected for a guy that leads his team in targets by a wide margin. Because I\u2019m all over the Packers tonight, I had to find some cheaper Rams to work with. Kyren Williams is only $7000, so he\u2019s an option, as is Tutu Atwell ($6000) who seemed to have some chemistry with Mayfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to try to cash in on a random touchdown from Rodgers, both Romeo Doubs and Robert Tonyan are $6500, which gives you a lot of extra money with which to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MNF DraftKings<\/strong> Lineup Plays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Captain Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the extra money saved by playing a cheaper captain, I like Dillon ($9,300 as captain) who is the 10th-most expensive player on the slate. Even Doubs ($10,200) is more expensive than Dillon, and I feel good about Dillon in this matchup (Feel free to fade him simply because I said that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Rodgers ($16,200), Christian Watson ($13,200), Jones ($16,800) and Lazard ($11,400) are also captain options. Rolling with Rodgers and Jones makes it essential to find a cheap player or two to balance out your lineup, so I\u2019m making Dillon my main captain, though I have some lineups in cheaper contests with the former two as captains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value Plays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main two value plays that I\u2019m looking at on DraftKings (Aside from Dillon, who is a steal) are Ben Skowronek ($5200) and Atwell ($4400), both of whom found some success with Mayfield a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to go a different direction and want to perhaps take advantage of a struggling Rams offense, the Packers defense is only $5000 and Rams kicker Matt Gay\u2014who has been remarkably consistent\u2014is just $4000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t play Christian Watson in as many lineups as some might think for a few reasons. First, you simply can\u2019t play everyone. Second, while the Rams defense hasn\u2019t been great this season, Jalen Ramsey still has a great reputation. While this has been arguably his worst season in years, he\u2019s still limiting holding top receivers below their season averages. I think Watson draws Ramsey, leaving other Packers receivers open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m aware a risky captain option can backfire. I\u2019m mitigating some risk by captaining Rodgers in some lineups and rotating the receivers that I play, to try to take advantage of Rodgers\u2019 ability to spread the ball around. If all goes well, it should be a very profitable evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Will Helms It seems like every week I start my lede with something along the lines of, \u201cAfter another crazy week of football, we\u2019ve arrived at the final NFL game\u201d. This week, even more than others, I mean it. Saturday and Sunday brought us one of the craziest slates of football we\u2019ve seen all …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}