NFL DFS Expert Survey: Week 18
Our panel of experts is here to give you their NFL DFS advice for this week’s main slate by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know Noto’s three favorite players for cash games? Or headChopper’s favorite correlation? Find out below!
NFL DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Week 18
Rank your three favorite players for cash games, in order:
| Analyst | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notorious | Jahmyr Gibbs (FD) / Bijan Robinson (DK) | Bucky Irving | Justin Jefferson (FD) / Mike Evans (DK) |
| Stevietpfl | Jahmyr Gibbs (FD) / Bijan Robinson (DK) | Bucky Irving | Mike Evans |
| Krayton | Jahmyr Gibbs (FD) / Bijan Robinson (DK) | Justin Jefferson (FD) / Mike Evans (DK) | Bucky Irving |
| ebeimfohr | Jahmyr Gibbs (FD) / Bijan Robinson (DK) | Justin Jefferson (FD) / Mike Evans (DK) | Bucky Irving |
| ncorfield8k | Bijan Robinson | Mike Evans | Will Shipley (FD) / Michael Carter (DK) |
| Davis Mattek | Bucky Irving | Bijan Robinson | Will Shipley |
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What is your favorite correlation and why?
Notorious: I’m going with site-specific answers here. On FanDuel, I love the skinny stack with Justin Jefferson and Jahmyr Gibbs. Jefferson has really turned it on in the second half of the season, and he’s facing a team that has allowed the 2nd-most fantasy points to wide receivers. Gibbs has dominated touches in this backfield without David Montgomery in the lineup. This game is for the division title, so both teams will go all out to win it. On DraftKings, I’ll go with a simpler correlation in Bucky Irving and the Buccaneers D/ST. The Saints are a bottom-3 defense in the NFL, and the Buccaneers can win their division with a win.
Stevietpfl: Baker Mayfield + Mike Evans – I will be overweight on the MIN/DET game on FD, but overall, Mayfield to Evans is my favorite stack on the slate. Evans needs 5 catches for 85 yards for a $3,000,000 bonus, and Tampa is in a must-win spot to make the playoffs. Mayfield is third in passing yards and second in passing touchdowns this season. He has been a top-5 fantasy quarterback seven times this season. Week 18 is all about teams that have something to play for, and Tampa is in a great spot against New Orleans.
Krayton: I love seeing that Noto likes the Justin Jefferson and Jahmyr Gibbs stack on FanDuel this week, as this is by far my favorite correlation there. This is the biggest game on Sunday, with the winner taking home the division title. I will be overweight on both of these teams. Jahmyr Gibbs has been elite all year, but with David Montgomery out, he has been absolutely dominating on the ground for DET. On DK, I will be very overweight on the TB game, and I like getting Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans and Bucky Irving. They get a great matchup against the Saints.
ebeimfohr: FD is entirely different from DK on this slate. On FD, I will be shoving all my chips in on the Vikings/Lions game. My favorite way to play it is Sam Darnold / Justin Jefferson / Jameson Williams with the combined ceilings of all 3 players, as they play in a must-win game for the 1 seed. I am looking to target Jordan Addison, TJ Hockenson, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Amon-Ra St. Brown as priorities as well. On DK, we’ve certainly got plenty of value (and minimal spend ups to love), so I am leaning into the Commanders with Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin.
ncorfield8k: Jayden Daniels + Terry McLaurin – The Commanders don’t have a lot of room for playoff-seeding movement, but head coach Dan Quinn says the team will be playing all out to win this week. McLaurin was a big letdown last week, but he’s the clear top receiver on this team, and he should be low owned. Daniels is always live for 30+ fantasy points. And there is plenty of value, so it’s easy to make this “pay up to be contrarian” stack work.
Davis Mattek: Baker Mayfield + Bucky Irving + Mike Evans + Bucs TE – Instead of trying to get away from the Falcons and Bucs chalk, I am going to do what I did last week on the main slate, which is way over-stacking the Bucs. You could play up to 5 Bucs in 1 lineup and still be +EV in post-contest sims.
Who’s your favorite contrarian play (below 10% pOWN%) and why?
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Robert Brown (aka Epignosis) was having lunch at a sports bar. A football game was on. He remarked to his wife that if he could have a second life, he’d like to be someone who enjoyed watching sports. That enjoyment began when he signed up for a fantasy football league that needed one more player. Since then, he has enjoyed playing NFL, NBA, and (especially) MLB DFS. When not teaching American literature, editing content for RotoGrinders (which he has done since 2019), or making lineups, Epignosis is rocking out or jazzing it up on one of several possible instruments.