Heading into the last week of the regular season, Sunday will be full of players and teams stretching games to get to the playoffs.
Welcome to the final week of the regular season. This week, there are only NFL games on Saturday, a special edition of MNF, and on Sunday. Because of this, Draft Kings isn’t doing a full slate this week. You either have to do one Saturday or one Sunday. We are going to choose Sunday because of the volume of games, but that is going to nullify any Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, or Houston Texans players. In week 18, you also have to be on high alert for any benched starters, so make sure you re-check your lineup close to game time. However, here is the optimal DFS lineup for Sunday in Week 18.
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QB: Dak Prescott, Cowboys – $8,000
Dak Prescott has had one game under 20 points since Week 5 this season. Just think about that, he has 10/11 of his last games where he scores over 20 points. Not only has he been electric, but this is a must-win game against a terrible defense for them to win the division. He will be top-notch this week.
RB: Jerome Ford, Browns – $5,600
The Browns could end up benching Jerome Ford because they’ve already announced Joe Flacco. However, if they don’t Ford is coming off of a game against the Jets where he caught two passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns while rushing 12 times for 64 yards totaling 26.10 points. He will get another weak defense this week.
RB: Kenneth Walker III, Seahawks – $6,500
Kenneth Walker might have you doubting seeing that he has scored over 10 points in just two of his last five games. and he missed two weeks right before that. However, in those seven weeks, he also faced six defenses that were ranked in the top 15 in the NFL against the run. In his last outing, he ran 10 times for 53 yards and a touchdown catching three passes for 22 yards and a total of 16.50 points.
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WR: DJ Chark, Panthers – $3,700
Two weeks ago against the Packers, DJ Chark saw the action that he always needed to this season after the team signed him this offseason. He caught six passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns for 27.80 total yards. Last week, it was back to normal as he saw just one reception for 18 yards. However, Bryce Young only threw 19 completions for 112 yards.
WR: Brandin Cooks, Cowboys – $5,200
I wanted to go with CeeDee Lamb to pair with Dak Prescott, but he price tag was just to high with the lack of adequate sleepers. Last week, Cooks caught five passes on eight targets for 60 yards and a touchdown. He was the WR18 on the week which was his third highest of the season. Hopefully, he will repeat in a must-win game for Dak and company.
WR: Rashee Rice, Chiefs – $6,800
Rashee Rice has officially broken out and made a name for himself in the football community. In the past six weeks, Rice has finished as the WR15 or higher in four of those weeks. Last week, he caught five passes on six targets for 127 yards. If you were to add on a touchdown, he would have had 23.70 fantasy points.
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TE: Trey McBride, Cardinals – $6,000
With a position as flexible as the tight end, you can go a bunch of different ways. However, McBride has finished as the TE5 or better four times this season since Week 8. Just three weeks ago against the 49ers, McBride finished with 10 catches for 102 yards and 20.20 fantasy points.
FLEX: DeMarcus Robinson, Rams – $4,500
DeMarcus Robinson was useless in the first 12 weeks of the season. Since Week 13, Robinson has had over 10 fantasy points in each of the games with one week exceeding 20 points on an offense with Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua. Hopefully, Robinson can catch some fire in this last week and put together his best game yet.
DEF: New York Jets – $3,700
The New York Jets just simply have the best defense in the NFL and they are playing a team with little to no offensive production. They scored 14 points last week including a touchdown and have had four 10+ point games in their last six games.
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