Between Thanksgiving and byes, players from eight teams will be unavailable on Sunday to include in Week 12 NFL DFS lineups. However, there are still plenty of quality options for the weekend slate of games. When Atlanta plays Jacksonville, players like James Robinson and Kyle Pitts could recapture the value they've been lacking recently in a matchup of subpar defenses. Zach Wilson returns at quarterback for the New York Jets, who square off against the 2-8 Houston Texans.
What names in the Week 12 NFL DFS player pool can make the difference for your daily Fantasy selections on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings? Finding the names that others overlook is crucial with fewer options on this slate. Before locking in your NFL DFS picks for Week 12, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice, strategy and projections from SportsLine daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with almost $2 million in career winnings. His methodology has led to enormous cashes on FanDuel and DraftKings. He took down two high-stakes tournaments on FanDuel in 2020 and recorded a pair top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 entrants on DraftKings. His lineups also finished inside the top 1 percent in more than a dozen other tournaments last season.
He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking factors such as matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best DFS values that he shares only with members at SportsLine.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the Week 12 NFL schedule and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Week 12One of McClure's top NFL DFS picks for Week 12 is Packers running back A.J. Dillon at $5,900 on DraftKings and $6,900 on FanDuel. With Aaron Jones (knee sprain) out of the lineup last week, Dillon was the leader in the Green Bay backfield, and carried the ball 11 times for 53 yards. He also caught all six of his targets to add 44 yards receiving to his stat line.
On Sunday, the Packers play the Los Angeles Rams, who were inactive on a bye last week. Green Bay will hope that the Rams weren't able to plug all the holes in their leaky run defense that gave up 156 yards two weeks ago in a loss to San Francisco. The Rams have been relatively vulnerable against running backs in the passing game all season (54 receptions for 421 yards), so Dillon should get his Fantasy points one way or the other.
Another part of McClure's optimal NFL DFS strategy includes rostering Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase at $7,300 on DraftKings and $7,700 on FanDuel. Although his receiving numbers have been down the past few weeks, QB Joe Burrow has looked his way 38 times in the passing game over the last four weeks.
The Bengals take on a Steelers defense that held Detroit to just 77 passing yards two weeks ago, but were exposed by Justin Herbert and the Chargers in Week 11. For the season, Pittsburgh has been just below the league average in explosive plays allowed per game, which is one of the key elements in Chase's repertoire. Chase has been bottled up despite so many targets the last few weeks, and he's due to pop off in a crucial AFC North matchup for Cincinnati.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Week 12McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who is set to explode for huge numbers on Sunday. 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 here.
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