{"id":2271,"date":"2023-01-08T14:59:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2023-01-08T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:59:11","slug":"week-18-dfs-helper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/week-18-dfs-helper","title":{"rendered":"Week 18 DFS Helper <\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Andrew Doherty\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 18 is unique in terms of what needs to be considered when it comes to constructing a winning lineup. Some teams have nothing to play for, while others are in a must-win situation. While most DFS players take both of those things into account, I\u2019ll introduce to you a lesser-used strategy: picking players who are close to hitting their performance incentives. Obviously, it\u2019s still a good idea to pick players on teams with something to play for too, so this week’s approach will be a blend of both strategies. And as always, player value vs cost will heavily factor into this week’s plays. Here\u2019s who I like at each position this weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarterback <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Mahomes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahomes is 430 yards away from passing the single-season passing yards record. It\u2019s a lofty total but definitely in play for Mahomes as he faces the Raiders 30th ranked secondary with the 1 seed and subsequent first round bye on the line. While he\u2019s obviously a good play every week, he\u2019s consistently shown the ability to elevate his level of play as the stakes get higher. And make no mistake about it, he wants both the record and the 1 seed badly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running Back<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derrick Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Titans are hoping to ride King Henry\u2019s coattails into the playoffs this weekend, with recently acquired journeyman QB Joshua Dobbs under center. The outlook for the entire offense outside of Henry is bleak, which has historically led to a massive workload for the star running back. Henry has seen increased usage as a pass catcher this year, running a route on 38.6% of dropbacks with a 10.8% target share. The Jaguars defense gives up the 2nd most receptions to opposing running backs and with the Titans passing game likely to struggle, there\u2019s a very good chance Henry sees an increased amount of targets on screens and check downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide Receiver<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Kirk <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk is 2 catches away from a $500k bonus and 91 yards away from another $500k bonus. In a game where he can make an additional million in incentives and has a playoff berth on the line we can expect Trevor Lawrence to feed targets to his top pass catcher. Facing the Titans bottom 10 secondary, Kirk could potentially be looking at a massive spike week but is reasonably priced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight End <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerald Everett <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everett is just 5 catches shy of making an additional $250k this year. He\u2019s had 5 or more catches in half of his healthy games this season. With the Chargers playoff bound and facing a Denver defense that\u2019s not only allowed the 3rd most catches to tight ends but is also eliminated from playoff contention, Everett is in a prime spot to be a steal at his modest price. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Doherty\u00a0 Week 18 is unique in terms of what needs to be considered when it comes to constructing a winning lineup. Some teams have nothing to play for, while others are in a must-win situation. While most DFS players take both of those things into account, I\u2019ll introduce to you a lesser-used strategy: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.365scores.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}