There are only eight games on the Week 17 DFS main slate at DraftKings and nine games at FanDuel because there were games on Wednesday and Thursday, will be a tripleheader on Saturday, a Sunday Night Football game and a Monday Night Football contest. I’ll be using the following players, and I suggest readers use them on the main slate and the Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football showdown slates.

Updated at 8:45 p.m. ET on 12/28/24

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NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Week 17

Sunday Main Slate

BUF vs. NYJ

• Core Plays: Josh Allen
• GPP Only: Khalil Shakir

JAC vs. TEN

• Core Plays: Tyjae Spears, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Brian Thomas
• GPP Only: N/A

NO vs. LV

• Core Plays: LV DST
• GPP Only: Ameer Abdullah

TB vs. CAR

• Core Plays: Bucky Irving, Jalen McMillan, Adam Thielen, Bryce Young, Jalen Coker
• GPP Only: Mike Evans, Baker Mayfield, Xavier Legette

PHI vs. DAL

• Core Plays: Saquon Barkley
• GPP Only: N/A

NYG vs. IND

• Core Plays: N/A
• GPP Only: Josh Downs, IND DST (DraftKings)

CLE vs. MIA

• Core Plays: Jerome Ford, CLE DST
• GPP Only: MIA DST (DraftKings)

MIN vs. GB

• Core Plays: Justin Jefferson, Sam Darnold, Jordan Addison, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks (if Christian Watson is inactive)
• GPP Only: Aaron Jones, Josh Jacobs, Jordan Love, Tucker Kraft

WAS vs. ATL (FanDuel Main Slate Only)

• Core Plays: Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin
• GPP Only: Zach Ertz, Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Michael Penix, Darnell Mooney

Sunday Main Slate Core Plays

QB

• Josh Allen
• Bryce Young
• Sam Darnold
• Jayden Daniels

RB

• Tyjae Spears
• Bucky Irving
• Saquon Barkley
• Jerome Ford

WR

• Brian Thomas
• Jalen McMillan
• Adam Thielen
• Jalen Coker
• Justin Jefferson
• Jordan Addison
• Jayden Reed
• Romeo Doubs
• Dontayvion Wicks (if Christian Watson is inactive)
• Terry McLaurin

TE

• Chigoziem Okonkwo

DST

• LV DST
• CLE DST

Sunday Night Football

WAS vs. ATL

• Top shelf captains: Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin, Bijan Robinson
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Drake London, Michael Penix, Darnell Mooney
• Flex only: Olamide Zaccheaus, Zach Ertz, Jamison Crowder, Jeremy McNichols, Ray-Ray McCloud, Tyler Allgeier

Monday Night Football

SF vs. DET

• Top shelf captains: Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown
• Contrarian / Secondary captains: Jared Goff, Jameson Williams
• Flex only: Brock Purdy, George Kittle, Isaac Guerendo, Jauan Jennings, Deebo Samuel, Ricky Pearsall, Kyle Juszczyk, Sam LaPorta, Tim Patrick, Craig Reynolds

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