NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Picks for Every Game (Week 17)

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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