With three games scheduled on Christmas Day, it’s sure to be a Merry Christmas for NFL fans. Chiefs vs. Raiders (1 p.m. ET) followed by Eagles vs. Giants (4:30 p.m. ET) and the day concludes with Ravens vs. 49ers at 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday Night Football. NFL DFS lineups are likely to be filled with playmakers like Christian McCaffrey, Saquon Barkley, and AJ Brown, as well as elite QBs like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Jalen Hurts. However, if the quarterback opts for a more economical NFL DFS strategy, Raiders rookie Aidan O’Connell could find his way into an NFL DFS contest on Christmas.
None of the aforementioned big-name QBs scored as many fantasy points as O’Connell’s 248 yards and four touchdowns last week. In the season of giving, what can O’Connell offer daily fantasy football managers on Christmas Day? Before pinning his NFL DFS picks on Monday to sites like his DraftKings and FanDuel, Mike McClure opinion should be confirmed.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with more than $2 million in lifetime prize money. He uses a powerful predictive model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking into account factors such as matchups, statistical trends, and injuries. This allows him to find optimal DFS values to share only with his SportsLine members. His methods have brought huge profits to his FanDuel and DraftKings.
He won two high-stakes tournaments on FanDuel in 2020 and had two top-10 finishes on DraftKings in tournaments with over 130,000 participants. His lineup also finished within the top 1% in more than a dozen other tournaments. Last year, he won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once. This season, McClure won two head-to-head tournaments and posted a 36x ROI on the recent Monday Night Football. A SportsLine subscriber also won $100,000 in December using McClure’s NFL DFS player pool. Anyone who followed him is way up there.
Now, McClure is turning his attention to the Christmas NFL schedule and locking in his top daily fantasy football picks. View only by visiting SportsLine.
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One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks on Christmas was Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is priced at $7,500 on DraftKings and $7,200 on FanDuel. The eight-time Pro Bowler had a lackluster performance last week, but tied his season-high with three red zone targets. In three games prior to last week, he had at least 81 receiving yards in each game. That includes Monday’s Week 12 matchup against the Raiders, as Kelce gained 91 yards on six grabs.
That performance was just a continuation of Kelce’s dominance over its divisional rivals over the years. He has rushed for at least 90 yards or a touchdown in seven of the last nine games against the Raiders, including a four-TD performance just a year ago. Only four teams have allowed more receptions to their tight ends this year than Las Vegas, and over the last three games they have averaged 10.3 targets, 7.7 receptions and TE he has allowed 81.3 yards to his position.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy includes rostering Raiders receiver Davante Adams for $7,300 on DraftKings and $7,500 on FanDuel. Adams just completed his second 100-yard game of the season last Thursday with a record of 8-101-1. He was thrown over a dozen times in that game and currently ranks fifth in the NFL with 140 hits.
Adams has averaged more targets, receptions and yards in the seven games O’Connell started compared to the seven games started by every other Raider QB. He has also had success recently against the Chiefs, averaging 90 receiving yards and two total TDs in his first three games since joining Las Vegas. Meanwhile, of the last seven touchdowns Kansas City has allowed, five of them have been on whiffs. The Chiefs have allowed 212.8 passing yards over their last four games, the most passing yards in a four-game stretch this season, and appear ripe for Adams. See the rest of McClure’s NFL DFS player pool here.
How to set up your NFL DFS lineup on Christmas Day
McClure is also targeting underrated players who are expected to explode for big numbers on Monday. This choice can be the difference between winning a tournament or cash game or going home empty-handed. Only here can you see who is who.
So who does Mike McClure have in his best NFL DFS lineup for Christmas, and which underrated players are must-have stars? Visit SportsLine now to see and find out the best NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice and stacks from our daily fantasy experts with over $2 million in prize money.