Targeting poor run defenses has been a tried-and-true NFL DFS strategy, and doing so has paid dividends again this season. Last week against the Detroit Lions, Joe Mixon returned from an ankle injury to come away with 94 yards on just 18 carries. The Lions have given up the most Fantasy points to the running back position in 2021 and are in trouble again this week with the Rams’ Darrell Henderson on tap. Should Henderson be a core part of your NFL DFS picks?
The Seattle Seahawks have been the NFL‘s third-worst rush defense in 2021 and now face New Orleans’ Alvin Kamara coming off of a bye week on Monday Night Football. How much of your budget should be spent on favorable NFL DFS matchups versus overall player production? Before submitting your NFL DFS lineups for Week 7, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice, player rankings, stacks and top daily Fantasy football picks from SportsLine’s 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 7 NFL DFS slate and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Week 7
One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Week 7 is Washington tight end Ricky Seals-Jones at $3,700 in DraftKings and $5,400 on FanDuel. Since Logan Thomas was put on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, Seals-Jones has only missed one of 141 offensive snaps for the Washington Football Team and become an important part of the offense.
Seals-Jones has been targeted 15 times the last two weeks and recorded nine receptions for 99 yards and a touchdown during that span. The Packers have only faced two offenses that regularly incorporate tight ends into the passing attack (San Francisco and Detroit), and in those two games, George Kittle had seven receptions for 92 yards and T.J. Hockenson had eight for 66 and a score. Seals-Jones should be on the field all day on Sunday and could see plenty of targets as a result.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Chiefs running back Darrel Williams ($5,800 DraftKings, $6,700 FanDuel). Last week in his first start in place of injured Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Williams ran for 62 yards and two touchdowns against the Washington Football Team. This week, he takes on a poor Tennessee Titans’ defense in Nashville.
The Titans have been an average Fantasy defense against the running back position, but overall, opponents have picked up 4.4 yards per attempt on the ground against Tennessee. The Titans’ pass defense has been miserable and Kansas City’s offense should have no trouble sustaining drives all afternoon. With so much focus on quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Williams shouldn’t expect to face many seven- or eight-man defensive fronts.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Week 7
McClure 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.
So who is Mike McClure putting in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Sunday? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a daily Fantasy expert with nearly $2M in winnings, and find out.
