NFL DFS picks Week 18 Best sleepers valu

Happy New Year, everyone! With the majority of fantasy football leagues already concluded (or close Bobby Massie Jersey to concluded), most fantasy enthusiasts will be turning to NFL DFS to scratch their competitive itches. If you're a sembling a lineup for a DraftKings or FanDuel tournament, you'll want to draft some sleepers and under-the-radar values to start the year off with some daily fantasy winnings.All season long, we have targeted strong value plays and high-upside dart throws to find you cheap production. Getting the most bang for your buck is the name of the game in DFS. When you capitalize on affordable sleepers, you leave yourself with plenty of budget to greatly improve other roster spots with proven weekly studs. Let's face it, in order to afford a Justin Jefferson ($9,100 on DK), sometimes you must invest in the occasional Jaylen Warren ($4,400).This column has consistently produced this season, with readers seeing healthy returns on their DraftKings and FanDuel accounts. We have averaged 10-12 big hits per week, with a per-player average of right around 20 DraftKings points. That was no different in Week 17, with a plethora of big hits. Check out last week's highlights:Pos.PlayerWeek 17GameDK PricePts.QBDaniel JonesGiants vs. Colts$5,50036.2QBJared GoffLions vs. Bears$5,60024.8RBD'Andre SwiftLions vs. Bears$5,30027.7RBJerick McKinnonChiefs vs. Broncos$6,00022.6RBTyler AllgeierFalcons vs. Cardinals$5,30016.5WRD.J. MoorePanthers at Buccaneers$5,70026.7WRJakobi MeyersPatriots vs. Dolphins$5,00016.8TETrey McBrideCardinals at Falcons$3,30020.8TECole KmetBears at Lions$4,50010.7DSTNew EnglandPatriots vs. Dolphins$2,60012.0That's another 10 hits, six of which cleared 20 points. All told, these value-play highlights averaged 21.5 fantasy points at an average cost of just $4,880. That's the kind of cheap Roquan Smith Jersey production that helps DFS players start the year off with cash windfalls!Let's keep the forward momentum like the Lions against the Bears! Here are our DFS sleepers and values for Week 18's main slate.All player values are from DraftKings and FanDuel. All stats are from NFL.com and Pro Football Reference.WEEK 18 FANTASY RANKINGS: | | | | | Brock Purdy, 49ers vs. Cardinals (DK: $5,700 | FD: $7,000)Purdy finds his way onto our list for the second consecutive week, so at this point, I gue s you could call us believers. Maybe it's more so that we trust in Purdy's embarra sment of skill-position riches, and Arizona's defense allows the 10-most DK points and seventh-most FD points. With San Francisco's top-ranked defense looking for a bounce-back performance after letting Jarrett Stidham and the Raiders run wild last week, we expect Purdy to have plenty of opportunities to rack up stats. And don't you dare go near David Blough ($4,900/$6,000) or Colt McCoy ($4,900/$6,400), regardle s of which journeyman Cardinal gets the start. This one will truly be Purdy vs. ugly.Other decent Week 18 QB values: Deshaun Watson, Browns at Steelers (DK: $5,600 | FD: $6,700); Ru sell Wilson, Bronco vs. Chargers (DK: $5,400 | FD: $5,900) Latavius Murray, Broncos vs. Chargers (DK: $5,400 | FD: $6,700)You don't need to worry about using starters on teams already well of the playoff hunt. There exists much more volatility with skill players on teams that are the playoffs and locked into a specific seed. In Murray's case, Denver may be eliminated from the wild card race, but he is personally running for a 2023 job. He's looked damn good over the past few weeks, too, averaging a flat 5.0 yards per carry and 85 yards per game over the past three Jim McMahon Jersey games. Even though the Chargers' offense might be rounding into postseason form, its run defense remains one of the worst in the NFL. Los Angeles allows a league-high 5.4 yards per carry this season and has surrendered the sixth-most total rushing yards. Especially in PPR formats, Murray has been a solid weekly value play since stepping into the Broncos' starting role. His floor sits at 11.5 points, his season-long average, but his ceiling is 24 a number he reached in Week 15 against Arizona.Zack Mo s, Colts vs. Texans (DK: $5,200 | FD: $6,900)The Colts have largely been a dumpster fire this season, and Jeff Saturday's surprise midseason hire only seemed to spark the Jonathan Taylor-le s Indy offense for one week. One bright spot, though, has been the trade-deadline acquisition of Mo s, who has averaged 73.3 ground yards per game over the past three weeks. Of course, without TDs, a 70 Mitchell Trubisky Jersey -yard game is about as exciting as mo s on a stone, but Houston has allowed the most rushing TDs (21) and the most ground yards (141.4 per game). You're getting a $6,000 DK value for $5,200 here.More solid Week 18 RB values: Jordan Mason, 49ers vs. Cardinals (DK: $5,000 | FD: $5,200); Deon Jackson, Colts vs. Texans (DK: $4,900 | FD: $6,200); Khalil Herbert, Bears vs. Vikings (DK: $4,600 | FD: $5,500); Chase Edmonds, Broncos vs. Chargers (DK: $4,500 | FD: $4,500) Terry McLaurin, Commanders vs. Cowboys (DK: $5,900 | FD: $7,400)Carson Wentz was absolutely terrible last week in his first start since Week 6. Among the myriad i sues: he only found McLaurin on two-of-five targets for a measly 25 yards. TMC had caught 18 pa ses for 252 yards in Washington's previous three games with Taylor Heinicke under center. If Heinicke gets the nod from Riverboat Ron Rivera this weekend, give McLaurin a big green checkmark on your DFS wish list, but even if Wentz starts, McLaurin makes for a solid contrarian play against a Cowboys' offense that allows a lot of fantasy points to WRs. (Update:With Sam Howell starting, McLaurin is riskier, but he still offers a high ceiling and potential lineup differentiation.)Rashid Shaheed, Saints vs. Panthers (DK: $4,200 | FD: $5,600)Shaheed has quietly been fantastic over the past four weeks, averaging a solid 13 DK points per game in that span. Over the past two weeks, the Panthers have allowed an average of 373.5 pa sing yards and 26.5 points per game. This way, when the rookie scores his third career TD this week and 90 percent of RedZone viewers say "who dat?," you can triumphantly yell out "RASHID SHAHEED!"More solid Week 18 WR values: Marquise Brown, Cardinals at 49ers (DK: $5,300 | FD: $6,900); Donovan Peoples-Jones, Browns at Steelers (DK: $4,700 | FD: $6,500); Tyler Boyd, Bengals vs. Ravens (DK: $4,600 | FD: not listed) Tyler Higbee, Rams at Seahawks Eddie Jackson Jersey (DK: $4,400 | FD: not listed yet)Higbee had a down Week 17 against the Chargers (which Ram other than Akers didn't?), but let's not forget he scored 30.4 DK points two weeks ago against a stout Broncos defense. The Seahawks have surpa sed the Cardinals as the worst TE defense in the league, a title they have been striving for all season. This play is too juicy to pa s up.More solid Week 18 TE values: Tyler Conklin, Jets at Dolphins (DK: $3,600