The NFL Playoff Challenge is back for the 2022 NFL playoffs, giving Fantasy owners and casual fans alike a way to get their Fantasy fix. The Challenge is simple: Assemble a team and set your starters, with players getting bonus multipliers each week they're in your lineup. If you start Derrick Henry or Aaron Rodgers this week, they won't receive any points while they are on bye, but will get double points next week.
The right 2022 NFL Playoff Challenge strategy combines reliability and upside, just like any solid Fantasy football advice. Your players need to produce and stick around for as long as possible in the NFL playoffs 2022, but your lineup can't be the same as everyone else's if you want to win. Before you lock in your 2022 NFL Playoff Challenge picks, be sure to see what SportsLine's Mike McClure has to say.
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 NFL DFS values that he shares only with members at SportsLine.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the 2022 NFL Playoff Challenge and locked in his top Fantasy football picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NFL Playoff Challenge picks for Wild Card Weekend
One of McClure's top NFL Playoff Challenge picks for Wild Card Weekend: Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. He combines the two traits any strong lineup needs to be successful. He's a proven star player who can have monster games (see his 191-yard, two-touchdown performance against the Chargers) and also plays for a team that could make a deep run in the 2022 NFL playoff bracket.
As a premier weapon in the league at tight end, Kelce is someone for whom opponents specifically game-plan. That means he's not putting up 90-yard games every week, but at tight end, he's guaranteed to have a high floor.
Another part of McClure's optimal NFL Playoff Challenge lineup includes rostering Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who finished the regular season with 145 receptions, 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. The Rams wide receiver led the league in receptions, touchdowns and yards this season and has shown no signs of slowing down. His 118-yard performance in Week 18 against the 49ers is proof of that.
If you can get the NFL's top receiver in your NFL Playoff Challenge lineups, it's worth it. There's no one who more reliably racks up yardage against any defense, and his Rams team has the sleeper potential to make a deep run in the NFL playoff bracket. Even if the Rams fall short, Kupp's production will be valuable for as long as you can get it.
How to build 2022 NFL Playoff Challenge lineups
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for big numbers on NFL Wild Card Weekend because of a dream matchup. This pick could be the difference between winning your NFL Playoff Challenge or going home with nothing. You can see who it is over at SportsLine.
So what is the optimal 2022 NFL Playoff Challenge lineup for Wild Card Weekend? Visit SportsLine now to see the full optimal tournament lineup for the NFL Playoff Challenge, all from a daily Fantasy expert with nearly $2 million in winnings, and find out.
