The Minnesota Vikings (7-8) host the Green Bay Packers (7-8) in an NFC North matchup with huge playoff implications on Sunday Night Football. Both teams are fighting for one of the final NFC Wild Card spots with the loser all but ending any postseason dreams. Both teams have some injuries to monitor heading into Sunday's showdown. Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson (ACL) is out for the season, but how should his absence affect your NFL DFS strategy?
Jaren Hall will start at quarterback for the Vikings, replacing Nick Mullens, who threw four interceptions last week. Hall was the Vikings' initial replacement for Kirk Cousins (Achilles) before the fifth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft suffered a concussion and was replaced by Joshua Dobbs for multiple games. What can daily Fantasy football players expect from Hall in NFL DFS lineups? Before locking in your NFL DFS picks for Vikings vs. Packers on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, you need to see what Mike McClure has to say.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with more than $2 million in career winnings. 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. 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 of top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 entrants on DraftKings. His lineups also finished inside 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 has won two showdown tournaments and posted a 36x ROI on a recent Monday Night Football slate. A SportsLine subscriber also won $100,000 in December using McClure's NFL DFS player pool. Anyone who has followed him is way up.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to Packers vs. Vikings on Sunday night and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Vikings vs. Packers
One of McClure's top NFL DFS picks is Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson. The 24-year-old has battled injuries the bulk of the season but Jefferson proved why he was the No. 1 pick in the majority of Fantasy football leagues last week. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound wideout had six receptions for 141 yards and a touchdown in a 30-24 loss to the Lions. Jefferson had seven receptions for 84 yards the week before while generating 20 targets over his last two games.
Jefferson led the NFL in receptions (128) and yards (1,809) last season. He averaged 106.4 yards per game and although he's only played in eight games due to injury, he's averaging nearly as many yards per contest this season (102.9). Jefferson is about as matchup-proof and quarterback-proof as they come, so McClure expects another huge target share and productive performance from him on Sunday night.
Part of McClure's optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Packers running back Aaron Jones. Jones rushed for 127 yards on 6.0 yards per carry in a 33-30 win over the Panthers last week. Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 80 yards on 5.3 yards per carry and two touchdowns against the Vikings last week after Bengals running back Joe Mixon averaged 4.7 yards per carry and had a touchdown the week before.
Jones is averaging 7.8 yards per carry over his last four games against the Vikings and he has five touchdowns over his last eight contests against Minnesota. He's extremely comfortable and successful running against the Vikings over his career. Jones has received 74% of the Green Bay running back carries over the last two games and in a contest to keep the Packers' postseason hopes alive, McClure expects another heavy usage and productive game from Jones. See the rest of McClure's player pool right here.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Packers vs. Vikings
McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who is set to explode for huge numbers on Sunday night. 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 Night Football? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a daily Fantasy expert with more than $2 million in winnings, and find out.
