{"id":154382,"date":"2023-12-08T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=154382"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:14:11","slug":"draftkings-dfs-bargains-packers-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/12\/08\/draftkings-dfs-bargains-packers-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering the DraftKings DFS Bargains for Packers @ Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not content with one Monday Night Football game the NFL has scheduled two this week. Green Bay will be absolutely battering the Giants while the Titans and Dolphins are playing. Well you can never have too much of a good thing, can you?<\/span> And DraftKings DFS slates are definitely a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technically the Giants and Packers<\/a> both come into this game on winning streaks, but the Giants have beaten the Commanders and the Patriots in their last two games. The Packers’ victories came against the Chargers, Lions, and Chiefs. Some winning streaks are more impressive than others. An unsympathetic man would suggest the Giants offense consists of Saquon Barkley and some dudes, but that would be doing them a disservice. There is actually quite a lot of talent on the Giants roster, but it only appears sporadically. It wouldn\u2019t be a huge surprise if they did win this game, but it also wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if the Packers bodied them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday Night Football DraftKings DFS<\/span> Bargains – The Packers @ Giants Version<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Big Play Jay DraftKings DFS Pick – Jayden Reed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Reed has scored 6 touchdowns for the Packers this season. Only Romeo Doubs has more. And only Doubs and Christian Watson will cost more on this DraftKings DFS slate. But Watson\u2019s catch rate is nearly 10% below Reed\u2019s. Reed is catching 62.5% of his targets, Watson just 52.8%. That alone makes Reed a bargain.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Giants defensive backfield is riddled with injuries at the moment but Reed should find himself lining up against Cor\u2019Dale Flott this week. Flott is having a very good season on a defense that has been pretty resolute despite not getting much assistance from their offense. Flott is only allowing 62.9% of passes thrown in his direction to be completed and he\u2019s only missed 1 tackle this season. But he has allowed 176 yards after the catch. And when Reed gets up to top gear not many can get close enough to try to tackle him.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Next Man Up DraftKings DFS Pick – Ben Sims<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sims is an interesting one, he might be the cheapest player on this DraftKings DFS slate. That\u2019s because he has only caught 3 passes all season. But the Packers currently have 2 tight ends on IR and another battling a hip issue. The Packer claimed Sims off waivers in August and he\u2019s yet to play more than 31% of the offensive snaps in a game.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He played 31% of the snaps last week and he caught his first NFL touchdown last week, it was his only catch of the game and it went for just a single yard. But needs must an all that. The Giants are allowing 11.2 yards per catch to tight ends. Unless Sims is only used around the goal line he should get the chance to stretch his legs this week.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Excitement Machine DraftKings DFS Pick – Jalin Hyatt <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Every time I think Hyatt is going to have a big game the Giants refuse to pass to him, but last Tommy DeVito seems to really like him. DeVito has thrown 9 passes to Hyatt, that\u2019s 18% of the passes he\u2019s thrown in his 3 starts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hyatt has caught 6 of those passes and taken them for 116 yards at an average of 19 yards per catch. That\u2019s going to make a tad expensive for a bargain, but there will still be 5 or 6 receivers who cost more than him.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hyatt should line up against rookie Carrington Valentine who has been outstanding in 2023. His performance level allowed the Packers to trade Rasul Douglas to the Bills. Carrington is only allowing 45.9% of passes to be completed and a passer rating of just 66.0. But Hyatt is an absolute burner, his former college quarterback claimed Hyatt is <\/span>faster than Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle<\/span><\/a> (which seems extreme). But if Hyatt can get behind the dinged-up Packers defensive backs he\u2019ll put up big points.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ‘Tis The Season Pick – Isaiah Hodgins<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s Isaiah Hodgins’ season y\u2019all. In December last season Hodgins caught 21 of 28 passes for 208 yards at an average of 9. yards per catch. He also caught 3 touchdowns in those games. He\u2019s not really caught fire in 2023, but that\u2019s all about to change.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hodgins<\/a> has caught 3 of his 4 targets in the last 2 weeks and he\u2019s averaging 11.3 yards per catch. The Giants will want to run the ball a lot against the Packers but if the Packers take an early lead they\u2019ll have to cut DeVito loose.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If the Giants do spread the offense out a bit Hodgins would match up against either Keisean Nixon who has been dealing with a wrist issue (it didn\u2019t stop him from picking off Patrick Mahomes last week though). Hodgins is 5 inches taller than Nixon though.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Total Desperation Pick – Malik Heath<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Honestly? There\u2019s no reason to pick Heath<\/a> beyond the fact that he\u2019s caught 87% of his targets in the last 3 games (he\u2019s only had 7 targets though). And he\u2019ll be dirt cheap on DraftKings DFS this week. It\u2019ll be quite surprising if there is a cheaper receiver in this game and at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 213lbs defenders won\u2019t be queueing up to stop him when he does get the ball.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On average just 3 teams are allowing more DraftKings DFS points to receivers per game. The Giants\u2019 40.6 points per game is just 0.4 points behind the Buccaneers in 3<\/span>rd<\/span> place and 9.4 behind the Eagles in first place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: [Robert Deutsch] – USA Today Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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