{"id":155734,"date":"2023-12-20T10:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=155734"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:14:18","slug":"draftkings-dfs-bargains-raiders-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/12\/20\/draftkings-dfs-bargains-raiders-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-Have Bargain DraftKings DFS Picks on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs haven\u2019t been particularly evenly matched recently but this game should be pretty close.\u00a0<\/span> And that makes for some intriguing DraftKings DFS bargain picks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The healthy Raiders offensive line absolutely dazzled against the woeful Chargers. And they look like a team that would do absolutely anything for Antonio Pierce. So the Chiefs are going to have a tougher Christmas day than Santa Claus. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Isiah Pacheco is expected to return for the Chiefs and they\u2019ll be pleased to see him. Kansas City has only managed 125 rushing yards in their last two games. Even with Pacheco back the Chiefs will still have to figure out a way to slow down a defense that made 3 sacks, 6 QB Hits, and forced 5 fumbles last week.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DraftKings DFS Christmas Day Bargains<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Real Fast Rookie DraftKings DFS Pick – Tre Tucker<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bo Hardegree is showing Josh McDaniels just how much talent there is on this Raiders\u2019 offense. Tucker has quite a lot of that talent. His value is going up every week, but he\u2019s still cheaper than Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers. Last week he racked up more than 20 DraftKings DFS points. And the only time he ran the ball he lost 2 yards!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In his last four games, he\u2019s seen 13 targets. He\u2019s only caught 5 of them, but he averages 19 yards per catch! The Chiefs defense is allowing 11.4 yards per catch in 2023. Tucker\u2019s explosive acceleration will cause Kansas City problems. And as the Raiders discovered how to use him in the redzone last week he could catch another touchdown this week. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Solid Backup Running Back Pick – Zamir White <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Josh Jacobs should be fit, but after his performance last week, White should see more time than he previously has. Last week he scored a rushing touchdown and averaged 4.3 yards on his 20 touches. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

White projects to be the fifth most expensive running back in this game. Unless Jacobs suffers a setback with his injury White could be even cheaper than Jerick McKinnon. And McKinnon currently sits third on the Chiefs depth chart. Kansas City is allowing 4.89 yards per touch to running backs in 2023. And they\u2019ve conceded 9 touchdowns to them this season too. Antonio Pierce\u2019s modus operandi of running the ball and then running it some more should work well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Deep Threat DraftKings DFS Pick – Justin Watson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Trying to unlock Kadarius Toney\u2019s potential looks like a task beyond Matt Nagy\u2019s ability. So it must be time to rely on one of the Chief\u2019s other sketchy receivers, right? It won\u2019t be Skyy Moore who joined Mecole Hardman on IR this week.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chiefs tend to use Watson as a deep threat and the poor play from the offensive line has made it hard for Mahomes to get many deep balls away. With Maxx Crosby and Malcolm Koonce sniffing about Mahomes will have to be on his toes this week too. Watson is averaging 17.3 yards per touch in 2023 though, so KC should at least try to use his speed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kadarius Toney Replacement DraftKings DFS Pick – Richie James<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

James is more of a like-for-like Toney<\/a> replacement. He\u2019s more widely recognized for his punt return skills. But he has caught 3 of his 5 targets in the last 3 games. And he\u2019s averaging 11 yards per touch in those games (Toney<\/a> averages 6.5 in his last 3).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Underused Receiver – Hunter Renfrow<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Renfrow managed to not catch a pass against a Chargers defense that gave up 378 yards and allowed 7 touchdowns. The only thing the Raiders can\u2019t do is scheme their slot receiver open.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the plus side that makes him super cheap in this week\u2019s DraftKings DFS slate. He should be the seventh most expensive receiver. Renfrow is averaging 10.2 yards per touch in 2023 though. And he has the best catch rate of any Raiders\u2019 receivers at 69.4%. They just need to get him the ball.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally, a Raiders-Chiefs game that you can get excited about. There are plenty of DraftKings DFS bargains to be had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1277,"featured_media":155756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,32632,54],"tags":[7811,111,110,294],"class_list":["post-155734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy","category-dfs","category-editorials","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-dfs","tag-draftkings","tag-fantasy-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248562,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155734\/revisions\/248562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}