{"id":158066,"date":"2024-01-10T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=158066"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:14:25","slug":"draftkings-dfs-bargains-rams-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/01\/10\/draftkings-dfs-bargains-rams-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bargain DraftKings DFS Picks for Super Wildcard Weekend: Rams at Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/span>One of the reasons the Rams<\/a> have been successful this season is that they haven\u2019t suffered as many injuries as most. And that\u2019s only fair given\u00a0how many starters they lost last season. Last week they only had 12 players dealing with injuries. That makes picking DraftKings DFS bargains a fairly simple affair. The Rams were even able to rest some of their more important stars as they traveled to Santa Clara to pip the 9ers by a single point. San Francisco had checked out for their Bye week a little early.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The other reason is Sean McVay has been working with a plethora of youngsters. All good coaches love teaching as much as they love game plans. And if you\u2019re a rookie you\u2019ll be equal parts in awe and delighted to be working with a coach who won a Super Bowl less than two years ago. <\/span>PFF<\/span><\/a> highlights 14 rookies who have been invaluable for the Rams this season. But those youngsters now face something not many of them will have seen before, a playoff game.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And what a playoff game, they\u2019re off to Detroit to meet Dan Campbell\u2019s Lions team. Not many Detroit Lions have playoff experience either mind you, so this is going to be fascinating. For their part, the Lions had 19 players recovering from injury at the last count. Dan Campbell didn\u2019t take the pragmatic approach last week, he kept most of his important players on the field against the Vikings. Jared Goff and the offensive line played all the snaps. And Sam LaPorta and Kalif Raymond suffered what seemed to be significant injuries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Wildcard Weekend DraftKings DFS Bargains for Rams at Lions<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Guy Who Could Win The Game DraftKings DFS Pick – Josh Reynolds <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

He costs $5,000 on this week\u2019s DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown slate and if LaPorta and Raymond are dealing with their injuries Reynolds could see even more snaps than he did last week. And he played 88% of the snaps in Minnesota. He hadn\u2019t played that many all season, in fact, he hadn\u2019t played that many since 2021! He caught 5 of his 7 targets against the Vikings and ended the game with 44 receiving yards. That was the most targets he\u2019s seen this season, equaling his Week 1 performance against the Chiefs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This week he seems set to line up opposite Akhello Witherspoon who is having some season. Even though the Rams are ranked as the 8<\/span>th<\/span> worst defense against receivers he\u2019s only allowing 48.1% of passes thrown his way to be completed. He also leads the Rams with 3 interceptions. But he has conceded 5 touchdowns and allows 14.8 yards per completion. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reynolds and Witherspoon do have history, way back in 2018 when Reynolds was a Ram and Witherspoon was with the 49ers. In the first meeting that season Reynolds only caught 1 pass (he only saw 1 target) but it went for 19 yards! The second time the teams played Reynolds caught 4 of his 7 targets and 2 of them were touchdowns!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Next Man Up Pick – James Mitchell <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mitchell is just $2,400 and if Sam LaPorta is still recovering from his bone bruise, he\u2019ll be very important for Jared Goff. He only caught <\/span>1 pass against the Vikings<\/span><\/a>, but he only saw 1 target. It was a 24-yard reception though. And he played 81% of the Lions snaps.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rams have the 4<\/span>th<\/span> worst defense against the tight end position this season. Only the Broncos have conceded more touchdowns to the tight end position. During the regular season, they allowed 12 yards per reception to tight ends and 13.6 DraftKings DFS points per game to the position.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Back Just In Time DraftKings DFS Pick – Brock Wright <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

On that basis, Wright has a really good chance of racking up some DraftKings DFS points this week. And he costs just $2,000 on the DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown. Wright suffered a hip injury but should be back this week. Wright has caught 13 of the 14 targets he\u2019s seen this season and he\u2019s averaging 7 yards per touch.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Not A Bargain, But Actually A Bargain Pick – Demarcus Robinson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

He\u2019s technically not a bargain because he costs $5,400 on this week\u2019s DraftKings DFS Captains Showdown slate. But he is a sort of bargain because he averages 11.1 DraftKings DFS points per game when he catches passes. And he\u2019s caught passes in 8 of his last 9 games. The only game he didn\u2019t catch a pass in was last week when Carson Wentz started at QB.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This week he\u2019ll line up opposite Kendle Vildor and he\u2019s allowing 15.4 yards per completion this season. And he\u2019s conceded 2 touchdowns, Robinson has caught 4 scoring passes in his 9 games this season.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Real Bargain With A High Ceiling DraftKings DFS Pick – Tutu Atwell <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

He\u2019s a Rams receiver who is an actual bargain at $3,400 on this DraftKings DFS Captain’s Showdown slate. There\u2019s just one problem, since Demarcus Robinson returned to the lineup in Week 9 Atwell has only caught 11 passes. He caught 13 passes in the first two games of the season. So, it\u2019ll take a major change in the Rams game plan to get Atwell<\/a> more involved. It would be really exciting to see McVay\u2019s Rams line up with an empty backfield and 5 receivers. Spreading the offense out might cause the Lions some problems, but it would also cause Matt Stafford some problems with the Lions’ pass rush. The Rams aren\u2019t going to Detroit to entertain, they\u2019re going there to win. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean McVay’s young charges will go into Detroit as lambs, but they may well leave as Lions. The DraftKings DFS bargains are endless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1277,"featured_media":158081,"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":[59,24,32632,34],"tags":[3127,111,110,294,2003,7946],"class_list":["post-158066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy","category-lions","category-dfs","category-rams","tag-demarcus-robinson","tag-dfs","tag-draftkings","tag-fantasy-football","tag-josh-reynolds","tag-tutu-atwell"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158066","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=158066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248575,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158066\/revisions\/248575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}