Yahoo NFL Picks: Wild Card Sunday Night Football | Steelers vs. Chiefs

Tonight the Kansas City Chiefs are hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers in the featured Sunday Night Football matchup, and Yahoo is offering NFL DFS single-game contests. The general concept of creating a team remains the same, but this is a one-game player pool. The twist is that any position player can be rostered, and one is designated to receive a 1.5x multiplier on their Yahoo points. Using Awesemo’s expert NFL projections and rankings, these are the top Yahoo NFL picks for the Wild Card Sunday Night Football game tonight.

Yahoo NFL Picks: Wild Card Sunday Night Football

Top SUPERSTAR Options

The SUPERSTAR position will get a 1.5x multiplier on their Yahoo points in the single-game format. Awesemo’s NFL DFS optimizer creates daily fantasy football cheat sheets. Check out who is popping in the Yahoo NFL DFS cheat sheet for the Wild Card Sunday Night Football game.

Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs – $37

For as rough of a season Patrick Mahomes has had in the eyes of the DFS world, he was not horrible. In fact he ranked in the top ten for most basic and advanced passing categories. However, the bar has been set high for one of the youngest NFL MVPs and Super Bowl Champions. Even though he averaged 35 pass attempts over his last five games, he topped 270 yards just once. On a positive note he did have multiple touchdowns in each of those appearances. When bestowing the SUPERSTAR multiplier on Mahomes, no other player projects within 10 fantasy points tonight.

Mahomes is one of the leading options for SUPERSTAR on Yahoo, and Matt Savoca has an even more in-depth look at his outlook tonight from a holistic view across DraftKings and FanDuel in his Week Wild Card Sunday Night Football Showdown Breakdown.

Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs – $29

Tyreek Hill ($24) is dealing with a heel injury and coach Andy Reid has already voiced concerns about his ability to be fully effective tonight. Running back Darrel Williams ($17) is managing a toe injury and of course fellow running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire is still on the injured reserve. That leaves Travis Kelce as the healthiest of the Kansas City playmakers and he is just a couple weeks removed from the heath and safety protocol as well as dealing with a sore hip. Last night once again most gamers eschewed tight ends in this position-less format, as Dawson Knox was on only 22.3% of the entries in the Yahoo $100K Saturday Night Baller. Kelce was in the top 15 for most passing categories and gamers still have not learned to think of him as a wide receiver more than a tight end since he is almost always split out from the line or working from a slot position.

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Darrel Williams, Kansas City Chiefs – $17

Even though there is a strong level of risk associated with Darrel Williams reaggravating his toe injury, this salary is incredibly enticing for the lead running back on the Kansas City offense. Pittsburgh has been dreadful against the run all season and Williams is a capable runner and receiver who most importantly also has the trust of coach Andy Reid.

Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers – $21

Most gamers are going to land on Chiefs-heavy roster constructions which means by going with a 3-2 in favor of Pittsburgh players, there is some leverage to be gained against the field. On the off chance the Steelers put points on the board and or keep this a close game, that could be just enough to separate from the masses. More often than not, Dionte Johnson ends the day with double digit fantasy points, even in the half-PPR scoring format employed by Yahoo. The return of Juju Smith-Schuster should not have any impact on Johnson who already had proven to be the leading wideout at the end of last year.

Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers – $22

While this is likely the end of the road for Ben Roethlisberger, he still is one of two starting quarterbacks in the player pool. The salary is more than appropriate, and while he will not add anything on the ground and the deep ball is off the table, Pittsburgh has plenty of talented pass catchers who can get extra yards after the catch which will still be attributed to Roethlisberger’s side of the fantasy ledger as well. Volume alone will no longer carry the day, with two of the last three games from Roethlisberger resulting in under 160 yards passing despite 35 or more attempts. Even more telling, both of those games still ended in single digit fantasy production despite a touchdown in each game. Set all that aside and give Roethlisberger strong consideration tonight, particularly if the field keeps heading in the other direction.


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Ray-Ray McCloud, Zach Gentry and James Washington are at the Yahoo $10 minimum salary. This pick is playing for a touchdown, and all three are live, though longshots. McCloud is the most dynamic option, and he also returns punts and kickoffs, so he gets the slight nod. Gentry has become the TE2 with Eric Ebron on the shelf and he could luck into something fortuitous. Washington is the longest of longshots since Roethlisberger rarely throws deep – but there is a reason they play the games, no matter how lopsided they appear on paper.

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Eric "EMac" MacPherson won the 2007 Fantasy Baseball grand prize (trip for two to the MLB All-Star game) in the Roto format on ESPN. He won again in 2008, this time in the H2H format. As one of the early adopters of daily fantasy sports, EMac has been providing content for baseball and basketball as well as both professional and college football since 2012 for a variety of websites including DraftKings Playbook, FanVice, RotoWorld, Daily Fantasy Bootcamp, and RotoGrinders. He is well into his third decade of fantasy sports and has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Follow him on Twitter @EMacDFS or contact EMac by emailing [email protected].

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