NFL Week 16 DFS Contrarian Picks: Matthew Stafford, James Cook & More

NFL Week 16 is here and with two Saturday games scheduled, our Sunday DFS main slate is back to 11 games on DraftKings and 12 on FanDuel. We’ve been diving into the matchups all week long and have just checked in with the most recent NFL DFS Ownership projections so it’s time now to check in with some of our favorite contrarian picks.
Remember, having the right DFS contrarian picks in your lineups is important if you want to take down the big GPP money, but it’s more than just looking at our ownership projections and seeing who is expected to be lower-owned. The matchups need to be on-point as well. In fact, we’re looking for situations that are even more favorable, yet the public has not yet unearthed it.
If you tailed our contrarian picks last week, it was a great DFS day for you. While the rest of the world was leaning on Derrick Henry, I had the Lamar Jackson/Mark Andrews tandem in GPP tournament lineups and that went unbelievably well.
So did our use of Terry McLaurin who found the end zone twice at less than six-percent ownership in most tournaments. The only pick from the video that didn’t hit was David Montgomery and that was because of a knee injury. Nothing you can do about that. At least he didn’t give us a zero.
But that was last week and we’re onto a new one here. Let’s get to our favorite NFL Week 16 DFS contrarian picks:
NFL Week 16 DFS Contrarian Picks
- Matthew Stafford, QB Los Angeles Rams ($5,900 DK; $7,100 FD)
- James Cook, RB Buffalo Bills ($7,000 DK; $8,700 FD)
- Jameson Williams, WR Detroit Lions ($5,500 DK; $6,100 FD)
- Mike Gesicki, TE Cincinnati Bengals ($3,300 DK; $5,000 FD)
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