NFL DFS Week 13 Example Lineups: Top Picks for DraftKings & FanDuel Contests
Published: Dec 01, 2024
Welcome to the NFL Week 13 DFS Example Lineups for the Sunday main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you're already reading this, it means you've already gone through all the NFL DFS content Fantasy Alarm has to offer and you've built a few lineups.
If not, go back to the NFL DFS Playbook first and then hit all of the DFS coaching pieces as well. Then build yourself a few potentially winning DFS lineups and use what I have here as a sounding board for feedback.
The lineups built below are an example of what can be put together by following the content we have put out this week and using our NFL DFS tools like our NFL DFS Projections, Lineup Generator and DFS Rostership Percentages.
**Be sure to check the Playbook and Dart Board for late changes
Best of luck to you this week and let's make some money!
NFL Week 13 Sunday Morning Notes
NFL Weather Report for Sunday, 12/1
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals
- It's going to be very cold but that's about it. Similar weather as to what we saw with the Dolphins and Packers on Thanksgiving night.
Seattle Seahawks vs New York Jets
- Typical December weather in the Northeast. Going to be cold, some wind. No precipitation.
San Francisco 49ers vs Buffalo Bills
- Blizzard conditions leading into kickoff with the potential of up to two feet of snow hitting Buffalo this weekend. It's going to be cold, it's going to be wet.
NFL Week 13 GPP Stacks
Ranked in order of favorite.
- Los Angeles Rams: Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua
- Houston Texans: C.J. Stroud, Nico Collins, Tank Dell, Joe Mixon
- Philadelphia Eagles: Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith
- Baltimore Ravens: Lamar Jackson, Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Mark Andrews, Derrick Henry
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, Cade Otton, Bucky Irving, Rachaad White
- New Orleans Saints: Derek Carr, Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill, Marquez Valdes-Scantling
- Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin, Noah Brown, Zach Ertz
- Tennessee Titans: Will Levis, Tony Pollard, Calvin Ridley, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine-Ikhine
- Carolina Panthers: Bryce Young, Adam Thielen, Xavier Leggette, David Moore
- New England Patriots: Drake Maye, Demario Douglas, Hunter Henry, Kendrick Bourne, Kayshon Boutte
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Top Picks for Week 13 DraftKings & FanDuel
QB Coach | RB Coach | WR Coach | TE Coach | DST Coach | Watch List | Dart Board
| Pos | Player | Team | Opponent | Salary | Proj. Draft% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Justin Herbert | LAC | ATL | $7,900 | - |
| Pivot | Drake Maye | NE | IND | $6,800 | - |
| RB | Chase Brown | CIN | PIT | $7,300 | - |
| RB | Bucky Irving | TB | CAR | $7,200 | - |
| WR | Ladd McConkey | LAC | ATL | $6,300 | - |
| WR | David Moore | CAR | TB | $5,100 | - |
| WR | Puka Nacua | LA | NO | $8,700 | - |
| TE | Hunter Henry | NE | IND | $5,100 | - |
| FLEX | Aaron Jones | MIN | ARI | $7,700 | - |
| Pivot | Alvin Kamara | NO | LA | $8,300 | - |
| DST | Washington Commanders | WAS | TEN | $4,700 | - |
| $60,000 |
Player News
Packers signed WR Bo Melton, RB Emanuel Wilson, and P Daniel Whelan to their exclusive rights free agent tenders.
Melton caught on with the Packers in 2023, totaling 16 receptions for 218 yards and a touchdown in five games. He added eight receptions for 91 yards in 17 games last season. Melton will continue to be a depth piece in an already-deep Packers wide receiver room. Wilson has also been with the Packers for two seasons and rushed for 502 yards and four touchdowns as Josh Jacobs’ immediate backup last season. He will compete with MarShawn Lloyd for that role again. Whelan is the team’s punter and will be back for 2025. All three signed their exclusive rights free agent tender and will essentially be on one-year contracts this season.
Seahawks re-signed Johnathan Hankins to a one-year contract.
Hankins hasn’t had a PFF run defense grade above 52.4 since 2020 and is primarily called on to play early downs. He turned 33 in March. He’ll be a complimentary piece behind Jarran Reed and Byron Murphy II if he makes the roster out of training camp.
Chargers placed the UFA tender on RB J.K. Dobbins.
This gives the Chargers exclusive negotiating rights if he does not sign with a team by July 22 or the first 2025 NFL training camp opens, whichever comes first. The tag is mainly useful for compensatory pick reasons as Dobbins will still count towards Los Angeles’ haul in the formula if signed before then. The Chargers currently do not project to add a pick in 2026 per Over The Cap’s Nick Korte.
49ers signed OT D.J. Humphries.
Humphries played in only two games for the Chiefs last year as he spent most of the season rehabbing a late 2023 torn ACL on his own. He wasn’t appreciably good in either of those games, but he was rusty and does have a history of better than that. Entering his age-32 season for the 49ers, he’ll probably be trying to win the right tackle job opposite Trent Williams in training camp.
Patriots released LS Joe Cardona.
The team selected his replacement, Julian Ashby, in the seventh round of the draft. This snapper of balls who are longer than usual is only 33, and it’s possible he picks up his career elsewhere. There aren’t too many remaining Patriots Regimes in the wild in 2025, but Nick Caserio does still run the Texans and they let Jon Weeks walk this offseason so that’s one speculative fit.
NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill said he would be “flabbergasted” if Derek Carr played for the Saints this year.
“I would have trouble understanding why you would allow that to happen, you’re trying to build a new culture, you can’t let that guy ... you just got a rookie QB, this is the example you’re going to give him,” Underhill continued. Both Underhill and Mike Triplett believe Tyler Shough will be starting for the Saints in Week 1, with Underhill saying he had “80 percent or higher odds to start 80 percent of the games this year.” Shough would be an uninspiring superflex pick, perhaps a QB3, but given how things have played out with Carr over the past months it sure doesn’t seem like the Saints have a reason to want to continue this relationship. Mickey Loomis literally asked reporters to stop asking him Carr questions at his pre-draft press conference.