Anticipation was sky-high for Detroit running back D'Andre Swift heading into this season, but ahead of the Lions' Sunday Night Football matchup with the Green Bay Packers in Week 18, he has fewer rushing yards than he did in the same amount of games played last year. Moreover, after 62 receptions in 2021-22, he has just 41 catches for 328 yards this season. Swift had just two carries for 10 yards against the Packers when he faced Green Bay in Week 9, but could he crack NFL DFS lineups on Sunday night after he ran for 78 yards on 11 attempts last week against the Bears? Before you make your NFL DFS picks for Packers vs. Lions on Sunday Night Football, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice and strategy from SportsLine daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with over $2 million in career winnings. His methodology has led to enormous cashes on FanDuel and DraftKings. He took down two high-stakes tournaments on FanDuel in 2020 and recorded a pair of top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 entrants on DraftKings. His lineups also finished inside the top 1% in more than a dozen other tournaments.
He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking factors such as matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best DFS values that he shares only with members at SportsLine.
This year, he's already won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once. Now, McClure has turned his attention to Lions vs. Packers and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Lions vs. Packers
One of McClure's top NFL DFS picks for Sunday Night Football is Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Curiously, Rodgers finished with just 159 yards and a single touchdown pass despite the 41-17 score in Green Bay's win last week against the Minnesota Vikings. Before last week, in the six games following the Packers' last meeting with Detroit, he completed 64.9% of his passes for 1,240 yards, 10 touchdowns and just four interceptions.
Few players come into Sunday night's matchup with as much individual motivation as Rodgers, who completed just 53.49% of his passes with three picks in his last game against the Lions. That seems to be a one-off, as in the four games against Detroit before that, Rodgers completed 74.5% of his throws for 923 yards, 11 touchdowns and zero interceptions. In nine career regular season starts in the month of January, Rodgers has a 112.7 passer rating and a 7-2 record.
Part of McClure's optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes stacking Rodgers with Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard. Lazard has been the leading receiver in the Packers offense over the last two weeks, securing 10 catches for 120 yards. Fellow receiver Christian Watson started the week as a limited participant in practice with a hip injury, and with a trip to the postseason on the line, Rodgers should keep looking for Lazard's hot hands in the passing game.
In Lazard's first game against Detroit this season, he finished with 87 yards on just four receptions with the Packers' lone touchdown. When Green Bay played Detroit on January 9 last season, Lazard caught five passes for 75 yards and two scores. Detroit's defense has given up a league-high 9.7-yard average depth of target this season, and Lazard has kept a healthy rate of 12.3 average air yards per target this year. You can see the rest of McClure's NFL DFS advice here.
How to make NFL DFS lineups for Sunday Night Football
McClure is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is, and the rest of McClure's NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.
Who is Mike McClure including in his optimal NFL DFS lineups? And which under-the-radar player is a must-roster? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a DFS expert who has won over $2 million with his daily Fantasy picks, and find out.
