NFL Week 17 comes to an end here with some Monday Night Football action involving two teams in the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals that could be a potential playoff preview for the AFC. The Bills and Bengals represent two of the top teams in the AFC conference. Buffalo is riding a six-game winning streak and they are looking to keep their hopes alive for locking in the top seed in the AFC while the Bengals are on a seven-game winning streak and still jockeying for position for the two-seed in the playoffs. Either way, we're being handed arg uably the best game on the schedule for this week and we have plenty of options to consider so let's dig into Monday night's NFL DFS Showdown picks.
Now before we begin, I want to reiterate what Howard usually says for NFL DFS Showdown slates. Take a moment to understand what exactly you're getting into with these contests. It's always fun to get some action on a primetime game. I used to max enter the $0.50 contest to get 150 lineups in this game for the price of $75.00. I had a lot of success with that method in 2021 but haven't had the desire in 2022 to go through the nonsense of adjusting 150 individual lineups ahead of roster lock, all while making sure none of them became duplicates. Cash games can be brutal on a Showdown slate and large-field tournaments are nearly impossible to tackle unless you're max entering. Have fun and be smart with tonight's contest.
Please note that players not listed below are not necessarily a complete fade and any player listed can certainly be used as the MVP/Captain. These are merely suggestions for players to use when setting Showdown lineups.
Top Captain/MVP
If you read our Showdown Playbook for last Monday's game, you'll remember that I don't particularly love targeting quarterbacks at the Captain spot if they don't offer much rushing upside. Allen offers that while also having 300+ yard upside with the chance to throw three touchdowns. Allen has dropped 24 fantasy points in 11 games this year and while he only hit the 300-yard bonus once in his last six games, the upside is there in this matchup if this game lives up to the offensive potential we all expect it to.