The Jaguars, Colts and Texans are all tied for first in the AFC South at 9-7 heading into the final week of the NFL regular season. The Colts and Texans face off in Indianapolis on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET in one of two games on Saturday’s Week 18 NFL schedule. The Ravens host the Steelers at 4:30 p.m. ET as Pittsburgh remains in the wild card hunt. The Ravens are expected to rest several starters who have already clinched the AFC’s top playoff spot.
Week 18 of the NFL schedule brings a lot of uncertainty for daily Fantasy Football players. But for the Colts, Texans, and Steelers, every possession can change the course of their year, so you can confidently use their options from the NFL DFS player pool when drawing up Week 18 NFL DFS rosters. Before you lock in your NFL DFS picks for Saturday on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, you need to see what Mike McClure has to say.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with over $2 million in career winnings. It uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every moment of NFL action, taking into account factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries. This allows him to find the best DFS values that he shares only with SportsLine members. His methodology has led to huge wins on FanDuel and DraftKings.
He won two high-stakes tournaments on FanDuel in 2020 and recorded two top-10 finishes in tournaments with over 130,000 participants on DraftKings. His teams have also finished in the top 1% in over a dozen other tournaments. Last year, he won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once.
This season, McClure has won two showdown tournaments and posted a 36x ROI on a recent Monday Night Football roster. A SportsLine subscriber also won $100,000 in December from McClure’s NFL DFS Player Pool. All those who followed him are at the top.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to Saturday’s two-game slate and locked in his top daily fantasy football picks. You can only see them by going to SportsLine.
Best NFL DFS Picks for Saturday
One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Saturday is Colts running back Jonathan Taylor. The 24-year-old rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries in a 23-20 win over the Raiders last week. It was his fourth straight game with a touchdown, scoring in back-to-back games after missing three weeks with a thumb injury.
Taylor is RB15 in fantasy football this season on a points per game basis. He’s only played in nine of 16 games this season, but Taylor has recorded at least 90 total yards in four games. He dominated the Texans during his career, including rushing for at least 140 yards in three straight games against Houston. Taylor is averaging 124.6 yards rushing on 5.9 yards per carry in five career games against Houston and McClure expects more dominance from the four-year pro on Saturday.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes Texans wide receiver Nico Collins. Collins had seven receptions on eight targets for 80 yards last week in a 26-3 win over the Titans as he and CJ Stroud have shown tremendous chemistry this season. Outside of a dismal offensive performance from the entire Texas team in a 30-6 loss to the Jets, Collins is averaging 125 yards over his last three games with Stroud under center.
Collins had seven receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown in a 31-20 loss to the Colts in Week 2. The 24-year-old leads Houston in receptions (71), targets (100), receiving yards (1,102) and is tied. for the lead with seven receiving touchdowns this season. Davante Adams had 13 receptions for 126 yards and two touchdowns last week against the Colts and given Collins’ success against the Colts earlier in the year, McClure likes the third-year receiver on NFL DFS rosters on Saturday. Check out the rest of McClure’s player pool here.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Saturday
McClure is also targeting an undervalued player who should explode in big numbers on Saturday. This choice could mean the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
So who does Mike McClure put in his optimal NFL DFS lineups for Saturday in Week 18? Visit SportsLine now to see the optimal NFL DFS picks, rankings, tips and stacks, all from a daily Fantasy expert with over $2 million in winnings, and find out.