FanDuel NFL single game contest: Sunday Night Football player picks

This week, Sunday night football presents the FanDuel community with a divisional battle of NFC West teams! Let’s take a look at this slate from a fantasy football perspective!

Before I discuss my FanDuel player picks for Sunday night’s game, let’s take a look at the key DFS injuries for both teams and briefly review the rules for the FanDuel single game contest.

Notable DFS Injuries

Cardinals: DL Jordan Phillips, LB Kyle Fitts, LB Dennis Gardeck, OL Kelvin Beachum, WR DeAndre Hopkins, CB Dre Kirkpatrick QUESTIONABLE

Seahawks: S Jamal Adams OUT: G Mike Lupati QUESTIONABLE.

Let’s shift our focus to the rules for the FanDuel single game contest. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The FanDuel MVP accumulates 1.5 times the standard FanDuel points value.

The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a FanDuel single game contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the FanDuel single game contest, I recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.

Here are my FanDuel Player Selections for Sunday Night Football!

MVP

Kyler Murray $16,500

The 27 year old Arizona Cardinals signal caller is quickly becoming one of the most reliable options at the quarterback position in fantasy football. Through six games played this season, Murray is averaging an impressive 27.41 FanDuel points a game. Why has he performed at such a high level from a DFS perspective? Well, the talented young quarterback can get your FanDuel lineup fantasy points in multiple ways. The man is effective passing and rushing the football. That is obviously a big issue for NFL defenses.

Now let’s turn our attention to the defense that Murray will face on Sunday night. Frankly, the Seattle Seahawks defense has had issues stopping any offense from passing the football effectively in 2020. Through five games played this season, the Seahawks are ranked 31st in the NFL in total passing yards allowed a game (1,854). Yes, that’s correct, the Seahawks are allowing an average of 370.4 passing yards a game. Goodness, that’s bad. Needles to say, I like Murray’s chances to put up some outstanding numbers this week.

Flex Plays

Russell Wilson $16,500

This season, the 31 year old quarterback is showing the world why he is one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL today. Through five games played, Wilson has accumulated 1,502 passing yards and 19 passing touchdowns. That is an average of 300.4 passing yards and 3.8 touchdowns a game! That is the kind of consistent fantasy points I want from a quarterback I play in my FanDuel lineup on any given week.

Christian Kirk $11,000

Kirk will be facing a defense that is dead last in the league in fantasy points allowed to the wide receiver position. In his last two games played, Kirk is averaging an impressive 15.95 FanDuel points a game. In the Cardinals win over the Dallas Cowboys in week five, Kirk had two receptions and 95 receiving yards. It should also be noted that one of Kirk’s receptions versus Dallas went for a touchdown.

David Moore $9,000

Yes, I know that Moore was held without a catch in the Seahawks last game. However, I also know that Wilson did target Moore three times in the team’s last game. Unfortunately, Moore was unable to turn those opportunities into catches.

It should also be noted that Moore had three receptions and 95 receiving yards versus the Miami Dolphins in week 4. I also think that the Cardinals defensive strategy will be focused on slowing down the Seahawks D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. The Cardinals focus on Metcalf and Lockett  should open up some additional opportunities for Moore to succeed in the passing game on Sunday.

Greg Olsen $7,000

The veteran tight end has been targeted by Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson 13 times in the last three games. Olsen has turned those 13 targets into 10 receptions that have resulted in 96 receiving yards. Additionally, last week, the Cardinals allowed four receptions to Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz.

In my opinion, Greg Olsen presents outstanding fantasy football value at a FanDuel price of only $7,000.

Additional flex plays I like on this single game slate:  D.K. Metcalf, WR 13,000: Tyler Lockett, WR $12,000.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me on twitter at @geeversgolf or via my youtube channel, Geevers Golf. As always, good luck!