Volpe’s NFL Showdown Plays – 12/18/23: Eagles at Seahawks
🏈 Monday Night Showdown – 12/18/23 🏈
Eagles @ Seahawks | 8:15 PM EST
Eagles -3.5 | Over/Under 45
Projections are tailored to DraftKings’ Showdown Captain contests. If you have any lineup questions, for FanDuel or DraftKings, ask me @mvolp in Discord before lock!
UPDATES: Hurts is ACTIVE, Devon Weatherspoon & Jamal Adams are INACTIVE
⭐ Notable Info ⭐
- The Seahawks play the 2nd most zone in the NFL. Aj Brown has a 37% target share vs man and 22% vs zone. DeVonta Smith has a 14% target share vs man and 19% vs zone.
- The Eagles are 13th in the league in passing offense with 234.3 yards per game and eighth in rushing offense with 124.5 yards per contest. Philadelphia stands sixth in the league in scoring offense with 26.3 points per game, while they are 28th in the league in scoring defense by allowing 24.7 points per contest.
- The Seahawks are 15th in the league in passing offense as they average 232.9 yards per game through the air and 28th in rushing offense with 92 yards per contest on the ground. Seattle is 17th in the league in scoring offense with an average of 21.5 points per game and a dismal 26th in scoring defense by allowing 24.5 points per game.
- Over the past three games, the Eagles have allowed an average 36.3 points per game.
- The Seahawks have given up 33.3 points per game over the past three games and a minimum of 26 points in five of their last six games.
🩹 Key Injuries 🩹
- Eagles: OUT: Cam Jurgens (C), Zach Cunningham (LB), Darius Slay (CB) | QUES: Jalen Hurts (QB)
- Seahawks: OUT: … | QUES: Geno Smith (QB), Devon Witherspoon (CB), Jamal Adams (S), Dee Eskridge (WR), Nick Bellore (LB)
🌦️ Weather 🌦️
- Lumen Field – OUTDOORS – 48 Degrees – 10 MPH Wind – 47% Chance of Rain
🏈 QB Matchups 🏈
- Eagles: Ranked 32nd | 25.5 FP/G allowed to QBs
- Seahawks: Ranked 21st | 21.6 FP/G allowed to QBs
🏃 RB Matchups 🏃
- Eagles: Ranked 4th | 17.6 FP/G allowed to RBs
- Seahawks: Ranked 28th | 25.6 FP/G allowed to RBs
🧤 WR Matchups 🧤
- Eagles: Ranked 32nd | 47.1 FP/G allowed to WRs
- Seahawks: Ranked 29th | 38.8 FP/G allowed to WRs
🏈 TE Matchups 🏈
- Eagles: Ranked 20th | 12.8 FP/G allowed to TEs
- Seahawks: Ranked 19th | 12.3 FP/G allowed to TEs
🧩 Core Players 🧩
- Tonight’s Build: The best values are Seahawks. I think you have to have at least two Seahawks tonight, possibly three.
- Must-Have: Hurts, Seattle Receivers
- Captains: Lockett, Smith-Njigba, Smith, Fant
🔝 More of 🔝
- Hurts, Brown, Metcalf, Lockett, Smith-Njigba, Lock, Goedert, Swift, Fant
🔑 Best Values 🔑
- Lockett, Smith-Njigba, Charbonnet, Seattle DST, Fant
🚫 Less of 🚫
- Walker, Scott
🎲 Deeper GPP Plays In Order 🎲
- Noah Fant
- Quez Watkins
- Jake Bobo
- Colby Parkinson
- Will Dissly
🔮 Prediction 🔮
- Eagles 26-23
🎰 Bets 🎰 (+6.2 units)
- Smith-Njigba OVER 42.5 receiving yards – 1 unit
- Lockett OVER 52.5 receiving yards – 0.5 unit
- Goedert OVER 40.5 receiving yards – 0.5 unit
📈 Rankings 📈 See Detailed Player Projections ⬇️
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