Volpe’s NFL Showdown Plays – 12/30/23: Lions at Cowboys
🏈 Saturday Night Showdown – 12/30/23 🏈
Lions @ Cowboys | 8:15 PM EST
Cowboys -5.5 | Over/Under 52.5
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!
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⭐ Notable Info ⭐
- The Cowboys are 7-0 at home and have scored at least 30 points in each of their seven home games. Jimmy Johnson will be inducted to the ring of honor at halftime.
🩹 Key Injuries 🩹
- Lions: OUT: CJ Gardner Johnson (S), Brock Wright (TE) | QUES: Cam Sutton (CB)
- Cowboys: OUT: Rico Dowdle (RB), Jonathan Hankins (DT) | QUES: Tyron Smith (T)
🌦️ Weather 🌦️
- AT&T Stadium – INDOORS
🏈 QB Matchups 🏈
- Lions: Ranked 27th | 23.1 FP/G allowed to QBs
- Cowboys: Ranked 9th | 17.6 FP/G allowed to QBs
🏃 RB Matchups 🏃
- Lions: Ranked 1st | 16.4 FP/G allowed to RBs
- Cowboys: Ranked 11th | 19.4 FP/G allowed to RBs
🧤 WR Matchups 🧤
- Lions: Ranked 25th | 37.5 FP/G allowed to WRs
- Cowboys: Ranked 6th | 29.0 FP/G allowed to WRs
🏈 TE Matchups 🏈
- Lions: Ranked 23rd | 13.3 FP/G allowed to TEs
- Cowboys: Ranked 5th | 10.2 FP/G allowed to TEs
🧩 Core Players 🧩
- Tonight’s Build: 50-60% of the entries will have the Cowboys 4-2 or 5-1. So the more Lions, the more unique you will be. I’m rolling with majority 3-3 lineups and some 4-2 DET.
- Must-Have: Lamb, St. Brown
- Captains: Dak, Lamb, St. Brown, Montgomery
- GPP: Montgomery (low owned & DT Hankins is OUT), Jameson Williams
🔝 More of 🔝
- Lamb, St. Brown, Dak, Gibbs, Monty, Aubrey, Jameson Williams
🔑 Best Values 🔑
- Jameson, Vaughn, Dak, Ferguson
🚫 Less of 🚫
- Pollard, Badgley
🎲 Deeper GPP Plays In Order 🎲
- Josh Reynolds
- Michael Gallup
- Jalen Tolbert
- Kalif Raymond
- KaVontae Turpin
- Deuce Vaughn – With Dowdle out, he should have a handful of touches.
🔮 Prediction 🔮
- Cowboys 28-25 – I like the Lions to hang around in this one
🎰 Bets 🎰 (+8.1 units)
- Jameson Williams OVER 2.5 receptions. $150 to win $100
- Montgomery OVER 54.5 rushing yards – 1 unit
📈 Rankings 📈 See Detailed Player Projections ⬇️
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If you have any lineup questions, ask me @mvolp in Discord before lock!
