Bengals-Bills DraftKings Picks NFL DFS l

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The Bengals and Bills will meet at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park this weekend for what should be an NFL Playoffs divisional-round slugfest. A lot of emotions surround this game  the last time they met, on  Erik Johnson Jersey Monday Night Football in Week 17  safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after suffering cardiac arrest, and the game was postponed and ultimately canceled. Now, Cincinnati must go into a difficult Buffalo setting to defend its AFC crown. This will be a difficult one to bet but an easy one for which to a semble a DraftKings Showdown lineup.What do we know about the Bills? They're a high-flying offense with perennial MVP candidate Josh Allen under center, and they went 7-1 straight up at home this season (but just 3-5 against the spread at Highmark). The Bengals, meanwhile, have been ATS studs, with Joe Burrow helping Cincy cover the spread in 19 of his past 24 starts.We would much rather pour our money into DFS tournaments than me s around with the spread. So, let's get into our DraftKings Showdown squad, which employs the unorthodox strategy of leaving over $2,000 on the table in order to draft an optimal lineup.Before we get into our picks and strategy, here are the key scoring settings for DraftKings Showdown contests: They'refull-point PPR  and there arethree-point bonuses for 300 pa sing yards,  100 rushing yards Sergei Boikov Men Jersey , and  100 receiving yards. The Captain pick costs 1.5 times a player's original price, but he also gets his point total multiplied by 1.5.MORE DK SHOWDOWN:    Getty Images  Captain (1.5x points, 1.5x salary): WR Tee Higgins, Bengals ($11,700)We don't feel comfortable picking a QB for the captain spot, as that would leave us high-and-dry when it comes to setting the rest of our lineup. And as much as we love Ja'Marr Chase ($17,100) and Stefon Diggs ($16,800), we just don't view them as $5,400 and $5,100 better than Higgins. So, Tee this man up! We have seen Higgins, arguably the best No. 2 receiver in football, dominate in big games plenty of times over the past few seasons, and he's reached 26.8 DK points in three of his past eight games. One of those was a 29.8-point effort against New England's stout defense in Week 16, which would have produced 44.7 DK points in the 1.5-times Captain multiplier. You can't go wrong with cool-as-ice Tee.MORE BENGALS-BILLS: | |  Getty Images  FLEX QB Josh Allen, Bills ($11,800)Now we're talking. No way were we excluding either stud QB from our DK squad, we just needed to utilize their flex salaries and not their captain price tags. How could we shy away from Allen, a bonafide MVP candidate averaging 27.7 DK points per game on the season? He's one of the best fantasy a sets in the sport, and he always steps up in big games. This one will be to a sert Buffalo's status as a rightful AFC champion contenders  next week will be to prove he can finally win the big one over Patrick Mahomes.  Nazem Kadri Kids Jersey  Getty Images  FLEX QB Joe Burrow, Bengals ($10,800)While Allen has plenty of pre sure to deliver, Burrow has an even bigger monkey on his back. The Bengals rightfully feel that they deserve a neutral-field divisional round game, as the Week 17 game between these squads was ultimately canceled because of the Damar Hamlin injury. We know all about Joey B's floor, but it's the calm/cool/collected demeanor and icy ceiling of Joey Brr that really entices us. In just the past month, we've seen him put up 28 DK points in New England and 25 DK points in Tampa. Earlier in the season, he dropped 30-plus DK points against Pittsburgh and Kansas City. And we all know what kind of a heater he went on at this time last year. Ride the beast and draft the Burrow.  SN/Getty  FLEX  Chris Bigras Women Jersey WR Gabe Davis, Bills ($6,400)Speaking of playoff heroes, remember last postseason when Davis hauled in four TDs and finished with 201 receiving yards against the Chiefs in the divisional round? I remember. He flashed glimpses of such brilliance last week in Buffalo's tight 34-31 win over Miami, catching six pa ses for 113 yards and a TD. This is budget-bin pricing for a wideout with a ma sive ceiling in a high-flying offense. FLEX TE Dawson Knox, Bills ($5,200)Knox is quietly riding a five Alexander Kerfoot Men Jersey -game TD streak, and he hasn't dipped below 9.3 DK points during that span. He has a benchmark of about 12 and a ceiling of 22, so we love him at $5,200 against a Cincinnati defense that allowed the ninth-most receiving yards to the tight end position this year. FLEX WR Cole Beasley, Bills ($1,800)Beasley got scooped up by the Bills for the Super Bowl run a few weeks ago, but he really made his return to the lineup known last week in Buffalo's wild-card weekend win over Miami. If we can get a couple catches, 35 yards, and a TD from Beasley once again this week, the slot-man will be more than worth his $1,800 cost. And who cares if we're leaving $2,300 on the table  we can't find one roster spot we can significantly upgrade for $2,300 more. Go with the optimal lineup rather than trying your hardest to spend every dime!