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Grading the picks: The most-recommended DFS plays, NFL Wild Card edition

Here’s our weekly look at the most-recommended DFS plays from some of the industry’s most well-known analysts.

It’s a stripped-down version for the playoffs with just a four-game slate some of the touts we typically monitor laying out for the playoffs. We’ll keep rounding up the picks through the divisional round before calling it a season ourselves. If you’d like to see how the analysts fare last week, as well as cumulative results for the full season, check here.

Our usual disclaimer: DailyFantasyTalk will not be supplying DFS picks nor will we offer commentary on the picks of others. Each week we will gather the recommendations, post them here and link back to the original source so that interested readers can investigate the reasoning if they’re so inclined.

Here are this week’s picks. Check back next week to see how each analyst scored.

Consensus

Quarterback

  • Aaron Rodgers—FanDuel 8,100; DraftKings 6,400
  • AJ McCarron—FanDuel, 6,400; DraftKings 5,200

Running back

  • Eddie Lacy—FanDuel 6,000; DraftKings 4,500
  • Fitzgerald Toussaint—FanDuel 5,700; DraftKings 3,900
  • Marshawn Lynch—FanDuel 7,800; DraftKings 6,500

Wide receiver

  • Antonio Brown—FanDuel 9,500; DraftKings 9,600
  • AJ Green—FanDuel 8,300; DraftKings 7,500
  • James Jones—FanDuel 5,700; DraftKings 4,100
  • DeSean Jackson—FanDuel 7,000; DraftKings 4,500
  • Jeremy Maclin—FanDuel 7,200; DraftKings 6,400

Tight end

  • Jordan Reed—FanDuel 7,400; DraftKings 6,300

Defense

  • Chiefs—FanDuel 5,100; DraftKings 4,000

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Matthew Berry, ESPN

Love/Hate

  • Kirk Cousins—DK 5,900
  • Aaron Rodgers—DK 6,400
  • AJ McCarron—DK 5,200
  • Jeremy Hill—DK 5,000
  • Eddie Lacy—DK 4,500
  • Pierre Thomas—DK 3,400
  • Alfred Blue—DK 4,200
  • Fitzgerald Toussaint—DK 3,900
  • AJ Green—DK 7,500
  • DeAndre Hopkins—DK 8,400
  • Marvin Jones—DK 3,700
  • James Jones—DK 4,100
  • Jordan Reed—DK 6,300
  • Heath Miller—DK 3,300
  • Bengals—DK 3,200
  • Chiefs—DK 4,000
  • Redskins—DK 3,300

K.C. Joyner, ESPN

Value Plays

  • Kirk Cousins—DK 5,900
  • Alex Smith—DK 5,300
  • Christine Michael—DK 4,400
  • Alfred Morris—DK 3,700
  • DeSean Jackson—DK 4,500
  • James Jones—DK 4,100
  • Richard Rodgers—DK 4,100
  • Heath Miller—DK 3,300
  • Steelers—DK 3,700
  • Bengals—DK 3,200

Jerry Donabedian, RotoWire

DK Value Plays

  • Aaron Rodgers—DK 6,400
  • Marshawn Lynch—DK 6,500
  • Fitzgerald Toussaint—DK 3,900
  • AJ Green—DK 7,500
  • James Jones—DK 4,100
  • Jordan Reed—DK 6,400
  • Chiefs—DK 4,000

RotoWire optimizer—FanDuel

  • Ben Roethlisberger—FD 8,400
  • Alfred Morris—FD 5,500
  • Spencer Ware—FD 5,400
  • Antonio Brown—FD 9,500
  • Jeremy Maclin—FD 7,200
  • DeSean Jackson—FD 7,000
  • Jordan Reed—FD 7,400
  • Texans—FD 4,600

RotoWire optimizer—DraftKings

  • Ben Roethlisberger—DK 7,200
  • Fitzgerald Toussaint—DK 3,900
  • Alfred Morris—DK 3,700
  • Antonio Brown—DK 9,600
  • AJ Green—DK 7,500
  • DeSean Jackson—DK 4,500
  • Jordan Reed—DK 6,300
  • Travis Kelce—DK 4,500
  • Packers—DK 2,800

RotoGrinders optimizer—FanDuel

  • AJ McCarron—FD 6,400
  • Marshawn Lynch—FD 7,800
  • Fitzgerald Toussaint—FD 5,700
  • DeAndre Hopkins—FD 8,800
  • Doug Baldwin—FD 7,300
  • Jeremy Maclin—FD 7,200
  • Jordan Reed—FD 7,400
  • Texans—FD 4,600

Thomas Emerick, Sporting News

FanDuel Cash Game Lineup

  • AJ McCarron—FD 6,400
  • Marshawn Lynch—FD 7,800
  • Jerick McKinnon—FD 5,500
  • Antonio Brown—FD 9,500
  • Jeremy Maclin—FD 7,200
  • Randall Cobb—FD 6,500
  • Jordan Reed—FD 7,400
  • Seahawks—FD 5,100

Jonathan Bales, DraftKings Playbook

  • Kirk Cousins—DK 5,900
  • Aaron Rodgers—DK 6,400
  • DeSean Jackson—DK 4,500
  • DeAndre Hopkins—DK 8,400
  • AJ Green—DK 7,500

Benny Ricciardi, DraftKings Playbook

  • Jordan Reed—DK 6,300
  • Tyler Eifert—DK 5,000
  • Seahawks—DK 4,100
  • Chiefs—DK 4,000

Renee Miller, RotoWorld

FanDuel Bargain Bin

  • AJ McCarron—FD 6,400
  • Alfred Blue—FD 5,700
  • Eddie Lacy—FD 6,000
  • Tyler Lockett—FD 6,200
  • Jermaine Kearse—FD 6,000
  • James Jones—FD 5,700
  • Richard Rodgers—FD 5,200
  • Redskins—FD 4,300

DailyFantasyNerd optimizer—DraftKings

  • Ben Roethlisberger—DK 7,200
  • Eddie Lacy—DK 4,500
  • Giovani Bernard—DK 4,000
  • Jeremy Maclin—DK 6,400
  • DeAndre Hopkins—DK 8,400
  • Marvin Jones—DK 3,700
  • Heath Miller—DK 3,300
  • Antonio Brown—DK 9,600
  • Packers—DK 2,800

DailyFantasyNerd optimizer—FanDuel

  • AJ McCarron—FD 6,400
  • Eddie Lacy—FD 6,000
  • Jeremy Hill—FD 6,700
  • Jeremy Maclin—FD 7,200
  • Antonio Brown—FD 9,500
  • DeAndre Hopkins—FD 8,800
  • Heath Miller—FD 5,600
  • Chiefs—FD 5,100

numberFire optimizer—FanDuel

  • Aaron Rodgers—FD 8,100
  • Eddie Lacy—FD 6,000
  • Spencer Ware—FD 5,400
  • James Jones—FD 5,700
  • Antonio Brown—FD 9,500
  • AJ Green—FD 8,300
  • Jordan Reed—FD 7,400
  • Chiefs—FD 5,100

numberFire optimizer—DraftKings

  • Aaron Rodgers—DK 6,400
  • Giovani Bernard—DK 4,000
  • Spencer Ware—DK 4,000
  • DeSean Jackson—DK 4,500
  • Nate Washington—DK 3,600
  • Antonio Brown—DK 9,600
  • AJ Green—DK 7,500
  • Jordan Reed—DK 6,300
  • Chiefs—DK 4,000