DraftKings Divisional Round Fantasy Lineup: Russell Wilson, Greg Olsen Among Best Picks

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins Saturday, and DraftKings is giving fantasy football players a chance to win prizes by playing one-week fantasy games involving all four games on the schedule.

Check out our DraftKings dream lineup for this weekend’s games below.

Quarterback: Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks ($6,800)
Wilson has a tough matchup against an elite Carolina Panthers defense, but he did give a pretty good performance against them in the regular season. He threw for 241 yards with one touchdown pass, zero interceptions and 53 rushing yards on eight carries. Wilson has thrown 25 touchdown passes with just two interceptions in the last eight games, including last week’s wild-card round win over the Minnesota Vikings.

Running Backs: Eddie Lacy, Green Bay Packers ($4,400); Steven Jackson, New England Patriots ($3,300)
Lacy has been inconsistent all season, but he’s a good value play at just $4,400. He also played well against the Cardinals in Week 16 with 60 rushing yards on 12 carries and one reception for 28 yards. Eighty-eight total yards against a very good Arizona defense isn’t bad at all.

Jackson is a bit of a wild card, but the Kansas City Chiefs gave up 4.1 yards per rush during the regular season and a total of 117 rushing yards to the Houston Texans last week. Alfred Blue tallied 99 of those rushing yards, and he’s far from a quality No. 1 running back.

Wide Receivers: Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks ($6,800); Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals ($6,500); James Jones, Green Bay Packers ($4,600)
Baldwin ended the regular season with 11 touchdown receptions in the last six games, and he caught another one in last week’s playoff win over the Vikings. He’ll likely draw a difficult matchup with Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, but Wilson has to throw for someone, and Baldwin has been receiving plenty of red zone targets.

Don’t be surprised if Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer often targets his most trusted receiver. Fitzgerald scored a touchdown against the Packers in Week 16 and averaged just over nine targets per game in 16 regular-season games.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t have Davante Adams because of an injury this week, which might result in veteran James Jones being the No. 2 receiver. Jones has been targeted 35 times in the last three games.

Tight End: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs ($5,100)
Kelce was phenomenal against the Texans last week with eight catches for 128 yards on 10 targets. His matchup against the Patriots is tougher, but Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith might not have No. 1 receiver Jeremy Maclin because of an ankle injury. Even if Maclin plays, he won’t be 100 percent, which would increase Kelce’s importance to KC’s passing attack.

Flex: Greg Olsen, Carolina Panthers ($6,900)
Newton is playing a very good Seahawks defense, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he often looked toward his most dependable receiver Sunday. That’s what he did against Seattle in the regular season, when Olsen caught seven passes for 131 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets.

Defense: Pittsburgh Steelers ($3,700)
The Steelers don’t have a terrible defense, and they’re going up against a Broncos offense that has Peyton Manning (nine toucdowns, 17 interceptions in the regular season) starting at quarterback and two running backs (Ronnie Hillman and C.J. Anderson) who are wildly inconsistent. Pittsburgh’s weakness is deep passes, but Manning is unable to throw accurately on deep balls with his arm not being as strong as it used to be.

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