Monday Night Football DFS Picks and Lineup Advice – Seahawks vs. Eagles (Week 12)

NFL fans get a weird game on Monday Night Football in week 12. On one hand, both the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles are potential playoff teams playing for first place in their respective divisions.

On the other, only one of them is actually any good.

Seattle overcame a little dry spell to upend the Cardinals in their last game, and if they win here, they can keep the race in the NFC West extremely tight.

The NFC East is far from decided, either, but the Eagles probably can ill afford to keep losing. They’ll have a chance to get the job done at home, but it won’t be easy.

You can try to find the proper betting angle for this game at the top NFL sportsbooks, but there’s also an opportunity to make money off of this game in NFL DFS.

Here are my favorite NFL DFS Showdown picks for MNF week 12 if you plan on building some lineups on Monday.

This is also a list of the six most expensive players on the Monday Night Football Showdown slate. I’m not saying to try to play all these guys (you can’t), or that I even necessarily love all six of them (I don’t).

However, they absolutely are the guys with the best floors and ceilings in this game.

On paper, the Eagles actually have a pretty good pass defense. Of course, upon further review, their last four games have come against garbage offenses, or the quarterbacks they’ve faced have at least been weak.

This defense got smoked by Ben Roethlisberger and Jared Goff. Lamar Jackson ran all over them. Maybe they’re good, but they also just haven’t faced anyone.

That changes on MNF, when they have to try to corral Russell Wilson.

I’ll just fire up my Seahawks stacks here, and it starts with Wilson and Metcalf.

Lockett is right there, too, and Chris Carson actually has the better matchup by the numbers. If people are a bit gun shy as he returns from injury, all the better.

Philly should be desperate here, but I’m not over the moon to pay for their studs. Carson Wentz could in theory be a smash play against a porous Seahawks secondary, of course, and we all know what Miles Sanders can do.

All of these guys are worth a look, but I’d probably start by building around a Russ/DK/Carson stack and see what pops in lineup builders.

Hurts isn’t priced like a sleeper, but he’s very interesting due to an uptick in playing time. Per reports, he could get even more work going forward.

Whether or not that’s true, you have to believe the Eagles are growing tired of Carson Wentz’s bad plays and turnovers. If you think for a second Hurts gets a big role and/or an in-game benching is in the cards, he’s very appealing.

The rest of these guys are legit MNF DFS Showdown sleepers.

Greg Olsen is out with a foot injury, so Will Dissly steps up into a bigger role. No tight end has crushed for Seattle, but he’s shown good chemistry with Wilson in the past. It can’t hurt that Philly ranks 27th against the position in 2020.

Jeffery is a total waste of space and actually saw his snap count decrease in his second game back. But he’s also a big body who can score touchdowns. Considering his price and the matchup (Seahawks rank 32nd vs. WRs), he’s worth a roll of the dice.

Scott is also a nice sleeper play, just because the stubborn Eagles refuse to give every tough to Miles Sanders. You might be able to get 5-8 touches and perhaps a vultured touchdown here at a really nice price.

It could make sense to dumpster dive with Seattle’s spare receivers, though. Freddie Swain is a bit nicked up, but both he and Penny Hart could benefit from David Moore potentially being out.

Carroll says Freddie Swain is fine but David Moore sounds a bit more questionable.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) November 28, 2020

Hart is ultra sneaky if Moore sits and Swain suffers an in-game ailment. I tend to think Wilson just features his top receivers and tight ends even more, but YOLO.