Bender's Favorite NFL DFS Pickem Picks: Week 13

Sat Nov 29 9:20am ET
By HOWARD BENDER
Fantasy Writer

The Thanksgiving games are behind us and by the time you’re reading this, so will the Black Friday game. To say they were all interesting would certainly be an understatement as a number of players expected to do good things, did not. Yeah, we’re looking at you, Lamar Jackson. You too, Amon-Ra St. Brown, but the ankle injury is really what killed us. But that’s now in the past and we’re looking ahead to the rest of NFL Week 13. And we’re looking ahead for DFS Pickem contests. Last week was rock solid – 3-1 in the article as Kenneth Walker, despite a late-week glute issue, Hunter Henry and Andrei Iosivas did us right. Travis Kelce fell one reception short for the clean sweep. Are we ready to get back to it? Let’s go!

If you are new to the DFS Pickem format, allow me to help you along because it’s really quite easy. All you do is make your picks for players to produce more or less than their designated stat-line and if you are right, you can earn up to 40 times your wager (minimum wager of $1). Pick correctly for two players and you will 3x your money. Three correct picks will get you a 6x return, four is 10x and so on, up to 40x for six correct picks. You should give a look at the full contest rules, but that’s the gist of it for how to play.

Again, since I’m going to be taking down that top prize in the Beat Howard Bender Best Ball Tournament, I thought I’d give back to the community each week with some DFS Pickem picks. I do a substantial amount of the NFL betting content and a lot of DFS content on Fantasy Alarm, so I am always diving into the match-ups and player stat lines. Why not turn that into some cold, hard cash so you can afford to play me in season-long contests again next year?

Now, let’s get to it!

Pick of the Week:

TJ Hockenson, TE MIN -- MORE than 27.5 Receiving Yards

We don’t have to worry about JJ McCarthy’s struggles as he is expected to remain sidelined due to a concussion. Phantom concussion? Conspiracists believe so, but regardless, it’s all up to Max Brosman and while that’s not all that great either, we’re still going to take a chance on a young, inexperienced quarterback. When you have a newbie under center, they tend to lean heavily on the short passing game and since the Seahawks main issue is the loss of safety Jordan Love and their subsequent inability to cover the tight end, we’ll go with Hockenson here. The number isn’t big, so a few catches could do the trick for us pretty quickly.

Other Favorite Week 13 Picks:

Bijan Robinson, RB ATL – MORE than 80.5 Rushing Yards
Jaylen Warren, TE NE – MORE than 63.5 Rushing Yards
Colby Parkinson, TE LAR – MORE than 0.5 Rush + Rec TDs

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If you’re looking to tail my picks in a parlay, you can find them in the DFS Pickem Lobby on the right-hand side of the page

Bender's Favorite NFL DFS Pickem Picks: Week 13

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