Monday Night DFS Single Game Breakdown: Bills at 49ers

Dec 07, 2020

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Josh Allen ($16,500 FD/$11,600 DK) takes his talents to the west coast to face the San Francisco-Arizona 49ers. In case you didn’t know or live on the west coast where it takes three extra days to get the news, the 49ers are not allowed to play in their home stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions. San Fran is the NFL’s Howard the Duck—they were just minding their own business on their own planet (California) before being thrust into a deserted wasteland (Arizona), resigned to potentially never seeing home again.

Regardless of location, this game features two of the best passers in the NFL in Josh Allen and Cole Beasley ($10,000 FD, $6,800 DK), and the 49ers running game that may be the deepest in the league.

This game features many useful offensive players and will take one of the more unique lineups to pull down larger GPPs.

It is vital to remember that single-game slates are not simply a “max salary, play as many big names as possible, and submit” format, especially in larger tournament fields. We need to identify players that can be pieces in their offense’s success, whether in the lead or trailing, as well as the players that could be focal points in a neutral game script. The ability to then take those players and identify which will succeed in the single-game format will put us in a better position to succeed as daily fantasy players.

Remember that the captain spot is different on DraftKings than on FanDuel. The captain spot on DraftKings delivers fantasy points and prices multiplied by 1.5. The MVP spot on FanDuel will score at the same rate but without the increased pricing for the player slot. All flex positions score normally.

Vegas Total and Spread

The 49ers are one point “home” underdogs after starting as one-point favorites and have a 23.25-point implied team total. The Bills have an implied total of 24.25 points after starting with a 23-point total.