The biggest night on the American sports calendar has arrived, bringing a matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60. Held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, these two teams go head-to-head for the right to hoist the Lombari Trophy. These teams have notably squared off in the Big Game before, a win for the Tom Brady-led Pats back in 2015’s Super Bowl XLIX.
Now, we get what feels like a blast from the past but with Drake Maye facing off against Sam Darnold on the opposite side. DraftKings is offering a variety of ways to get in on the action, but the headliner of Sunday’s DFS slate is the Patriots vs. Seahawks “Milly Maker” Showdown with a seven-figure top prize. Here, we’re breaking down some of the best sleeper picks who can set your lineup apart from the pack.
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NFL DFS sleeper picks for Super Bowl 60
WR Mack Hollins, New England Patriots ($3.600)
We’re hunting for value picks and there probably aren’t any better ones for this Showdown contest than Patriots wideout Mack Hollins. He’s not a sexy name by any means, but the numbers here are quite encouraging to say the least. I felt bullish enough in the veteran to include him in my must-starts column for this DFS contest, so this snippet from the article should help contextualize here.
The role Hollins plays on this team is difficult to understate. He finished fourth on the roster in total routes run and third in targets (55) and receptions (40) in the regular season despite finishing the year with just 14 games played. He missed the tail end of the regular season in addition to the first two playoff games, but returned with a 61% snap share last week, playing just one fewer snap than Kayshon Boutte, who paced the receiver room with a 63% share. And again, despite missing four straight games, Hollins sits second among all wideouts on the roster with 698 snaps played on the full season’s sample (including playoffs). This guy is on the field a lot.
So, we know how important Hollins is to the Patriots’ passing attack, and while it won’t get you fantasy points, he’s integral as a run blocker as well and plays plenty of snaps. There’s clearly a level of trust in his abilities since he garnered at least four targets in six straight games to close his regular-season sample, including three contests with six or more opportunities. Last week’s two targets were likely more of an aberration due to poor weather than the norm, so I like Hollins a ton at a cheap salary of just $3,600.
RB TreVeyon Henderson, New England Patriots ($3.800)
It’s objectively wild that we’ve reached this point, but with a salary under $4,000, it’s probably fair to classify TreVeyon Henderson as a DFS sleeper. The rookie halfback seemed to take over the New England backfield earlier this season with a couple of outings of 100+ yards and multiple touchdowns to post 30+ DKFP. While he displayed an incredible ceiling, Henderson faded down the stretch and has seen his role shrink more and more in the postseason.
He saw nine rush attempts and one target in the Wild Card, taking those for just 36 scrimmage yards. The Divisional Round wasn’t much better with 12 carries for 25 yards and one catch on two targets for a loss of two yards as well. In the AFC Championship Game, Henderson was almost entirely iced out with just three rush attempts for five yards as Rhamondre Stevenson handled 25 touches. That doesn’t bode well for the rookie, now does it?
Yet here we are looking for value. While the coaching staff may not trust Henderson much in big spots, he does still bring the ability to house a run for a massive gain on any touch he takes. He’s more of an upside flier than a floor play given what’s at stake for the Patriots, but there’s a world where his team leads for significant chunks of the Super Bowl and he gets a workload bump. Alternatively, we can bank on a signature breakaway house call for 50+ yards and a touchdown. The risk is high here, but so is the reward.
RB George Holani, Seattle Seahawks ($2.400)
We’re scraping near the bottom of the bargain bin here with the Seahawks’ backup halfback, George Holani. You may recognize that name as the Boise State runner who worked as the predecessor to Las Vegas Raiders star Ashton Jeanty in college. If not, here’s a quick refresher on him. A second-year pro, Holani has just 25 rush attempts for 83 yards and a touchdown at the professional level (excluding the postseason), working as a backup deep down the depth chart. Now, the injury to Zach Charbonnet has elevated Holani into a greater role.
In the NFC Championship Game, starting halfback Kenneth Walker III served in a workhorse role with 19 carries and a handful of targets. Holani worked behind him, taking 34% of the snaps as the clear second option. While he handled just three rush attempts for four yards, the receiving role is what we like this time around in the Super Bowl. Holani was targeted four times in the NFCCG, catching three of those passes for 27 yards. While Seattle typically didn’t target halfbacks much in the regular season, the workload in the receiving game has increased for the position group in the postseason as games got more competitive. Against a strong Patriots defense, Sam Darnold may have to take the checkdown often. If that’s the case, even a backup role could make Holani fantasy-relevant.
Don’t expect too much, but around eight total touches feels perfectly realistic with some PPR upside for Holani. If he gets the chance at a goal-line carry to spell Walker like Charbonnet did when healthy, the value here would truly be too good to pass up.
