If you missed my first article introducing the “Joe 2 Pro” series, you can read it here. It gives a brief overview on how to attack daily fantasy sports without feeling utterly overwhelmed, and what I plan to cover in this Joe 2 Pro series.

To win a guaranteed prize pool (GPP) in daily fantasy sports, you need a lot of points. Sounds obvious, right? First place in DraftKing’s Sunday Million tournament scored 231.64 points. First place in FanDuel’s $10 Vegas qualifier scored 187.44 points.

What I noticed about their teams is their running backs were on teams favored by the Las Vegas betting lines and their wide receivers had the majority of the market share on their team.

Market Share

Market share involves what percentage of targets a WR is targeted compared to everyone else on the team. This is something I look at when I am searching for WRs to stack with my QB in GPPs or when I am trying to fill in the rest of my team. Through the first two weeks of the season Jordy Nelson has seen 40.5 percent of his teams targets. He’s also seen 35.7 percent of the red zone looks from Rodgers, averaging 2.5 targets/game. The Packers have five redzone TDs this year with 80 percent of them coming via the pass. The Rodgers/Nelson stack could be another great pairing this week against Detroit.

Another reason market share can be useful is to find out which WR a QB is favoring when they approach the red zone because ultimately NFL teams and fantasy players are all chasing TDs.

Wide Receivers	Team	Targets	Targets/G	MS	Rec	Rec/G	Drops	RZ Targets	Target/G – RZ	MS – RZ
Jeremy Maclin	PHI	21	10.5	26.25%	8	4	0	5	2.5	62.50%
Brandon Marshall	CHI	20	10	24.10%	13	6.5	1	5	2.5	55.56%
Michael Crabtree	SF	13	6.5	23.21%	9	4.5	0	3	1.5	42.86%
Julian Edelman	NE	15	7.5	19.23%	12	6	0	3	1.5	42.86%
Steve Smith	BAL	25	12.5	27.47%	13	6.5		6	3	40.00%
Mohamed Sanu	CIN	9	4.5	14.75%	7	3.5	0	2	1	40.00%
Allen Robinson	JAX	9	4.5	12.86%	5	2.5	0	2	1	40.00%
Demaryius Thomas	DEN	18	9	29.03%	9	4.5	3	5	2.5	38.46%
Calvin Johnson	DET	24	12	30.77%	13	6.5	2	4	2	36.36%
Donnie Avery	KC	19	9.5	26.03%	10	5	0	4	2	36.36%
Jordy Nelson	GB	30	15	40.54%	18	9	0	5	2.5	35.71%
Randall Cobb	GB	15	7.5	20.27%	11	5.5	0	5	2.5	35.71%
Andre Johnson	HOU	16	8	39.02%	12	6	0	2	1	33.33%

This table is sorted by the league leaders among WRs in red zone market share. One thing that stood out to me was Allen Robinson leading his team when he hardly played in Week 1. Alshon Jeffery currently has zero red zone targets this year, while Brandon Marshall has the second-most red zone looks in the league.

Market share can be useful when trying to predict which tight end to use because of their volatility.

Here is a table of TEs that have over 20 percent market share on their team through Week 2.

Tight End	Team	Targets	Targets/G	MS	Rec	Rec/G	Drops	Targets – RZ	Targets/G – RZ	MS – RZ
Greg Olsen	CAR	19	9.5	28.79%	14	7	0	2	1	28.57%
Jimmy Graham	NO	23	11.5	28.40%	18	9	0	4	2	26.67%
Delanie Walker	TEN	18	9	27.27%	13	6.5	1	4	2	44.44%
Antonio Gates	SD	17	8.5	23.94%	13	6.5	1	2	1	33.33%
Larry Donnell	NYG	17	8.5	23.94%	12	6	0	2	1	25.00%
Rob Gronkowski	NE	17	8.5	21.79%	8	4	1	1	0.5	14.29%
Martellus Bennett	CHI	18	9	21.69%	15	7.5	0	2	1	22.22%
Niles Paul	WAS	15	7.5	21.13%	12	6	1	2	1	28.57%
Julius Thomas	DEN	13	6.5	20.97%	11	5.5	0	4	2	30.77%
Dennis Pitta	BAL	19	9.5	20.88%	13	6.5	2	3	1.5	20.00%
Kyle Rudolph	MIN	12	6	20.00%	7	3.5	3	1	0.5	16.67%

This table should give you a general idea on which TE are involved more than others in their offense.

GPP Thought Process – Week 3

Three games I am targeting for GPPs include the Lions and Packers game because it currently has an O/U of 52 and both teams have high-powered offenses. The Saints are a different team when the enter the Superdome and a Drew Brees stack with Brandin Cooks or Jimmy Graham could pay dividends. People may avoid the Denver and Seattle game because it’s a home game for the Seahawks, but I think many of the Broncos make for great contrarian plays this week. My favorite may be Julius Thomas because he’s frequently targeted in the red zone and Antonio Gates just put up three TDs on the Seahawks last week. For whatever it’s worth, Thomas averages more total yards on the road than he does at home, 70 yards per game on the road, compared to 46 yards per game at home. I make two-to-three GPP lineups per week and this week they’re going to have a mix of Aaron Rodgers, Jordy Nelson, Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, and also Brees with Brandin Cooks and Jimmy Graham. I’ll fill in the gaps with whatever players see the most market share for their team and RBs who are on teams that are heavily favored, like Stevan Ridley against the Raiders as they’re favored by 14 points.

Good luck to everybody in Week 3!