Each week in this space, I review my DraftKings lineup that I enter into a small-field contest to see what we can learn from the process that went into building that lineup. You can be right about key decision points on the slate and still lose because you did not have the correct roster construction that week or you faded one critical play. That makes…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

We are going from a 10-game slate to a 13-game slate with no teams on bye in Week 8. This means we should have a lot more plays to sift through and with that more levers to pull and ways to get unique. The chalk won’t be as condensed as it is on a 10 or 11-game slate. No games look to be the game…...

Each week in this space, I review my DraftKings lineup that I enter into a small-field contest to see what we can learn from the process that went into building that lineup. You can be right about key decision points on the slate and still lose because you did not have the correct roster construction that week or you faded one critical play. That makes…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

This week we have six teams on bye, giving us a 10-game slate and making things much tighter. We do not have a plethora of values at the running back position in the $6K range like we have had in previous weeks either. This is going to be a challenging slate with tough decisions to make at nearly every position. These slates are fun because…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel and DraftKings main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you…...

Each week in this space I review my DraftKings lineup that I enter in a small-field contest to see what we can learn from the process that went into building that lineup. You can be right about key decision points on the slate and still lose because you did not have the correct roster construction that week or you faded one critical play. That makes…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

The bye weeks have arrived, which means fewer games and plays to sift through, and the slate will be a little tighter. Once again, we will be forced to choose between Tyreek Hill ($9000) and Justin Jefferson ($9400). We only have two $8K quarterbacks to decide between: Patrick Mahomes ($8200) and Jalen Hurts ($8000). There is no Christian McCaffrey on this slate, so the highest-priced…...

Welcome back to the series! In the previous installment, we dissected the strategies for Week 4 of the 2023 NFL season using k-means clustering. If you missed it, you could catch up here. This week we made major upgrades to the analysis. Methodology (In-Brief) Aggregated projections from six sources for the first five weeks Collected the actual results of the first four weeks. Collected information…...

Unfortunately, from a real football perspective, the slate yesterday was filled with blowouts. We did see some great fantasy games from a number of players. Most of these players projected for high-ownership in DraftKings DFS. For a contrarian player like myself, that was not great news. Christian McCaffrey ($9200) scored 51.70 DraftKings points — a full 21 points above the next highest-scoring running back on…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

Constructing your teams around value running backs will be the theme of the main slate on DraftKings once again. Legitimately you could argue for four or five of the mid-priced RBs. Christian McCaffrey ($9200) and Tony Pollard ($7800) are the high-priced bell cows. Do you spend up at running back and lock in McCaffrey’s insane workload and efficiency? Or do you spend up at quarterback…...

Welcome back to the series! In the previous installment, we dissected the strategies that worked for Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season retroactively using k-means clustering. If you missed it, you can catch up on our initial entry here. Now, armed with insights from the first three weeks, we’re ready to tackle Week 4 and recommend a robust player pool for DFS success. Methodology…...

Daily Fantasy is a humbling game. You know the best plays and you think you know how to attack them in certain contest sizes. However, as the weekend goes along, you find that plays you thought would be overused might not be all that popular. So you pivot your team toward what you perceive as a contrarian build, instead of evaluating why those are unpopular…...

Justin Herrera uses the RotoViz tools to bring you the top plays and some under-the-radar options for the FanDuel main slate.  This weekly article is a deep dive into some guys with exploitable matchups, something to prove, or who are just great deals on FanDuel. The goal is always to help you win money on a week-to-week basis. Barring that, at least you can have…...

Once again the main slate on DraftKings slate appears to have some firm value plays, especially at the running back position. We have our first spot start from a fun backup quarterback with Anthony Richardson all but certain to miss this game with a concussion. We are waiting on some injury news that we probably won’t get until late Saturday or early Sunday morning at…...

Justin Herrera sits in for Michael Hitchcock on the DFS Review. This week we look back at our FanDuel lineups to see what worked, and what we can improve for future weeks. This is the FanDuel DFS review for my Week 2 predictions. Daily Fantasy is fun because there are some weeks you win and some weeks you look like a clown. In this article,…...