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Week 2 Flex Plays: Sony Michel Should Ball Out
Kate Magdziuk
September 14, 2019
With Week 1 under our belts, it’s time to look ahead to our next matchups. Our favorite Week 2 fantasy football flex plays are all about exploiting the matchups and taking what the defense gives you. These guys should be able to find plenty of room against their opponents this weekend and provide plenty of boom potential. Sony Michel Michel averaged an abysmal 0.93 yards…...
Week 2 DraftKings DFS Targets
TJ Calkins
September 13, 2019
Welcome back for Week 2. We did a pretty great job of identifying the proper plays in Week 1 and everyone should have been quite profitable with the core of players offered. There was a point of emphasis in Week 1 of separating the great plays from just the good ones as early salaries created an overabundance of strong plays. Somewhat surprisingly, that will be…...
College Football Confident Cash Plays: Week 3
Travis May
September 13, 2019
Welcome to another edition of the 2019 Confident Cash Plays Series! Hopefully you plugged in a few cash lineups last weekend! There were several lineups from our player pool that racked up over 230 points! And the optimal lineup from the pool was over 247 points! Let’s see if we can make it four strong weeks in a row to start the year! Like I’ve…...
FanDuel NFL Cash Plays – Week 2
The Fantasy Football Ghost
September 13, 2019
Now that football is back full steam, The Fantasy Football Ghost will share with you his Week 2 FanDuel Cash plays Welcome to the 2019 NFL season! It feels like it has been, well, months since I last wrote a daily fantasy article. This season I’m swapping back over to the FanDuel side of the daily world for this season as I work to bring…...
Bracket Busting: Our Attempt to Bring Home the FFPC Super Bracket Tourney Title
Monty Phan
September 13, 2019
High-stakes writers Monty Phan and John Lapinski chronicle their entry in the FFPC Super Bracket contest. Monty: There’s a little-known rule about signing up for live drafts in the week leading up to the start of the NFL season: If you’ve got kids in grade school, always check to see when Back to School Night is. I’ve had at least one kid in school for…...
NFL FanDuel Week 2: What The Lineup Optimizer Is Telling Us To Do in GPPs
Michael Dubner
September 13, 2019
GPPs are primarily won in three key areas: 1) player projections, 2) roster construction, and 3) ownership. Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football grapevines and cause DFSers to hone in on just one scenario in a player’s possible range of outcomes. What was once a good play in a vacuum can become sub-optimal as chalk. And what may feel thin at first may…...
Roll Tide, or Ride ‘Em Cowboys: DraftKings CFB DFS GPP Breakdown for Saturday, September 14th
Ryan Collinsworth
September 13, 2019
The CFB DFS season rolls on with 12 games in DraftKings main slate. Typically, I like to open each of my CFB DFS breakdowns with some general comments on roster construction and game theory, then break down my favorite plays at each position. This week, however, I’m going to mix up the formula by taking you step by step through my GPP roster construction process,…...
DK Buffet Week 2: Key Stats for the Main Slate on DraftKings
Matt Jones
September 13, 2019
When I’m looking into the DFS slate each week, I like to go game by game and identify players or situations that intrigue me. In every game, on every team, there’s a situation that’s relevant for DFS purposes — either positive or negative — that informs us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +13 @ Baltimore | Total: 46.5 On…...
Dollars Per Opportunity: Livin’ La Breida Loca
George Fitopoulos
September 12, 2019
Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity — that’s what fantasy football is all about. Each week I utilize our GLSP projections to find the best DFS values from a dollar-per-opportunity perspective with a focus on Yahoo! DFS. In DFS, overlay can be your best friend and when it came to Yahoo’s Million Dollar Baller contest last week it only filled about 75 percent. Another best friend to DFS…...
When The Devy Breaks: The Buy-Low Window On Tyler Johnson Is Opening
Jordan Hoover
September 12, 2019
Welcome back to another edition of When The Devy Breaks, an article series providing advice and observations geared toward improving your devy league rosters. Week 2 of the college football season is in the books and we’ve got a lot to discuss, so let’s get to it. Stock Up Cam Akers, RB, Florida State Akers is already a top-10 devy pick per Devy Watch ADP…....
High Staked: Grind Bidding
Monty Phan
September 12, 2019
Veteran high stakes fantasy football player Monty Phan chronicles his season. I knew this would happen. Every year, I tell myself not to add more leagues. If I do choose to join one, my rule is that it has to be different enough from my other leagues in some key area to make it worthwhile. Last year, for example, I joined dual 14-team leagues with…...
Group of Five Devy Rundown: Week 2
Matt Wispe
September 12, 2019
Whether it was high-scoring affairs between two lower-level teams or upset bids against national programs, the group of five provided entertainment for college football fans. And some of the top skill players provided high-level production for devy players to analyze. The following Group of Five players made the most of their Week 2 matchups. Quarterback Tyler Johnston III, UAB Through two games Johnston ranks 13th…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: AFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Devy Weekly: All-Purpose Yards and Touchdowns Galore!
Travis May
September 11, 2019
Welcome to the third installment of the 2019 Devy Weekly series! Every single week we’ll be covering some top college football players that just helped their case for a shot at an NFL future. We’ll break it down by position, giving you players to target in all areas of need for your dynasty rosters. If you’re new to Devy Leagues, the long and short of…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: NFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: NFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Week 2 QB Rankings, Streaming Options, and 2-QB Plays
Giana Pacinelli
September 11, 2019
Giana Pacinell provides QB streaming options, 2-QB plays, and overall QB rankings and for Week 2 of the 2019 fantasy football season. It was the week that won (come for the fantasy football content, stay for the puns). Week 1 delivered exciting matchups that had us questioning how we ever survived the offseason. There was the good — Patrick Mahomes picked up right where he left…...
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Week 2 Fantasy Football Kicker Streaming
Stefan Lako
September 11, 2019
I know half of you are in the “ban kickers from fantasy” camp — hell, I have petitioned for that in a few leagues myself — but the truth of the matter is that the vast majority of us need to roster a kicker. This is actually a very good thing. Streaming kickers provides a fantasy football opportunity that most people ignore. So many fantasy…...
Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the New Brandin Cooks
Curtis Patrick
September 11, 2019
In his weekly series, Fantasy or Reality, Curtis Patrick explores major fantasy football developments and exposes them as – you guessed it – fantasy or reality. Using a combination of fantasy stats, RotoViz metrics, and real football situational analysis, this series promises bold, actionable takeaways that will help you be a fantasy football winner. Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the new Brandin Cooks…...
It’s Time to Flip Marlon Mack; Plus 6 Other Dynasty RB Takeaways from Week 1
Patrick Kerrane
September 10, 2019
Week 1 provides a huge influx of extremely valuable information to fantasy owners. But that information is also filled with noise. Using the RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer, I’m cutting through the noise to deliver dynasty advice on seven RBs.[1]This is largely applicable to redraft as well, although my final recommendations will have a dynasty focus. As a quick refresher, EP stands for Expected…...
Week 2 Flex Plays: Sony Michel Should Ball Out
Kate Magdziuk
September 14, 2019
With Week 1 under our belts, it’s time to look ahead to our next matchups. Our favorite Week 2 fantasy football flex plays are all about exploiting the matchups and taking what the defense gives you. These guys should be able to find plenty of room against their opponents this weekend and provide plenty of boom potential. Sony Michel Michel averaged an abysmal 0.93 yards…...
Week 2 DraftKings DFS Targets
TJ Calkins
September 13, 2019
Welcome back for Week 2. We did a pretty great job of identifying the proper plays in Week 1 and everyone should have been quite profitable with the core of players offered. There was a point of emphasis in Week 1 of separating the great plays from just the good ones as early salaries created an overabundance of strong plays. Somewhat surprisingly, that will be…...
College Football Confident Cash Plays: Week 3
Travis May
September 13, 2019
Welcome to another edition of the 2019 Confident Cash Plays Series! Hopefully you plugged in a few cash lineups last weekend! There were several lineups from our player pool that racked up over 230 points! And the optimal lineup from the pool was over 247 points! Let’s see if we can make it four strong weeks in a row to start the year! Like I’ve…...
FanDuel NFL Cash Plays – Week 2
The Fantasy Football Ghost
September 13, 2019
Now that football is back full steam, The Fantasy Football Ghost will share with you his Week 2 FanDuel Cash plays Welcome to the 2019 NFL season! It feels like it has been, well, months since I last wrote a daily fantasy article. This season I’m swapping back over to the FanDuel side of the daily world for this season as I work to bring…...
Bracket Busting: Our Attempt to Bring Home the FFPC Super Bracket Tourney Title
Monty Phan
September 13, 2019
High-stakes writers Monty Phan and John Lapinski chronicle their entry in the FFPC Super Bracket contest. Monty: There’s a little-known rule about signing up for live drafts in the week leading up to the start of the NFL season: If you’ve got kids in grade school, always check to see when Back to School Night is. I’ve had at least one kid in school for…...
NFL FanDuel Week 2: What The Lineup Optimizer Is Telling Us To Do in GPPs
Michael Dubner
September 13, 2019
GPPs are primarily won in three key areas: 1) player projections, 2) roster construction, and 3) ownership. Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football grapevines and cause DFSers to hone in on just one scenario in a player’s possible range of outcomes. What was once a good play in a vacuum can become sub-optimal as chalk. And what may feel thin at first may…...
Roll Tide, or Ride ‘Em Cowboys: DraftKings CFB DFS GPP Breakdown for Saturday, September 14th
Ryan Collinsworth
September 13, 2019
The CFB DFS season rolls on with 12 games in DraftKings main slate. Typically, I like to open each of my CFB DFS breakdowns with some general comments on roster construction and game theory, then break down my favorite plays at each position. This week, however, I’m going to mix up the formula by taking you step by step through my GPP roster construction process,…...
DK Buffet Week 2: Key Stats for the Main Slate on DraftKings
Matt Jones
September 13, 2019
When I’m looking into the DFS slate each week, I like to go game by game and identify players or situations that intrigue me. In every game, on every team, there’s a situation that’s relevant for DFS purposes — either positive or negative — that informs us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +13 @ Baltimore | Total: 46.5 On…...
Dollars Per Opportunity: Livin’ La Breida Loca
George Fitopoulos
September 12, 2019
Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity — that’s what fantasy football is all about. Each week I utilize our GLSP projections to find the best DFS values from a dollar-per-opportunity perspective with a focus on Yahoo! DFS. In DFS, overlay can be your best friend and when it came to Yahoo’s Million Dollar Baller contest last week it only filled about 75 percent. Another best friend to DFS…...
When The Devy Breaks: The Buy-Low Window On Tyler Johnson Is Opening
Jordan Hoover
September 12, 2019
Welcome back to another edition of When The Devy Breaks, an article series providing advice and observations geared toward improving your devy league rosters. Week 2 of the college football season is in the books and we’ve got a lot to discuss, so let’s get to it. Stock Up Cam Akers, RB, Florida State Akers is already a top-10 devy pick per Devy Watch ADP…....
High Staked: Grind Bidding
Monty Phan
September 12, 2019
Veteran high stakes fantasy football player Monty Phan chronicles his season. I knew this would happen. Every year, I tell myself not to add more leagues. If I do choose to join one, my rule is that it has to be different enough from my other leagues in some key area to make it worthwhile. Last year, for example, I joined dual 14-team leagues with…...
Group of Five Devy Rundown: Week 2
Matt Wispe
September 12, 2019
Whether it was high-scoring affairs between two lower-level teams or upset bids against national programs, the group of five provided entertainment for college football fans. And some of the top skill players provided high-level production for devy players to analyze. The following Group of Five players made the most of their Week 2 matchups. Quarterback Tyler Johnston III, UAB Through two games Johnston ranks 13th…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: AFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Devy Weekly: All-Purpose Yards and Touchdowns Galore!
Travis May
September 11, 2019
Welcome to the third installment of the 2019 Devy Weekly series! Every single week we’ll be covering some top college football players that just helped their case for a shot at an NFL future. We’ll break it down by position, giving you players to target in all areas of need for your dynasty rosters. If you’re new to Devy Leagues, the long and short of…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: NFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: NFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Week 2 QB Rankings, Streaming Options, and 2-QB Plays
Giana Pacinelli
September 11, 2019
Giana Pacinell provides QB streaming options, 2-QB plays, and overall QB rankings and for Week 2 of the 2019 fantasy football season. It was the week that won (come for the fantasy football content, stay for the puns). Week 1 delivered exciting matchups that had us questioning how we ever survived the offseason. There was the good — Patrick Mahomes picked up right where he left…...
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Week 2 Fantasy Football Kicker Streaming
Stefan Lako
September 11, 2019
I know half of you are in the “ban kickers from fantasy” camp — hell, I have petitioned for that in a few leagues myself — but the truth of the matter is that the vast majority of us need to roster a kicker. This is actually a very good thing. Streaming kickers provides a fantasy football opportunity that most people ignore. So many fantasy…...
Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the New Brandin Cooks
Curtis Patrick
September 11, 2019
In his weekly series, Fantasy or Reality, Curtis Patrick explores major fantasy football developments and exposes them as – you guessed it – fantasy or reality. Using a combination of fantasy stats, RotoViz metrics, and real football situational analysis, this series promises bold, actionable takeaways that will help you be a fantasy football winner. Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the new Brandin Cooks…...
It’s Time to Flip Marlon Mack; Plus 6 Other Dynasty RB Takeaways from Week 1
Patrick Kerrane
September 10, 2019
Week 1 provides a huge influx of extremely valuable information to fantasy owners. But that information is also filled with noise. Using the RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer, I’m cutting through the noise to deliver dynasty advice on seven RBs.[1]This is largely applicable to redraft as well, although my final recommendations will have a dynasty focus. As a quick refresher, EP stands for Expected…...
Week 2 Flex Plays: Sony Michel Should Ball Out
Kate Magdziuk
September 14, 2019
With Week 1 under our belts, it’s time to look ahead to our next matchups. Our favorite Week 2 fantasy football flex plays are all about exploiting the matchups and taking what the defense gives you. These guys should be able to find plenty of room against their opponents this weekend and provide plenty of boom potential. Sony Michel Michel averaged an abysmal 0.93 yards…...
Week 2 DraftKings DFS Targets
TJ Calkins
September 13, 2019
Welcome back for Week 2. We did a pretty great job of identifying the proper plays in Week 1 and everyone should have been quite profitable with the core of players offered. There was a point of emphasis in Week 1 of separating the great plays from just the good ones as early salaries created an overabundance of strong plays. Somewhat surprisingly, that will be…...
College Football Confident Cash Plays: Week 3
Travis May
September 13, 2019
Welcome to another edition of the 2019 Confident Cash Plays Series! Hopefully you plugged in a few cash lineups last weekend! There were several lineups from our player pool that racked up over 230 points! And the optimal lineup from the pool was over 247 points! Let’s see if we can make it four strong weeks in a row to start the year! Like I’ve…...
FanDuel NFL Cash Plays – Week 2
The Fantasy Football Ghost
September 13, 2019
Now that football is back full steam, The Fantasy Football Ghost will share with you his Week 2 FanDuel Cash plays Welcome to the 2019 NFL season! It feels like it has been, well, months since I last wrote a daily fantasy article. This season I’m swapping back over to the FanDuel side of the daily world for this season as I work to bring…...
Bracket Busting: Our Attempt to Bring Home the FFPC Super Bracket Tourney Title
Monty Phan
September 13, 2019
High-stakes writers Monty Phan and John Lapinski chronicle their entry in the FFPC Super Bracket contest. Monty: There’s a little-known rule about signing up for live drafts in the week leading up to the start of the NFL season: If you’ve got kids in grade school, always check to see when Back to School Night is. I’ve had at least one kid in school for…...
NFL FanDuel Week 2: What The Lineup Optimizer Is Telling Us To Do in GPPs
Michael Dubner
September 13, 2019
GPPs are primarily won in three key areas: 1) player projections, 2) roster construction, and 3) ownership. Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football grapevines and cause DFSers to hone in on just one scenario in a player’s possible range of outcomes. What was once a good play in a vacuum can become sub-optimal as chalk. And what may feel thin at first may…...
Roll Tide, or Ride ‘Em Cowboys: DraftKings CFB DFS GPP Breakdown for Saturday, September 14th
Ryan Collinsworth
September 13, 2019
The CFB DFS season rolls on with 12 games in DraftKings main slate. Typically, I like to open each of my CFB DFS breakdowns with some general comments on roster construction and game theory, then break down my favorite plays at each position. This week, however, I’m going to mix up the formula by taking you step by step through my GPP roster construction process,…...
DK Buffet Week 2: Key Stats for the Main Slate on DraftKings
Matt Jones
September 13, 2019
When I’m looking into the DFS slate each week, I like to go game by game and identify players or situations that intrigue me. In every game, on every team, there’s a situation that’s relevant for DFS purposes — either positive or negative — that informs us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +13 @ Baltimore | Total: 46.5 On…...
Dollars Per Opportunity: Livin’ La Breida Loca
George Fitopoulos
September 12, 2019
Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity — that’s what fantasy football is all about. Each week I utilize our GLSP projections to find the best DFS values from a dollar-per-opportunity perspective with a focus on Yahoo! DFS. In DFS, overlay can be your best friend and when it came to Yahoo’s Million Dollar Baller contest last week it only filled about 75 percent. Another best friend to DFS…...
When The Devy Breaks: The Buy-Low Window On Tyler Johnson Is Opening
Jordan Hoover
September 12, 2019
Welcome back to another edition of When The Devy Breaks, an article series providing advice and observations geared toward improving your devy league rosters. Week 2 of the college football season is in the books and we’ve got a lot to discuss, so let’s get to it. Stock Up Cam Akers, RB, Florida State Akers is already a top-10 devy pick per Devy Watch ADP…....
High Staked: Grind Bidding
Monty Phan
September 12, 2019
Veteran high stakes fantasy football player Monty Phan chronicles his season. I knew this would happen. Every year, I tell myself not to add more leagues. If I do choose to join one, my rule is that it has to be different enough from my other leagues in some key area to make it worthwhile. Last year, for example, I joined dual 14-team leagues with…...
Group of Five Devy Rundown: Week 2
Matt Wispe
September 12, 2019
Whether it was high-scoring affairs between two lower-level teams or upset bids against national programs, the group of five provided entertainment for college football fans. And some of the top skill players provided high-level production for devy players to analyze. The following Group of Five players made the most of their Week 2 matchups. Quarterback Tyler Johnston III, UAB Through two games Johnston ranks 13th…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: AFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Devy Weekly: All-Purpose Yards and Touchdowns Galore!
Travis May
September 11, 2019
Welcome to the third installment of the 2019 Devy Weekly series! Every single week we’ll be covering some top college football players that just helped their case for a shot at an NFL future. We’ll break it down by position, giving you players to target in all areas of need for your dynasty rosters. If you’re new to Devy Leagues, the long and short of…...
The Week 2 Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: NFC Edition
Ryan Collinsworth
September 11, 2019
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: NFC Edition. The Watch List helps you find running back targets for your Zero RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We’ll take a close look at depth charts around the league in order to find the next-man-up situations that nobody is talking about . . . yet. Throughout the season, we’ll monitor…...
Week 2 QB Rankings, Streaming Options, and 2-QB Plays
Giana Pacinelli
September 11, 2019
Giana Pacinell provides QB streaming options, 2-QB plays, and overall QB rankings and for Week 2 of the 2019 fantasy football season. It was the week that won (come for the fantasy football content, stay for the puns). Week 1 delivered exciting matchups that had us questioning how we ever survived the offseason. There was the good — Patrick Mahomes picked up right where he left…...
Game Level Similarity Projections: Week 2 Ranges of Outcomes
Dave Caban
September 11, 2019
The 2019 GLSP app is in the final stages of development and will be live on the site by the end of the week. Fear not, we’ve run the numbers for Week 2 which you can find in this post. For a refresher/overview on GLSP check out our process for building weekly projections as well as our in-depth look at George Kittle from Week 1…....
Week 2 Fantasy Football Kicker Streaming
Stefan Lako
September 11, 2019
I know half of you are in the “ban kickers from fantasy” camp — hell, I have petitioned for that in a few leagues myself — but the truth of the matter is that the vast majority of us need to roster a kicker. This is actually a very good thing. Streaming kickers provides a fantasy football opportunity that most people ignore. So many fantasy…...
Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the New Brandin Cooks
Curtis Patrick
September 11, 2019
In his weekly series, Fantasy or Reality, Curtis Patrick explores major fantasy football developments and exposes them as – you guessed it – fantasy or reality. Using a combination of fantasy stats, RotoViz metrics, and real football situational analysis, this series promises bold, actionable takeaways that will help you be a fantasy football winner. Fantasy or Reality – John Ross is the new Brandin Cooks…...
It’s Time to Flip Marlon Mack; Plus 6 Other Dynasty RB Takeaways from Week 1
Patrick Kerrane
September 10, 2019
Week 1 provides a huge influx of extremely valuable information to fantasy owners. But that information is also filled with noise. Using the RotoViz Screener and NFL Stat Explorer, I’m cutting through the noise to deliver dynasty advice on seven RBs.[1]This is largely applicable to redraft as well, although my final recommendations will have a dynasty focus. As a quick refresher, EP stands for Expected…...
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