Mark Wemken breaks down the DraftKings and FanDuel MNF Showdown slates for Week 1. Week 1 has nearly gone as quickly as it arrived. The final two games of what is always my favorite week of the year for DFS are here, and I’ll be breaking down their DFS showdown slates position by position in consecutive articles.  This article will only cover the DraftKings prices…...

Welcome back to my weekly FanDuel series on RotoViz. It feels good to be back! I’m primarily a small-field tournament player and will use this space to discuss specific players and roster constructions that many will overlook. In a world of groupthink and biases, the RotoViz Lineup Optimizer helps us find unique and objectively strong plays required to take down a GPP. However, we’ll give…...

Football is back! It’s been a long, crazy offseason, but we have our first main slate of 2020 kicking off on Sunday. That means the lobby is full of everything from H2Hs to the Milly Maker. We’re going to change things up a bit this year for the DK Buffet and narrow in on the plays we want to make and stats we should notice…....

Mark Wemken breaks down the DraftKings and FanDuel TNF Showdown slate for Week 1. It’s a surreal feeling being this close to another ounce of normalcy in what has certainly been the weirdest year in most of our lives. I can honestly say that in the 27 years I’ve resided on this planet, I have never experienced a more abnormal period of time. For several…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 1, Curtis Patrick shares his DraftKings cash game targets, complete with analysis and visuals from RotoViz tools. Plays listed are based on Sun 1:00 PM slate pricing. Cash games will anchor my daily fantasy sports (DFS) interests this year. For the purposes of this article series, we’ll be tracking a portion of my weekly cash game entries…....

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, for either a positive or negative reason. These situations inform us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +7 @ Los Angeles Rams…...

The Fantasy Football Ghost helps us close out the regular season with his picks for FanDuel cash lineups in Week 17 Week 17 is traditionally one of the most difficult weeks to forecast as playoff bound teams sit their starting players and non-playoff teams up their game in an attempt to play spoiler. Part of the difficultly revolves around trying to determine if a playoff…...

As is the case with Week 17 historically, teams locked into the playoffs with little or nothing to gain from a Week 17 win will often be cautious with their key players. This is already reported to be the case with the Bills this week. We could also see the Vikings and/or Texans take this route as well. There is also the possibility of non-playoff…...

Utilizing RotoViz’s suite of creative tools, metrics, and filterable stats (all of which just keep getting better!), I unearthed 16 key stats to help you crush your Week 17 NFL DFS lineups. Vegas lines for Week 17 Reported lines are current as of December 26, 2019.[1]Provided by footballlocks.com. CLE @ CIN: The Browns have allowed the 7th-most FP to RBs IMPLIED: CLE 23.5, CIN 21…...

Who are the best plays for the Week 16 DFS primetime slate on DraftKings and FanDuel? Tyler Loechner runs through notes on the primetime short slate featuring SNF/MNF games.((An important note: I’m writing this column with tournaments and GPPs top of mind. Cash game plays on short slates are usually easier to figure out because the options are so thin; tournaments require quite a bit…...

Michael Dubner uses the DFS Lineup Optimizer and other RotoViz tools to prepare for Week 16 GPPs on FanDuel. Large-field 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 concentrate on just one scenario in a player’s possible range of outcomes. What was once…...

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, for either a positive or negative reason. These situations inform us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +10 @ Seattle | Total: 51…...

Championship Week is here. If you aren’t in your league’s big game then The Fantasy Football Ghost has some players for your Week 16 FanDuel cash games. While the last few weeks have been brutal, Week 15 saw a bit of a turnaround for us. It wasn’t quite back to those great weeks where we were consistently over 2.5 times value, but it was an…...

It’s fantasy football championship week, and we might as well carry that cash collection spirit over to the DFS side of things. We’ve got a three-game slate on Saturday with three separate island games, and this is a spot to attack. With the earliest game on Saturday likely to have the most exposure overall, late swapping on otherwise dead lineups is a huge advantage. Be…...

Utilizing RotoViz’s suite of creative tools, metrics, and filterable stats (all of which just keep getting better!), I unearthed 16 key stats to help you crush your Week 16 NFL DFS lineups. Vegas lines for Week 16 Reported lines are current as of December 19, 2019.[1]Provided by footballlocks.com. LAR @ SF: This will be the fastest-paced game of Week 16 for DFS IMPLIED: SF 25.75,…...

Who are the best plays for the Week 15 DFS primetime slate on DraftKings and FanDuel? Tyler Loechner runs through notes on the primetime short slate featuring SNF/MNF games.((An important note: I’m writing this column with tournaments and GPPs top of mind. Cash game plays on short slates are usually easier to figure out because the options are so thin; tournaments require quite a bit…...

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 for either a positive or a negative reason. It informs us of how we should be attacking each slate. Arizona Cardinals Spread: +2 vs Cleveland | Total:…...

The Fantasy Football Ghost presents us four more players to target in Week 15 FanDuel cash games. I honestly didn’t think it could get worse than Week 13 but our players found new ways to let us down in Week 14. Ryan Griffin got injured on his first target and exited the game. Sony Michel and the Patriots looked outright confused against Kansas City en route to their…...