Curtis Patrick shares some of his favorite plays of the week for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo! DFS games for Week 1 of the NFL season. I’m as excited as you are to get into this week’s DFS 2-Minute Drill, featuring some of my favorite plays of the week. But first, a quick review of our awesome DFS research tools. My Favorite RotoViz Resources for DFS…...

Week 1 is finally here. After all the drafting this summer and looking at things through a season-long lens for months, we now shift to DFS season, where we look at things week by week. In this series, I am going to walk you through the best game stacks of the week, how to play them and what contests they make the most sense for…....

Michael Dubner runs through his process of customizing the RotoViz DFS Lineup Optimizer in preparation for Week 1. DFS is primarily a numbers game based on three levers: 1) Player Projections, 2) Ownership, and 3) Roster Construction. Depending on your contest selection (cash, small-field GPP, large-field GPP), you will need to pull these three levers to different degrees. Generally, in cash games we optimize for…...

One of the biggest struggles when you get into DFS is learning how to think, specifically when creating lineups for your large tournaments or grand prize pools (GPP). You have to learn how to fill out a viable starting lineup of players that you feel have the potential to return value above and beyond their lineup cost, but at the same time you have must…...

For the majority of people, the fantasy football season is over. The title has been awarded, the consolation bowls begrudgingly fought over, and the excuses for failure have been coming thick and fast. Congratulations to the winners, commiserations to the runners up, and up your game in 2021 everyone else. I have a problem that prevents me from stopping doing things when I should. I…...

Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football community and cause DFSers to concentrate 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. What may feel thin at first may be plus-EV at low ownership. Because of the salary cap, DFS is about opportunity costs — finding a combination…...

This week’s slate is a bit topsy-turvy. From a macro view, we’re missing a lot of our favorite running back targets with Derrick Henry, Alvin Kamara, Dalvin Cook, and Aaron Jones all off the main slate. Gone are the days of slates with half the games over 50 point totals, as well. In fact, this week, there’s just one over 50.  Everyone and their mother…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 15, Mark Wemken shares DraftKings cash game targets, complete with analysis and visuals from RotoViz tools. Plays listed are based on Sun 1:00 PM slate pricing. Drew Brees is back and slated to start against the Chiefs, which has sufficiently flipped this slate on its head. The total has moved up to 52, which is the highest…...

Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football community and cause DFSers to concentrate 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. What may feel thin at first may be plus-EV at low ownership. Because of the salary cap, DFS is about opportunity costs — finding a combination…...

It’s been a while since we took a look at the pace app. We have a very clear picture of what teams are trying to do on offense at this point in the year. Looking at offensive environments for the slate is my favorite way to identify games I want to target. A few key takeaways for this weekend’s slate: New Orleans/Kansas City will feature…...

Implied Totals LAC – 25.5 LV – 28.5 O/U – 54 Key Injuries The Chargers are a bit of a train wreck heading into this game. Austin Ekeler, Keenan Allen, and Mike Williams have all been limited in practice this week with varying injuries. If any combination of these players were to miss, it would open up significant value. Josh Jacobs has been limited with…...

Implied Totals BAL – 23.75 CLE – 22.75 O/U – 46.5 Key Injuries The Browns will be without Denzel Ward, Austin Hooper, and KhaDarel Hodge. The Hooper and Hodge news will open up some value on the CLE side. The Ravens have injuries all over their defense. Marcus Peters hasn’t practiced all week (although that’s apparently not injury related), while Calais Campbell and Jimmy Smith…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 14, Mark Wemken shares DraftKings cash game targets, complete with analysis and visuals from RotoViz tools. Plays listed are based on Sun 1:00 PM slate pricing. Another week, another potential $4,000 bellcow. The value play RBs haven’t panned out as of late, but we know that rostering these minimum-priced players that could potentially receive massive workloads is…...

Groupthink can run rampant through the fantasy football community and cause DFSers to concentrate 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. What may feel thin at first may be plus-EV at low ownership. Because of the salary cap, DFS is about opportunity costs — finding a combination…...