We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all the other players in that tournament…...

Welcome to Playoff DFS! Today I will break down both games on the two-game Sunday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a…...

Welcome to Playoff DFS! This week I will break down both games on the two-game Saturday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. Later this week we’ll look at the Sunday slate. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to…...

In week 18, monitoring news throughout the weekend is important because you will see teams resting players this week. This opens up values you would not see on a normal slate. The challenge is making sure the high-priced studs those values are allowing you to fit are going to be playing the entirety of the game. You should have zero doubt about playing time or…...

We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all the other players in that tournament…...

We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all of the other players in that…...

We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all of the other players in that…...

We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all of the other players in that…...

We have another 10-game slate on tap for Week 10. This week some more value has opened up at wide receiver with Tee Higgins and Nico Collins set to miss this week. This slate also has no Dolphins, Chiefs, or Eagles, leaving things wide open at quarterback. This week does have quite a few games with decent totals, which should help spread out the game stack…...

This slate will be one of the tougher slates of the year. Backup quarterbacks are going to be the story of the slate. The highest over/under is 47. The only glaring value that has opened up due to injury is Devin Singletary ($4300), with Dameon Pierce out. The chalk plays this week seem substantially more fragile than usual. This should be an incredible slate for…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...

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…...