This is one of the more interesting slates of the year. Don’t get me wrong, there are some gross games, but with so many juicy matchups, ownership will be important. This feels like a week where you have to trust your convictions and be willing to stray from the crowd in certain spots. This week, we’ll go through my eight favorite games and find the…...

Implied Totals NE – 19.75 LAR – 24.25 O/U – 44 Key Injuries While the Rams are as healthy as they’ve been all year entering this game, the Patriots have a laundry list of players who are questionable. Among them are Cam Newton, Ryan Izzo, Lawrence Guy, J.C. Jackson, and Jonathan Jones. While I anticipate most or all of these guys to be active, they’ve…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 13, 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. It’s interesting to see DraftKings price up all of the quality backup running backs as if they were starting. Alexander Mattison costs $6,900, Boston Scott is $6,000, and even Latavius Murray…...

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…...

With breaking news each day and possible postponements looming, I’ve been attempting to get my process started a little later and later each week. The usual 2020 caveats still apply…make sure you check the news and stay up to date on what DraftKings is doing about games if they are moved. Assuming no changes, there are quite a few games that caught my eye for…...

Implied Totals SEA – 27.25 PHI – 21.25 O/U – 48.5 Key Injuries Jason Peters is questionable, and Lane Johnson has already been ruled out. To make matters worse for Carson Wentz, Jalen Hurts is expected to get some opportunity in this game. Chris Carson has logged limited practices this week, but his status is still up in the air. If he’s active, he should…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 12, 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. Make no mistake, this is still a fun slate to play. But the amount of news we’ve received has truly made cash game construction a nightmare. With that said, an enormous…...

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…...

Nothing, and I mean nothing, goes along with Thanksgiving better than a buffet. So, with three two games on the Turkey Day Slate, I figured I’d get everyone’s appetite going early this week.  Houston (-2.5) at Detroit – Total 51.5 Deshaun Watson ($7,400) has been a QB1 for 25 of 41 games dating back to the start of 2018. Those lonely three lines? Those are…...

Implied Totals LAR – 22.25 TB – 26.25 O/U – 48.5 Key Injuries Injury reports are pretty clear for both squads. Expect both team’s to be at full strength, sans Andrew Whitworth for the Rams. Whitworth was lost for the year last week after suffering a serious knee injury. Pace and Play Calling Tendencies The game projects for a solid pace, with an average seconds…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 11, 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. DraftKings sharply priced up Jameis Winston to $5,900, anticipating him to start in relief for the injured Drew Brees … only for Taysom Hill to be declared the starter at just…...

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 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…...

The season is moving along and our priors for these teams should be factoring very little into our decision-making process. It’s easy to get wrapped up thinking about how teams like the Ravens and 49ers performed last year, but we need to see how teams are playing this year now that we are through about two-thirds of the season.  One of the most important places…...

Implied Totals ARZ – 27.5 SEA – 30.25 O/U – 57.75 Key Injuries Budda Baker and Kenyan Drake have both logged nothing but limited practices this week. If the former were to miss, this would be a significant boost to the Seahawks passing game. While the expectation is that Drake will play, the fact his ankle injury is still ailing him after a month is…...

Implied Totals MIN – 23.25 CHI – 20.25 O/U – 43.5 Key Injuries David Montgomery has already been ruled out with a concussion. Ryan Nall and Lamar Miller will shoulder the rushing load for the Bears backfield. Nall is more of a fullback, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Miller command a higher share of the backfield touches. Allen Robinson has been limited in…...

In NFL DFS Cash Game Core – Week 10, 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. The Week 10 main slate has been flipped on it’s head with Christian McCaffrey being ruled out. Mike Davis is minimum-priced and will see a bell-cow workload in his matchup against…...

I’m primarily a small-field tournament player and will use this space to discuss specific players and roster constructions that I’m targeting on the FanDuel main slate in Week 10. This week’s article will have a different format than we’ve been using. Below I will walk through an example of how I use the RotoViz DFS Lineup Optimizer. It is important to remember that no optimizer…...

I had to check about half a dozen times that it was actually Week 10. This NFL season felt like it may never happen and now it feels like it’s almost over. We’re set up on Sunday for one of the best days of sweating lineups in history with Masters Sunday and a full NFL slate. This week, I’ve pinpointed the five games that caught…...

Implied Totals IND – 24.75 TEN – 23.75 O/U – 48.5 Key Injuries Jack Doyle will miss due to a concussion. Mo Allie-Cox (who is questionable but expected to play) and Trey Burton will run a few extra routes to pick up the slack. T.Y. Hilton will return as well, which would potentially relegate Marcus Johnson to the bench. The only injury worth noting for…...

Implied Totals NE – 25.5 NYJ – 15.5 O/U – 41 Key Injuries The Patriots have a laundry list of questionable players this week. Damien Harris, Isaiah Wynn, JJ Taylor, Lawrence Guy, and Ryan Izzo, and Stephon Gilmore carry the questionable designation. Wide receivers N’Keal Harry and Julian Edelman have already been ruled out. Even against a team as bad as the Jets, the Patriots…...