NFL – DFS Expert Grading and Recap – Week 1 (2024)

Top NFL DFS Experts – Week 1

The NFL DFS season is off with a bang! Rotoballer provided the top NFL DFS recommendations for Week 1. They were followed by DailyFantasySportsRankings with Rotowire and DailyFantasyNerd rounding out the Top 3.

On to the Week 1 grades, class is in session!

Head of the Class – Week 1

Each week I will highlight a few of the top experts for the week. Here are the experts that deserve a “gold star” this week based on their cumulative grades for all players they touted this week.

#1) Rotoballer (Score: 5.63) provided four “A+” plays out of eight selections

#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.40) delivered seven picks with a grade of “A” or better out of 10 recommendations

#3 tie) Rotowire / DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.00) both had two “A+” plays

Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (3.17 DK Pts/$1000)

Head of the Class – Week 1 (By Position)

Sometimes there is just that one class that you excel in. In this section, I will highlight who the top experts were at each position for this week.

QB – DailyFantasySportsRankings / RotoGridners – Core Plays (10.00) both with the trio of Josh Allen, Jayden Daniels and Anthony Richardson

RB – Rotoballer (10.00) recommended Joe Mixon as the primary play at RB

WR – Rotoballer (10.00) provided the trio of Tyreek Hill, Stefon Diggs and Chris Godwin

TE – Rotowire – Optimizer / SportingNews (5.00) both had Kyle Pitts as their TE play

DST – Rotowire – Optimizer (5.00) had the Chargers DST in their optimal lineup

Extra Credit – Week 1

In this section, I will look to give some extra credit to experts that received an A+ grade for a player that they recommended when very few other experts did. This week’s extra credit goes to the following…

A+ – Joe Mixon (DailyOverlay – Hot Sheet, Rotoballer)
A+ – JK Dobbins (DFSKarma – Building Blocks)
A+ – Ladd McConkey (DK Playbook – Targets, DK Playbook – Upside)
A+ – Brian Thomas Jr (FantasyPros)
A+ – Bears DST (RotoGrinders – Consensus)

Consensus Recap – Week 1 – Cash options

The Industry Consensus Cash picks finished this week with a 11th place finish out of 28 experts graded.

Top Picks – Anthony Richardson, Josh Allen, Tyreek Hill, Chris Godwin

Consensus Recap – Week 1 – GPP options

The Industry Consensus GPP picks finished this week with a 27th place finish out of 28 experts graded.

Top Picks – Jayden Daniels, Mike Evans

Let’s see who can make the grade in Week 2!

 

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