NFL – DFS Expert Grading and Recap – Week 18 (FINAL)

Top NFL DFS Experts – Week 18 – FINAL

The NFL regular season is in the books which also means the end of our DFS expert grading for the season. RotoGrinders – Core Plays took home first place for the season! While lineup optimizers (DailyFantasyNerd, RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder, DFSArmy – Domination Station) occupied three of the next four spots with our own DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus finishing 4th this season.

Thank you everyone for a great season!

On to the Week 18 grades and Final grades, class is in session!

Head of the Class – Season

Here are the top experts in the Overall Standings after Week 18 of the season, including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.

#1) RotoGrinders – Core Plays (Score: 3.81) rose to the top spot over the final weeks

#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 3.79) had strong picks all season while finishing second

#3) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (Score: 3.77) was in the Top 3 most of the season

#4) DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus (Score: 3.66) was a great resource for building Cash game lineups

#5) DFSArmy – Domination Station (Score: 3.61) continues to dominance of the optimizers this season

Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (3.00 DK Pts/$1000)

The DailyOverlay Industry Consensus Cash Picks are in 4th place in the overall standings out of 31 experts. The DailyOverlay Industry Consensus GPP Picks are in 28th place in the overall standings out of 31 experts.

Head of the Class – Season (By Position)

Sometimes there is just that one class that you excel in. Here are the top experts at each position through Week 18 of the season including which site has provided the top DraftKings points per $1000 of salary.

QB

#1) DailyFantasyNerd (5.36)

#2) DFSArmy – Geek (4.98)

Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (3.75 DK Pts/$1000)

RB

#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (4.04)

#2) FantasyData (3.55)

Top Value – DailyFantasySportsRankings (2.75 DK Pts/$1000)

WR

#1) RotoGrinders – Core Plays (4.90)

#2) DraftKings Playbook – Targets (4.23)

Top Value – DraftKings Playbook – Targets (3.12 DK Pts/$1000)

TE

#1) Sportsline (5.38)

#2) ProFootballFocus – Cheatsheet (4.75)

Top Value – DailyFantasyNerd (3.49 DK Pts/$1000)

DST

#1) RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (5.50)

#2) DFSArmy – Domination Station (4.28)

Top Value – RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder (3.95 DK Pts/$1000)

Head of the Class – Week 18

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

#1) Sportsline (Score: 6.50) had three “A+” picks and three “B” picks

#2) Rotowire – Optimizer (Score: 5.63) delivered four “A+” options out of their eight selections

#3) Rotowire (Score: 5.50) had two “A+” plays out of their four recommendations

Top Value – Sportsline (3.86 DK Pts/$1000)

Head of the Class – Week 18 (By Position)

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

QB – Five Sites Tied (10.00) including DailyFantasyNerd, DFSArmy – Domination Station, Rotoballer, RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder and Rotowire – Optimizer

RB – DailyFantasySportsRankings (5.33) picks were led by Bijan Robinson

WR – Four Sites Tied (10.00) including DFSArmy – Domination Station, RotoGrinders – Core Plays, RotoGrinders – Lineup Builder and Rotowire

TE – Rotowire – Optimizer (10.00) nailed their pick with Evan Engram

DST – DraftKings Playbook – Upside (10.00) provided Giants DST

Extra Credit – Week 18

In this section, I will look to give some extra credit to experts who 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+ – Bijan Robinson (DailyFantasySportsRankings, RotoGrinders – Consensus)
A+ – Breece Hall (FanTrax)
A+ – Calvin Ridley (FantasyGuru – Cash Breakdown, NumberFire)
A+ – Amon-Ra St. Brown (FantasyLabs, RiseOrFall)
A+ – Sam LaPorta (FantasyGuru – Cash Breakdown, FantasyLabs, RiseOrFall)
A+ – Jets DST (RotoGrinders – Consensus)

Consensus Recap – Week 18 – Cash options

The Industry Consensus Cash picks finished this week with a 13th place finish out of 26 experts graded.

Top Picks – Dak Prescott, Nick Mullens, CeeDee Lamb, Justin Jefferson, Evan Engram

Consensus Recap – Week 18 – GPP options

The Industry Consensus GPP picks finished this week with a 12th place finish out of 26 experts graded.

Top Picks – Carson Wentz, James Conner, Bijan Robinson, Darius Slayton, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Giants DST, Buccaneers DST

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