NFL Week 8 – Industry Expert Grading

Week 8 will be remembered as the week of injuries. There were numerous players listed on the Industry Consensus picks that were forced to leave their games early due to injury such as Le’Veon Bell, Matt Forte, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Keenan Allen.…

Offensive Tendencies - Week 9

Now that we have reached the halfway point of the NFL season, my offensive tendency projections are completely based off of actual 2015 results and data, with no preseason projections influencing them. There are six teams on bye this week, so…

Week 8 – DFS NFL Optimal Lineup Analysis

YTD Cash Game Analysis Expert Weeks On List Cash No Cash Total Buy-Ins Total Winnings ROI dailyfantasycafe.com 6 7 5 $300.00 $350.00 16.67% dailyfantasynerd.com 7 7 7 $350.00 $350.00 0.00% fantasyalarm.com 8 2 14 $400.00 $100.00 -75.00% fantasycruncher.com 8 4 12 $400.00 $300.00 -25.00% fantasypros.com 8 8 8 $400.00 $500.00 25.00% fantasysportsdaily.com 6 4 8 $300.00 $200.00 -33.33% rosternerds.com 8 3 13 $400.00 $150.00 -62.50% rotogrinders.com 8 3 13 $400.00 $150.00 -62.50% rotowire.com 8 6 10 $400.00 $300.00 -25.00% Total 44 90 $3,350.00 $2,400.00 -28.36% YTD…

NFL Offensive Tendencies - Week 8 Review

The end of Week 8 marks about the halfway point of the NFL season. It serves as a milestone for NFL teams to evaluate where they are at and make adjustments for the second half of the season, as you see numerous teams making changes whether…

Week 8 Kicker Breakdown - Fanduel

The inevitable brick at my Bankroll Lock of the Week pick was bound to happen. I’m just happy the data held up through 6 weeks this season. In the 3 years prior of projecting kicker opportunities, my top pick of the week missed 6, 4, and 5…

Week 8 - NFL Optimizers' Consensus Picks

Welcome back to the weekly NFL Optimizers' Consensus Picks!  Every week we will list and take a close look at the optimal lineups of various expert websites, as well as calculate the overall player ownership percentages.  This information…

NFL Week 8 – Industry Expert Consensus

Welcome to the Industry Expert Consensus picks for Week 8 of the NFL season. As always, if you want to see how the experts performed last week go check out my Week 7 Industry Expert Grading column and the Industry Expert Standings for all experts.…

Offensive Tendencies - Week 8

Last week there were a lot of highly owned players and similar DFS lineups.  I think we are going to see a lot more diversity this week, as the numbers this week didn’t seem to suggest as many strong plays as they did last week. There are…

NFL Week 7 – Industry Expert Grading

In a week that seemed to favor the chalk plays, I would have expected the Industry Consensus picks to have a stronger showing. However, the Industry Consensus picks as a whole only finished in 17th place out of 25 experts graded this week. Quarterback…

Offensive Tendencies - Week 7 Review

Last week I wrote about how usually right when we start to get comfortable with our projections and expectations is when everything gets turned upside down. Well, Week 7 was not that kind of week, as once again most things seemed to go as projected.…

Week 7 – DFS NFL Optimal Lineup Analysis

YTD Cash Game Analysis Expert Weeks On List Cash No Cash Total Buy-Ins Total Winnings ROI dailyfantasycafe.com 5 6 4 $250.00 $300.00 20.00% dailyfantasynerd.com 6 6 6 $300.00 $300.00 0.00% fantasyalarm.com 7 2 12 $350.00 $100.00 -71.43% fantasycruncher.com 7 3 11 $350.00 $250.00 -28.57% fantasypros.com 7 7 7 $350.00 $450.00 28.57% fantasysportsdaily.com 5 4 6 $250.00 $200.00 -20.00% rosternerds.com 7 3 11 $350.00 $150.00 -57.14% rotogrinders.com 7 3 11 $350.00 $150.00 -57.14% rotowire.com 7 6 8 $350.00 $300.00 -14.29% Total 40 76 $2,900.00 $2,200.00 -24.14% YTD…

Fanduel Kicker Breakdown - Week 8 NFL

“I shouldn’t have played Adrian Peterson in 80% of my lineups.” “Why did I let James convince me that Ted Ginn, Jr. was the sleeper of the week?” “I loved Cam Newton this week, but Chris argued with me for 15 minutes about…