Daily Fantasy Football Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings Week 17 - 12/31/17 If Christmas Eve NFL wasn't enough to put you on shaky ground with the significant other, how about a little New Year's Eve action? Week 17 is always the most fluid of DFS NFL weeks. It's very hard to know who is going to play their starters, who is going to rest with some phantom injury, and which teams are going to battle for higher seeding while others rest on their laurels. That being said, there is still plenty of value to pass around this week, so let's get to it! Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL optimizer for FanDuel and DraftKings, our NBA Optimizer, and our new Player Lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. A quick rule of thumb for week 17 Week 17 is crazy in the NFL because we simply don't know what teams are planning to do with their DFS relevant players. This can lead to outsized opportunity for backups, or it can lead to heartbreak when we play a guy who we think is a stud and he only winds up playing the first half. Thus, there are 5 tiers of opportunity for week 17 I want you to take into account: Tier 1: Teams with a ton on the line I'm talking playoff births and a first round bye. Both of these are so important that any team would go all out to try and secure it. For week 17, the following teams have this level of skin in the game: Tennesee, Buffalo, the LA Chargers, Baltimore, Atlanta, Seattle, Minnesota, and Carolina. Tier 2: Teams playing for playoff seeding and/or divisional titles, but who are locked into the playoffs: New England, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, the LA Rams. Tier 3: Teams with nothing to play for, but who haven't had anything to play for in ages: Cleveland, Indianapolis, Houston, NYJ, Denver, Cincinnati, Miami, Oakland, NYG, Tampa Bay, Chicago, San Francisco. Tier 4: Teams playing for moral victories (like a .500 record). Detroit, Dallas, Arizona, Washington, Green Bay. Tier 5: Teams that were recently eliminated or totally locked into their spot: Jacksonville (locked into the 3 seed), Philly (locked into home field advantage), Kansas City (locked into the 4 seed). If I can help it, I'm only playing players in the top 3 tiers unless I get explicit news that a Tier 4 team is really earnestly going for...

Daily Fantasy Football Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings Week 16 - 12/24/17 Why hello there! Expecting another brilliant DFS football article from Doug? Too bad, my friends. For the next two weeks you're going to get me. Thankfully I am pretty awesome at writing picks articles. If you are in the market for awesome picks articles, please do read on. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL optimizer for FanDuel and DraftKings, our NBA Optimizer, and our new Player Lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Quarterback Cam Newton FD 8300 DK 6800 Opponent TB Proj Points FD - 22.47 DK - 23.28 I am pretty sure I'm doomed to guess wrong on Cam Newton in every game of his career, but will that stop me from headlining my first picks article of the season with him? Heck no. Cam's career has this wild trajectory where the Panthers went from turning him loose, to trying to protect him, to realizing he kinda sucks at passing when he's not running, to realizing that since he sucks at passing when he's not running it probably doesn't matter if he just runs a bunch come Hell or high water. So now we're getting this weird QB/RB hybrid where he is only good for 175-250 passing yards per game, but is also getting 11-14 carries per game. This is hard for my merely human brain to comprehend since it's so unusual, so please pardon me when I just trust the numbers here. The truth of the matter is that while the daily fantasy football sites weight rushing yards as more significant than passing yards, running QBs will always be a value even if they lack some consistency. I think I've seen enough out of Newton at this point, though. With 14 carries last week and 11 the week before that, it's clear that Carolina is happy to just jam the dude on the ground while they fish around for that #2 seed. This week he also gets the literal dream match-up: Tampa Bay has allowed the 5th highest yards per carry on the ground while also allowing the very most passing yards in the league. Easy game, boys. Cam all the way! (sorry in advance when he throws for 130 yards and 2 picks). Russell Wilson FD 9000 DK 7000 Opponent DAL Proj Points FD - 22 DK - 22.75 So I've called Cam a poor man's Wilson, but after watching...

DFS NFL Talk Week 15 - Game-by-Game Breakdown FanDuel and DraftKings 12/14/17 DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis take the podcast discussing Week 15 main slate NFL action for FanDuel and DraftKings. It’s something of a shorter run of games with two on Saturday and both sites no longer including the Sunday night game on the main. But there’s still plenty to like in terms of value. They go through each game and discuss some of the injury considerations, new opportunities, and possible upside plays. Subscribe to this podcast on...

DFS NFL Talk Week 15 - Cash Game Plays for FanDuel and DraftKings 12/14/17 DFSR's Doug Norrie and James Davis take to the podcast discussing Week 15 cash game plays for FanDuel and DraftKings. There could be a lot of chalk this week in the upper tier of salaries with Russell Wilson as the clear option at quarterback. He'll face the Rams in what could be a high-scoring matchup. The Steelers' guys in Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown are the far-and-away best options at running back and wide receiver respectively where they are basically lapping the field in fantasy production this season. They also discuss Kenyan Drake, Adam Thielen, Cam Newton and have a "punt the tight end" debate. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy Football Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings Week 15 - 12/17/17 Last week was one of the more interesting Sundays we've had in the NFL this season. Some games went right down the wire, two ending with overtime touchdowns. We had the Snow Game which was the only real way to make a Colts-Bills affair interesting. An injury to Carson Wentz demoralizes an entire fanbase. Big Ben throws 66 passes in a game. The Patriots lose to the Dolphins. And so much more. Let's see if Week 15 can live up. Note: this week the NFL schedule gets funky with a Thursday game, two Saturday games and Sunday doesn't include the night game on the main slate. These picks are strictly focused on the Sunday afternoon games. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL optimizer for FanDuel and DraftKings, our NBA Optimizer, and our new Player Lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NFL? Be sure to read our free MLB and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Quarterback Russell Wilson FD 8400 DK 7300 Opponent LAR Proj Points FD - 21.89 DK - 22.62 With Carson Wentz now done for the year, Wilson is the runaway leader in the clubhouse for overall quarterback fantasy scoring. On the season, he’s put up 301 fantasy points with the next closest active quarterback being Alex Smith at 259. That’s basically two good games between the top spot and number two. The chasm is wide and isn’t likely to get smaller. Even with Mike Davis in the mix at running back (he’s not a complete waste of space like some of the other guys the Seahawks have fielded this season) Wilson is still the number 1, 2 and 3 fantasy option for this offense. He struggled last week, but it was against a superior Jaguars’ defense and Russ was still able to throw for three touchdowns and run for 50 yards. He’ll face the Rams this week (no slouch on defense with a #4 DVOA rating) but Vegas sees the game as relatively high-scoring (48 o/u) and close (SEA -2). If Wilson can hit value against the Jags then he’s coming close to matchup proof on these prices. Cam Newton FD 7900 DK 6400 Opponent GB Proj Points FD - 20.73 DK - 21.54 He’s getting expensive on FanDuel but still remains something of a bargain on DraftKings going into a matchup against the Packers who’ve struggled all year against the pass and just gave up a 3 TD day to Deshone-freaking-Kizer. There’s a...