DFS NFL Podcast - Conference Championship Weekend Game-by-Game Breakdown for FanDuel and DraftKings 1/16/20 The DFSR crew of Doug Norrie and Chris Durell is breaking down the two-game Conference Championship main slate on their DFS NFL Podcast for FanDuel and DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL, NHL and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Doug Norrie is joined by Chris Durell to break down the two-game Conference Championship playoff slate for FanDuel and DraftKings. They look back at the Divisional Round which had some truly insane games, especially on the AFC side and try to find takeaways from different performances. Of course, they have to talk about Derrick Henry and his outlier performances over the last three weeks. He's rushed the ball more than 30 times in each game which simply just doesn't happen in the modern-day NFL. They also try to make sense of cash game builds where it probably makes sense to employ a true stars and scrubs approach to lineups this week. They roll through both games talking about the opportunity, players to target and some guys to avoid. It's a packed podcast. As always, you can head over to https://www.dailyfantasysportsrankings.com/deals to get a free trial to the projections that power these podcasts. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunesListen on Stitcher Listen on Spotify The DFSR Podcasts are part of the Overtime Media Podcast...

Daily Fantasy Football Game by Game Breakdowns for FanDuel and DraftKings Conference Championships - Sunday 1/19/2020 It’s Championship Sunday in the NFL, the second-biggest leverage day of the season where teams try to fulfill the ultimate goal: a trip to the Super Bowl. It was a wild weekend in the Divisional round with the Ravens getting dealt a stunning upset at the hands of the Titans and the Chiefs weathering an early storm from the Texans on their way to a decisive win. Let’s take a look at this week’s two games for FanDuel and DraftKings. We are covering NFL DraftKings and FanDuel plays for Sunday's Divisional Round. It's a stacked schedule of some potent offenses and plenty of intrigue. Plus, check out our picks for Saturday's Divisional Round Plays for FanDuel and DraftKings. Want access to the projections that power these picks? For a limited time we're offering a free one week trial to all the sports that we cover - that's optimal lineups for NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB - for the same low price. Get started now! START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Tennessee Titans (7.5) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (-7.5) Things started off rough for the Chiefs last week, falling down by three scores early to the Texans in a game that really looked like it was going to be completely out of hand and insurmountable. But you wouldn’t have known by the final score when the Chiefs put their foot on the freaking gas. They finished with 51 points in a game that looked out of hand in the other direction by the time things were said and done. This week they’ll host the surprise Titans in a game that should feel “easy” but that has been anything but the case with Tennessee. They are coming off two monster upsets on the road against the Patriots and Ravens, games it would have appeared they had no business winning. It’s been quite the run and they’ll try to cap it off with another mini-miracle in KC. Tennessee Titans Derrick Henry FD 9800 DK 8700 Opponent KC Proj Points FD - 20.86 DK - 22.25 This is the big question for the weekend. Conventional wisdom and long-term analytics would suggest that jamming the most expensive running back on the slate up into an underdog matchup on the road is the exact opposite way to go in cash games. And yet for multiple weeks now Henry has bucked that trend in a big way. Over the last two games, against really good defenses mind you, dude has put up an eye-popping 377 yards on the ground in 34 carries. He’s ripping off almost six yards per run and...

DFS NFL Podcast - Divisional Weekend Game-by-Game Breakdown for FanDuel and DraftKings 1/9/20 The DFSR crew is breaking down every game on the Divisonal weekend main slate on their DFS NFL Podcast for FanDuel and DraftKings. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NFL, NHL and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Welcome to the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs! After a solid Wild Card round the guys return to break down what looks like a tough slate of NFL DFS contests on FanDuel and DraftKings. While there are plenty of good expensive plays, there are precious few ways to get savings to enable them. Which can you play between Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, DeAndre Hopkins, Dalvin Cook, and Aaron Jones? And if you do, which of Gus Edwards, Deebo Samuel, or Emmanuel Sanders can you really run out there? There are a lot of things to think about this week, so be sure to join Doug and James as they break it all down. As always, you can head over to https://www.dailyfantasysportsrankings.com/deals to get a free trial to the projections that power these podcasts. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunesListen on Stitcher Listen on Spotify The DFSR Podcasts are part of the Overtime Media Podcast...

Daily Fantasy Football Game by Game Breakdowns for FanDuel and DraftKings Divisional Round - Saturday It's the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, and Saturday's slate features the two teams with the best odds to meet in the Superbowl squaring off against the two teams that pulled off Wild Card round upsets. Will these games be as lopsided as the spreads suggest, or do the Titans and Vikings still have some magic left in the tank? Let's have a look. And also check in on our picks for Sunday's Divisional Round games Want access to the projections that power these picks? For a limited time we're offering a free one week trial to all the sports that we cover - that's optimal lineups for NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB - for the same low price. Get started now! START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Minnesota Vikings (7) vs. San Francisco 49ers (-7) The Vikings worked their overtime magic against the Saints as 8 points dogs last week, and now Vegas is giving them a hair more respect against a better 49ers team. We know how the Vikes operated in a tight one vs. the Saints, but how will they do here? Let's see what our system thinks. The Minnesota Vikings Dalvin Cook FD 8600 DK 8000 Opponent SF Proj Points FD - 20.85 DK - 22.61 If you're considering a Viking this Saturday, there's pretty much one name you need to know. Cook was the target of 33 of the Vikings 71 plays from scrimmage, and while it's true that the Vikings found themselves in the unlikely position of having a commanding lead through three quarters, that was the situation they were in nonetheless. It was clear from the opening kickoff that the Vikes wanted to keep the Saints off the field, and one has to assume they'll try the same against the Niners this week. Now one might look at this and say, "James, the 49ers have the best DVOA of any team left in the playoffs! Surely we can't play Cook against them!" Well, hypothetical skeptic, it's true that the Niners have a great defense. But there are only four teams going on Saturday, and the Vikings have to do something when they get the ball offensively. The Vikes have also shown many times this season that they are willing to go all in on the Cook plan, especially when the opposing defense is better against the pass than against the run. The 49ers are exactly that, as they ranked 2nd this season in DVOA against the pass but "just" 12th against the run. Given the fact that two teams playing on Saturday don't really feature traditional RB1,...

Daily Fantasy Football Game by Game Breakdowns for FanDuel and DraftKings Wild-Card Round - Sunday 1/5/20 Also take a look at our preview for Saturday's Wildcard games Want access to the projections that power these picks? For a limited time we're offering a free one week trial to all the sports that we cover - that's optimal lineups for NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB - for the same low price. Get started now! START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Minnesota Vikings (8) vs. New Orleans Saints (-8) The NFC part of the weekend kicks off on Sunday at 1PM EST with the Vikings and Saints. New Orleans comes in as eight-point home favorites, the biggest spread of the weekend. They won their last three games with the final one a destruction of the Carolina Panthers. The Vikings meanwhile lost their final two, though Week 17 doesn’t really count because they rested just about every relevant starter. Vikings It’s tough to find a ton of value on the Vikings side for this short slate. For starters, the running back situation is far from clear. Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison are both expected to play after sitting out the last two weeks. It was the Mike Boone “show” during that time, but he should head back to the bench. It’s tempting to project Cook for max snap share in this game considering the leverage situation and that makes him tempting. But New Orleans is a top-5 run defense this season and with the Vikings possibly trailing the running situation looks less enticing. Stefon Diggs led the team in targets (94) and yards (1,130) but should face Marshon Lattimore shadow coverage this week as the second-most expensive wideout on the Sunday FanDuel slate. And finally, Kirk Cousins could see a volume passing game if the Vikings are playing from behind, but from a fantasy perspective he ranks fourth of the four quarterbacks going on Sunday. Saints Alvin Kamara FD 8200 DK 7400 Opponent MIN Proj Points FD - 19.6 DK - 22.71 He’ll likely be the chalk running back of the weekend. After going through a 10-game touchdown drought, Kamara punched the ball in four times total over the final to weeks, including a goal line carry against the Titans in Week 16. He hasn’t been a volume runner on the ground this season, but his 6.9 targets per game were the second-best among running backs after Christian McCaffrey. Expect something like 20+ total touches in the game, one they’ve been likely “saving” Kamara for with decreased workload at times over the course of the season. Minnesota is a good defense, 9th against the run, but that’s to be expected at this point...