Finding good wide receiver plays when playing daily fantasy football on FanDuel and DraftKings One of the most common themes in our considerable reader email each football season is, "how do I find a good QB/RB/WR/TE for double ups/big tournaments/heads up games." Which is to say, "how do I play daily fantasy football?" Well, that might be an oversimplification. But the feeling behind it is sincere - daily fantasy football is one of the most complex of all of the DFS contests because analyzing each position is an endeavor entirely unto itself. While there is some overlap, trying to figure out a good QB AND a good RB - to say nothing of a solid tight end or defense - requires analyzing all different kinds of data, from sportsbetting odds, to historical data, and more. This year, we're going to take selections out of our free NFL eBook and take an even deeper dive into how we go about picking players at each position for each kind of contest. Today, we're going to look at Wide Receiver. We hope you enjoy! In case you didn’t notice, we recently released our brand new NFL DFS suite of tools including full projections, optimal NFL lineups and Player Lab which includes filters to help you create NFL lineups for FanDuel and DraftKings. It’s a robust set of tools; well beyond anything we’ve ever had and something we feel will help our users *ahem* tackle the NFL season. You can grab a free 2 WEEK trial to test out yourself. START YOUR FREE 2 WEEK TRIAL! FINDING GOOD DAILY FANTASY WIDE RECEIVERS Football as a whole has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, and so has fantasy football in particular. The most notable changes have come offensively - what was once a run first league has moved in a decidedly pass-first direction, and old truisms of fantasy football have gone by the wayside in the process. In the last 4 years we've seen a dramatic shift in how skill position players are deplopyed, but the old truisms are still around. I was going to write this up in a paragraph, but Doug told me you guys like charts, so here's a chart. Are you happy now, you visual learner you? But seriously, are you seeing what I'm seeing here? From 2010-2012 we saw roughly the same number of 1,000 yard rushers and 1,000 yard receivers, even if there were slightly more receivers. As time progressed, however, most teams learned that they were physically killing their running backs by throwing them out there for 300+ carries per season, so fewer teams did so. They also realized that, while the plays have higher variance, passing...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NFL Podcast 9/1/16 - Teddy Bridgewater, Jamaal Charles and more Doug Norrie and James Davis jump on the podcast to discuss some recent NFL news and injuries. They talk about the Teddy Bridgewater injury and how it effects (or doesn't effect) the Vikings this season with Adrian Peterson and the WRs. Then they discuss the potential impact if Jamaal Charles were to sit out Week One for the Chiefs. And finally, they close the pod talking about the $3 buy-in Milly Maker on DraftKings and whether this is a tournament to get excited about. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Finding good running plays when playing daily fantasy football on FanDuel and DraftKings One of the most common themes in our considerable reader email each football season is, "how do I find a good QB/RB/WR/TE for double ups/big tournaments/heads up games." Which is to say, "how do I play daily fantasy football?" Well, that might be an oversimplification. But the feeling behind it is sincere - daily fantasy football is one of the most complex of all of the DFS contests because analyzing each position is an endeavor entirely unto itself. While there is some overlap, trying to figure out a good QB AND a good RB - to say nothing of a solid tight end or defense - requires analyzing all different kinds of data. This year, we're going to take selections out of our free NFL eBook and take an even deeper dive into how we go about picking players at each position for each kind of contest. Today, we're going to look at Running  Back. We hope you enjoy! In case you didn’t notice, on Saturday we released our brand new NFL DFS suite of tools including full projections, optimal NFL lineups and Player Lab which includes filters to help you create NFL lineups for FanDuel and DraftKings. It’s a robust set of tools; well beyond anything we’ve ever had and something we feel will help our users *ahem* tackle the NFL season. Using tools like these for the NFL season is crucial and you can grab a free 2 WEEK trial to test out yourself. START YOUR FREE 2 WEEK TRIAL! FINDING GOOD DAILY FANTASY RUNNING BACKS No other position in football has changed as dramatically in terms of fantasy relevance over the last five years or so than the running back. Just look at your year-long positional rankings/cheatsheets for some insight on this. Gone are the days when you’d spend the entire first round of a draft sweating out getting that workhorse bellcow. Much of the NFL just doesn’t operate in this fashion anymore with the passing game becoming the focal point of many an offense. It makes sense. Why get a player destroyed every play by running into a heaping pile of muscle and adrenaline when you can just throw passes into any section of the field and control the tempo? Now of course I alluded to season long rankings to start this piece even though we are a daily fantasy sports site. But it provides a nice illustration as to how the idea of the running back has shifted both from a fantasy perspective and how teams utilize the position now. With this in mind, we need to understand how to fill the running...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NFL Podcast - Breaking down Preseason News and Injuries 8/30/16 DFSR's Doug Norrie and James Davis catch up on some NFL news and notes from the weekend. There's the Tony Romo situation for starters with Dak Prescott now at the helm for the Cowboys. Plus Mark Sanchez looks he's getting the boot leaving the QB1 job to Trevor Siemian. They break down the potential fantasy impact of both these decision. And finally they discuss what kind of production Tajae Sharpe could be in for if he's running with the Titan starters. Subscribe to this podcast on...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NFL Podcast - DFS Running Back Strategy 8/26/16 DFSR's Doug Norrie and James Davis take a deep dive look at the running back position for daily fantasy. It's a different animal than your season long leagues and requires quite a bit of nuance when choosing safe running backs on a week-to-week basis. They discuss how opportunity effects value as well as game script, opposing team and more. And finally, they take a look at some running backs moving into new situations this season and who stands to see the most opportunity come week one. Subscribe to this podcast on...