In the latest injury update, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent an MRI on Friday which revealed no other damage to his knee after he dislocated it against the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football. Team officials estimate Mahomes will miss at least three games and hope he can […]
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Five NFL DFS Value Plays Under $5,000 This Sunday
As always, if you want to pay high salaries for some players, you’ve got to find some DFS value plays to fit your lineup under the $50,000 salary cap on DraftKings. Like last week, I’m going to focus on players who are priced under $5,000, specifically on DK. We’ve got […]
Big 12 Could Own DFS College Football This Saturday
On Saturday afternoon, Jalen Hurts will look to do it again, putting up big DFS numbers for the seventh week in a row. There should be fireworks all over the Big 12, as players from Baylor, Oklahoma State and more look to put up big DFS scores this week in […]
Four Players to Target in DFS Thursday Night Showdown
The Kansas City Chiefs visit the Denver Broncos for DFS Thursday Night Showdown in a game that is expected to be close, as the Chiefs are 3.5 favorites, and relatively high scoring, with an over/under of 50. Both defenses have shown their vulnerabilities this year and the Chiefs offense needs […]
The DFS Week That Was in the NFL: Another Big Day From Austin Hooper
NFL Week 6 was a little more back to form after a bombastic Week 5. The winning $100,000 lineup on DraftKings’ Play-Action contest was gronkspike9, who scored 258.14, putting him more than 12 DFS points ahead of his nearest competitor. Last week, I focused on value plays below $5,000 on […]
Waiver Wire Pickups: Devlin Hodges, Jamaal Williams, and Allen Lazard in Week 7
If you are seeking to add depth to your fantasy football roster with Week 7’s waiver wire pickups, then consider backup QB Devlin Hodges (Pittsburgh Steelers), RB Jamaal Williams (Green Bay Packers), WR Allen Lazard (Green Bay Packers), and one of the NY Jets wideouts, with either Jamison Crowder or […]
Quickie NFL Recap Week 6: Seahawks NSYNC TD Dance and Underdogs 10-4
Underdogs prevailed once again in Week 6 of the NFL, with a 10-4 record against the spread, and the Seattle Seahawks currently in the running for best group TD celebration after they busted out vintage dance choreography inspired by the 1990s boy band, NSYNC. In this week’s Hemingway Report for […]
Four Players to Target in DFS Monday Night Showdown
Are you ready for a DFS Monday Night Showdown? OK, so it doesn’t have the same ring as the tagline for the actual game, but we do have an exciting matchup tonight with the Detroit Lions at the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are six-point favorites in a game with […]
CeeDee Lamb Shines for Oklahoma in DFS
The Red River Rivalry started out slow, but ended up being a thriller, with Oklahoma pulling out a 34-27 victory over Texas, and Jalen Hurts and CeeDee Lamb being the stars of the show for DFS participants. Some of the Texas players didn’t break the slate as we had hoped. […]
Five Players to Target in NFL DFS Priced Below $5,000 This Sunday
When trying to squeeze value out of a lineup, every dollar counts. And when you can find players priced below $5,000 who are capable of scoring more than 20 DFS points on any given Sunday, you should consider adding them to your roster. Heading into Week 6 of the NFL […]
The Red River Rivalry Could Be a DFS Paradise
The day slate for this Saturday’s college football games offers many tough choices in the DFS world as offensive powerhouses like Oklahoma and Texas take the field in the Red River Rivalry. Which two quarterbacks should we draft among Sam Ehlinger, Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa? Which Crimson Tide receiver […]
Four Players to Target in Thursday Night Showdown
This week’s Thursday night NFL game features the New York Giants visiting the New England Patriots in what’s expected to be a rout, as the Patriots are listed as 17-point favorites. That line makes it apparent that, in Thursday night showdown cash games, DFS players should focus on New England, […]
Waiver Wire Pickups: Will Fuller, Matt Breida, Sam Darnold, Jon Hilliman in Week 6
Heading into Week 6 of your NFL fantasy football league, you should consider adding WR Will Fuller (Houston Texans), RB Matt Breida (SF 49ers), QB Sam Darnold (NY Jets), or backup RB Jon Hillman (NY Giants) to your rosters. It’s always a fun fantasy football week when your team puts […]
NFL Week 5 Featured Incredible DFS Points From These Players
Incredible. No other word best describes some of the individual performances we saw in Week 5 of the NFL. Players put up monstrous DFS points, leading to gottowin33 needing 285.64 points to take down the $1 million first prize on FanDuel this Sunday. Last week, I proposed five sleepers you […]
2019 MLB Playoffs: DFS Baseball Showdown Tips & Tricks
We are now in the throes of the MLB baseball playoffs, with the division series wrapping up and the league championship series soon to begin. Many days will only feature one or two games, so DFS baseball showdown contests are a great option if you want to play daily fantasy […]
Four Players to Target in Monday Night DFS Showdown
Monday Night Football in Week 5 features the Cleveland Browns visiting the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers are favored by 3.5 in a game with an over/under of 47.5. It appears that Vegas is expecting this game to be above the average NFL game in points scored, so I’ll focus […]
Jett Duffey, Joe Burrows Shine in Week 6 of College Football DFS
Saturday was definitely a day for robust college football quarterback numbers, and you pretty much needed two in your lineups to finish deep in the money in DFS contests. Although Jalen Hurts had another big day for Oklahoma, the winning lineups mostly bypassed him for other gunslingers, such as the […]
Flutter Buys Stars, Creating US Sportsbook Powerhouse
Flutter Entertainment, formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair, has agreed to buy The Stars Group in a $6 billion deal. The acquisition, announced on Oct. 2, will effectively combine Flutter’s US bookmakers, FanDuel and Betfair, with the media power of FOX Sports. Overall, the deal will create the largest online […]
Five DFS Sleepers in the NFL This Week
It’d be nice to cram Christian McCaffrey, Ezekiel Elliott, Lamar Jackson, Julio Jones, and DeAndre Hopkins into your DFS lineup, but that’s just not feasible with salary caps. (And everyone would just pick all of the best players, making most lineups very similar.) No, to play some of the studs, […]
College Football DFS: Who to Pick Among Oklahoma, LSU, Penn State
As we examine the college football day slate for Week 6, we don’t have to worry about trying to pin down which Alabama receiver will break the slate, since the Tide is on a bye this week. But teams like Oklahoma, LSU, and Penn State could easily approach 50 points […]