Daily Fantasy Sports NFL Coverage: Week 16

Footballguys Staff's Daily Fantasy Sports NFL Coverage: Week 16 Footballguys Staff Published 12/23/2017

FanDuel Features

Interactive Value Chart - Maurile Tremblay
   A lineup optimizer for FanDuel that uses projections and player salaries to maximize expected points.
Cracking FanDuel - David Dodds
   A weekly piece that tries to cover some of the finer points on beating FanDuel cash games.
Cost/Value Chart - David Dodds
   Compares FBG projections against FanDuel pricing for this week's games
Projecting Ownership - Steve Buzzard
   Estimating the ownership in FanDuel mid-sized GPP contests
GPP Domination - Jeff Pasquino
   Looking for edges in FanDuel Tournaments
Starting Stacks - Scott Bischoff
   A selection of high-upside QB-based stacks for consideration in GPPs this weekend.
FanDuel Consensus Rankings - FBG Staff
   A collective summary of our staffers' best value-based selections for FanDuel contests this weekend.
Wisdom of the Staff - FBG Staff
   Various staff members share their opinions on select topics.
Sunday Million Recap - Chad Parsons
   Taking an in-depth look at FanDuel's Week 1 Sunday Million Contest.
The Bestest FanDuel Blog Evah - Dodds
   Welcome to David Dodds' playground where he will discuss anything and everything regarding Cracking the NFL contests on FanDuel.
Growing the FanDuel Bankroll Blog - Devin Knotts
   Devin Knotts takes you on a journey as he attempts to grow his FanDuel bankroll. He documents his lessons learned and which players he is targeting this week.

Roundtables

Attacking the Defenses
Bold Predictions
Running Back Management
A Tight End Quandary
Saturday Two-Game Slate
Ezekiel Elliott
Game Stacks
Quarterback Consistency

Game Matchups

Indianapolis at Baltimore
Minnesota at Green Bay
Atlanta at New Orleans
Denver at Washington
LA Rams at Tennessee
LA Chargers at NY Jets
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Detroit at Cincinnati
Miami at Kansas City
Cleveland at Chicago
Buffalo at New England
Jacksonville at San Francisco
NY Giants at Arizona
Seattle at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Houston
Oakland at Philadelphia

General Information (Not-site Specific)

Exposed - Aaron Rudnicki
   IDP Expert Aaron Rudnicki offers his look at corners and safeties to exploit in DFS contests.
DFS Rushing/Passing Matchups - Chris Feery
   Diving deep into how the offenses matchup with the defenses.
The Butterfly Effect - BJ Vanderwoude
   Small causes can have large effects.
Trendspotting - Ryan Hester
   Examining player and team-based trends that could identify valuable DFS options.
Vegas Value Chart - John Lee
   An early look at the Vegas odds depicting implied team totals for guidance in selecting DFS players.
eVALUEator - Austin Lee / Maurile Tremblay
   Position-based table depicting salaries as % against site cap to identify best site(s) to play a given player.

DraftKings Features

Interactive Value Chart - Maurile Tremblay
   A lineup optimizer for DraftKings that uses projections and player salaries to maximize expected points.
Tips and Picks - John Lee
   Cash game and GPP selections.
Projecting Ownership - Steve Buzzard
   Estimating the ownership in DraftKings mid-sized GPP contests
GPP Domination - Phil Alexander
   Looking for edges in DraftKings Tournaments
Starting Stacks - John Mamula
   A selection of high-upside QB-based stacks for consideration in GPPs this weekend.
DraftKings Consensus Rankings - FBG Staff
   A collective summary of our staffers' best value-based selections for DraftKings contests this weekend.
Wisdom of the Staff - FBG Staff
   Various staff members share their opinions on select topics.

DRAFT Features

Expert DRAFTing - Dan Hindery
   A how-to-guide to beating this week's snake drafts on DRAFT.
Mock 6 person FBG Staff Draft
   Six staffers showing you how it's done.

Videos

The DFS Power Grid
   Footballguys staffers John Lee, Jeff Pasquino, Ryan Hester, and Devin Knotts discuss DFS topics each week with host Austin Lee. The show posts Friday mornings on the Footballguys TV YouTube channel and Audible iTunes feed.
The Footballguys' Daily Fantasy Hour
presented by RotoGrinders

   An hour of DFS discussion with Footballguys John Lee and Austin Lee with host Dan Back. The show airs LIVE Wednesdays at 9pm Eastern on GrindersLive.

Interactive Value Charts (IVC)

FanDuel IVC
DraftKings IVC
Yahoo IVC
FantasyDraft

Timeless Free Articles

DFS Sites Comparison Chart
DFS Glossary
Thursday vs. Sunday Contests
DraftKings Cash Game Strategy
Fitting Lineups to Contests, or Contests to Lineups?
Understanding Expectation and Variance
FanDuel Cash Game Strategy
DFS Tournament Strategy

Timeless Roundtables

Tips for Beginners
Bankroll Management
Weekly Bankroll Split
Starting High-Owned Players in GPPs
Choosing Low-Owned Players for GPPs
Weekly Cash Lineups
Beatable Contests
Advanced Metrics
Going Back in Time

Archives

DFS Content: Week 15
DFS Content: Week 14
DFS Content: Week 13
DFS Content: Week 12
DFS Content: Week 11
DFS Content: Week 10
DFS Content: Week 9
DFS Content: Week 8
DFS Content: Week 7
DFS Content: Week 6
DFS Content: Week 5
DFS Content: Week 4
DFS Content: Week 3
DFS Content: Week 2
DFS Content: Week 1
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