Footballguys has partnered with FanDuel and as part of that deal, I will be penning a weekly piece that tries to cover some of the finer points on beating their contests. This article appears on Saturdays and does not include the early Thursday game.
My approach to FanDuel's Daily Games
In salary cap games where other companies are determining prices, I like to see where their thoughts differ substantially from my projections. My value chart below matches up my projections against FanDuel's prices:
Some explanation of my Excel manipulation is in order:
- Everything is sorted by position
- I have converted my projections to FanDuel Fantasy Points. These figures appear in the FP column.
- The Price column reflects FanDuel's Week 14 Price
- The Price per FP column reflects the cost per projected fantasy point (the lower the value the better).
- I have highlighted player's names (in green) that should be strong considerations for your lineups. They generally reflect the most bang for the buck at their respective positions. Players in yellow also are worth consideration when building your roster.
General Thoughts
Situations that stand out to me this week.
- I like these passing offenses to produce better than normal fantasy points this week: Arizona, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tennessee, Washington
- I like these rushing offenses to produce better than normal fantasy points this week: Arizona, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Green Bay, Tampa Bay
- Readers suggested I give them some tournament long shots that could do well this week. I rate tournament long shots as players that likely will be owned by less that 5% of the rosters. Here are some of the guys I am targeting in some of my tournaments as high-upside selections: QB Alex Smith ($7,700), QB Joe Flacco ($6,900), RB Knowshon Moreno ($8,300), WR Riley Cooper ($5,900), WR Michael Floyd ($6,700), Brandon LaFell ($4,700), TE Heath Miller ($4,900), PK Nick Novak ($5,000), PK Dan Bailey ($5,000)
Sample $60K Roster - Projected Points = 134.4
- QB Josh McCown, Chi - $7,200
- RB Jamaal Charles, KC - $9,600
- RB Eddie Lacy, GB - $7,000
- TE Rob Gronkowski, NE - $8,500
- WR Kendall Wright, TEN $5,900
- WR Victor Cruz, NYG - $6,500
- WR Julian Edelman, NE - $4,900
- TD New England - $5,200
- PK Matt Prater, NE - $5,000
Sample $55K Roster - Projected Points = 120.6
- QB Josh McCown, Chi - $7,200
- RB Jamaal Charles, KC - $9,600
- RB Eddie Lacy, GB - $7,000
- TE Tony Gonzalez, Atl ($5,400)
- WR Kendall Wright, TEN $5,900
- WR Rod Streater, Oak ($4,800)
- WR Julian Edelman, NE - $4,900
- TD New England - $5,200
- PK Matt Prater, NE - $5,000
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