Cracking FanDuel - Week 3

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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 will usually appear on Saturdays and not include the early Thursday games. This first release is coming early though as I will be in Vegas competing in the FFPC contests.

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 1 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.

• If Seattle could easily handle the 49ers at home, what can we expect as they draw one of the worst offenses in the league? I expect the Seahawks to obliterate the Jaguars making their run game (Lynch), defense, and kicking (Hauschka) all excellent values this week.
• Two big game-time decisions (RB Reggie Bush and TE Rob Gronkowski)could swing things favorably for RB Joique Bell and WR Julian Edelman. Watch these situations closely on Sunday.
• St. Louis at Dallas and Detroit at Washington could yield huge passing efforts. Make sure you have some of these players.

Sample Roster ($60K) - Projected Points = 138.8

• QB Sam Bradford, StL - $7,300
• RB Marshawn Lynch, Sea $8,300
• RB Joique Bell, Det - $6,500
• TE Jason Witten, Dal - $6,500
• WR Calvin Johnson, Det - $9,000
• WR Eddie Royal, SD - $4,500
• WR Julian Edelman, NE - $6,700
• TD Seattle Seahawks - $5,700
• PK Matt Prater, Den - $5,400