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Conviction Column – NFL DFS Week 1

Intro

There are certain types of contests on both DraftKings and FanDuel (as well as other Daily Fantasy Sites) where ownership, across any sport, is not something to focus on, i.e. head to heads, double ups, 50/50s, or a contest with less than 20 entrants; however, when playing large field GPP tournaments and gunning for that $1 million prize, or even just a top 10 in a contest of 100k+ entrants, ownership is IMPERATIVE when constructing your rosters. While I would never make the argument that ownership is everything, or the most important aspect of playing/winning DFS, I think many more people than we think overlook it and fall into groupthink more often than they should as a fear of “a cheap guy going off” or playing someone at 50% or more projected ownership to ensure not getting dusted by the field. Again, in cash games or very small field tournaments, I get that idea, as playing an obvious backup RB who’s locked into an every down roll and 20+ touches and is the min $4,000 on DraftKings and is going to be owned by 45 of 50 players in a tournament… yes, I would probably play him since you have just about 0% chance of cashing if he goes off. This article will be focused around listing the Top 10 projected owned guys by each position on both DraftKings and FanDuel and weighing what chalk I will be eating, my general thoughts on the slate, and listing my leverage/pivots by position as to where we can differentiate ourselves on the main slate. The last thought to keep in mind, and perhaps the most important, is being contrarian does not mean making a lineup of 9 guys less than 5% owned… that is not by any means optimal and not a +EV strategy in any DFS sport. What I like to do each and every week is use a strategy by one of the pioneers of DFS Football, Adam Levitan (check out their stuff at EstablishTheRun because their team is very, very sharp), which is figure out my ACO, or “Average Cumulative Ownership,” on all my tournament teams. To calculate that is simple, add up all 9 players ownership, and divide by 9 and look to target somewhere in the range of 9-16% (16% is the absolute max that I will have) for your whole team. If CMC is going to be 35% owned, that doesn’t mean an auto fade, it just means you have to differentiate elsewhere because his ceiling is insane and he’s not someone to fade just because “he’s chalk.” That’s enough rambling, let’s get to the picks!

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Week 1 Position by Position Breakdown

Week 1 Cash Process

Projections Portal

NFL Game Theory

WR/CB Matchups

Ben’s Week 1 Breakdown! (Article)

Core Plays

 

QB

Jalen Hurts- Hurts looks to be the go-to cash game QB for this week. The question of what to do with him in tournaments is an interesting one. Last year when he was priced under 6k, there were times that I considered playing Hurts naked (without a pass catcher). It’s more difficult for him to pay off his mid 6k tag without the help of a pass catcher. I will be monitoring tournament ownership as the week progresses, as of right now, Hurts is still firmly in my tournament QB pool. My preferred stack option is, young dynamic rookie WR, DeVonta Smith. If looking for a run-back option, look no further than Kyle Pitts. Pitts will garner some ownership at a weaker TE position, so monitoring total cumulative ownership will be important if considering this stack.

What We Like → As only the 8th most expensive QB on the slate, Hurts still carries similar upside to the higher priced QBs and ranks 2nd in projected rush attempts for QBs, ranks 3rd in Points per Drop back (per PFF; stats currently from the 2020 season), and carries the 5th highest ceiling per our DFS Karma Projections Portal – QBs. 

What We Worry About → As a younger QB in his first official year as Week 1 starter, Hurts is still prone to take sacks and if the Eagles get down to the Falcons pass-heavy offense, he could be forced to make more mistakes in a game of catchup. Per PFF, Hurts finished last season with nine “turnover-worthy” plays in the Eagles’ last 4 games and comes into Week 1 with a WR core that is far inferior to some of his younger counterparts with a rookie stud from Alabama, who should excel, as the WR1 and not a ton of other top weapons to round out the offense.

Kyler Murray- My favorite QB on the Main Slate is Kyler Murray. Murray gets an elite matchup against a Titans defense who let Malcolm Butler walk in the off-season and will be relying heavily on a young group in their secondary to slow down Kyler and his improved pass-catching group this season. The Cardinals added Rondale Moore in the offseason, he will look to make an immediate impact as the full-time slot WR for the Cardinals. Moore is a massive improvement over Larry Fitzgerald, who would leave the retirement home to come to play last season. DeAndre Hopkins will also be entering year two in this system with Kingsbury and Kyler. My hope is that they find a way to get more creative with Hopkins this season. Last year, the Cardinals’ offense relied too heavily on Hopkins underneath and did not allow him to win downfield, which we all know he is capable of doing. If they allow Moore to take some of the underneath roles, that will be extremely beneficial for not only the Cardinals’ real-life offense but our stack on Sunday. The Kyler Murray double stack is preferred if you believe they are playing from behind in this contest. Vegas seems to be leaning toward a high-scoring, tight affair. As a slight underdog and a game total of 52, I am leaning toward using Kyler as a double stack with a bring-back from Tennessee. My preferred bring-back is AJ Brown. For some reason, AJ Brown has been getting pushed down draft boards in season-long and priced down for week 1 due to the addition of Julio Jones. I think the Julio addition can be beneficial for Brown, Julio can command some defensive attention. Brown is still the more talented receiver at this point in their careers. Brown is a player that I want to be invested in this season, there is no better time than right here in week 1 versus the Cardinals.

What We Like → The Cardinals led the league last year in situation-neutral pace and no-huddle rate (per Footballoutsiders.com) and with the boost of a bad defense in Tennessee, the points are for the taking. Arizona added an old, probably dusty, but solid WR in A.J. Green during the offense which could take some coverage off their star WR Hopkins as well as drafting a great rookie WR in Rondale Moore. We project Murray for the most QB rushing attempts along with a Top 3 ceiling.

What We Worry About → There’s not a ton to dislike about this matchup in all honesty but it is worth noting that similar to Hurts, as a younger/mobile QB, Kyler still takes a lot of sacks to go along with 12 interceptions in 2020.

Kirk Cousins- Cousins is an interesting way to get contrarian on this slate. With Dalvin Cook expected to be one of the more popular plays for week 1, Cousins gives you direct leverage off of the Cook ownership. Just a couple of months ago we were discussing how poor this Bengals secondary was and how robbed Justin Jefferson was of OROY. Not much has changed with either of these situations. The Bengals did not invest heavily in their secondary, just put a band-aid on the situation and Justin Jefferson will look to improve on last year’s results with another impressive season. Adam Thielen is a candidate for TD regression this season and the Vikings just lost their young potential breakout TE Irv Smith to a season-ending injury. Justin Jefferson could easily turn into an alpha WR along with the likes of Adams and Diggs. The appealing part of the Vikings stack is that there are interesting pieces on the other side of the ball. All three of the Bengals’ WRs are in play on this slate. Tee Higgins is my favorite of the bunch but he also comes with inflated ownership. If you’re looking to get a little bit more leverage on the field, Boyd has been undervalued all offseason and people are afraid to play Chase due to a few drops during the preseason. Chase has one of the more impressive WR prospect profiles of the last decade, he is a player we want to be early on.

What We Like → Despite having no rushing upside, Kirk can be extremely efficient and makes for a VERY strong stack candidate with how much target volume goes to Jefferson/Thielen. Last year, Kirk finished with a 7.43 Adjusted Net YPA (Yards per Attempt), good for the 5th best of QBs on this slate, as well as the 8th best QB on the slate in terms of Points per Drop Back.

What We Worry About → The Vikings play notoriously slow and if they get a lead, which is probably more likely than not, they have no problem during extremely run-heavy and giving Cook the ball for the remainder of the game.

Russell Wilson- How will the Seattle Seahawks offense look under new OC Shane Waldron? A crucial part of the offseason has been trying to determine what kind of offense the Seahawks will come out in this season. Will they “Let Russ Cook”? I am starting to believe that they really might, they have doubled and tripled down on saying that they will “play fast” and get the ball into the hands of their playmakers. One of the best playmakers in the NFL is D.K Metcalf. Metcalf has shown an elite ability to win downfield, regardless of matchup. If they start incorporating Metcalf underneath as well, he could be the best WR in fantasy football this season. I don’t think that’s an exaggeration either, Metcalf has a unique skill set that is difficult to stop. The Colts have an appealing run-back option in Michael Pittman Jr. Pittman will be asked to step up and take on a big role with TY Hilton starting the season on the shelf.

What We Like → Arguably the best deep-ball passer in the league, Russ has explosive upside if his coaches let him air it out. The Seahawks quietly have the 4th highest implied Team Total on the slate (27 points as of this writing), Russ put up an Adjusted Completion % of 79.4% in 2020 (2nd to only Aaron Rodgers), and he has a beast of a receiver in DK Metcalf along with a reliable, lower aDOT receiver in Tyler Lockett.

What We Worry About → There’s always the risk that for some unknown reason Pete Carroll tries to run the ball infinity times for pretty much no reason. Further, this IND defense is no slouch so the matchup isn’t as good as some others on the slate. Per FootballOutsiders, the Colts ran the 8th fewest plays on average in 2020, so there’s a definite risk of a slow-paced game with minimal scoring.

RB

Tier 1

Dalvin Cook- Dalvin Cook is will look to continue his success from last season. The Vikings are favorites vs a Bengals defense that won’t give Dalvin much resistance on the ground. Our goal is that Dalvin is used more in the passing game this season. I am still working on which Tier 1 RBs I will be prioritizing this week. Cook is firmly in play for me in both Cash and GPPs. A mini correlation of Cook-Tee Higgins is one of my favorite stacks.

What We Like → Likely a dominant ground performance by a team we expect to play from ahead. Vikings were one of the more run-heavy heavy teams in neutral scripts last year.

What We Worry About → Cook still needs to show a bigger pass game role in order to matchup production with guys like Alvin Kamara and Christian McCaffrey.

Alvin Kamara- Alvin Kamara could be the guy you need in fantasy football this year. In my opinion, Kamara is the one player who can match the upside that Christian McCaffrey possesses. The Saints recently cut Latavius Murray, I am significantly less afraid of Tony Jones stealing the goal-line work from Kamara this season. Sean Payton has shown the willingness to feed and scheme plays for Kamara. Winston winning the job was positive for Kamara, we still may deal with Taysom tilt near the goal line. The game environment is elite for the Saints vs a Packers team that should put up some points and force the Saints to be aggressive. Kamara is a priority for me of the three Tier 1 backs.

What We Like → One of the few unicorns on the slate that can achieve the 100-yard rushing and 100-yard receiving bonus. Kamara commanded a target share of over 15% when Michael Thomas has missed games over the last three seasons.

What We Worry About → Still loses goal-line work to Tony Jones. Jameis does not check down to Kamara and they cant find interesting ways to get him the ball in space.

Christian McCaffrey- It’s difficult to poke holes in the consensus #1 overall pick in season-long fantasy. If we aren’t going to play CMC vs the banged-up Jets defense, then when do we plan on deploying him? It’s still yet to be seen how Darnold will run the offense for the Panthers, but I trust Joe Brady to get CMC the ball in space. I am leaning CMC and Kamara as my elite tier RBs. The big story of the week is how much value we have at the WR position this week. Prioritizing two RBs from Tier 1 will be a popular approach, and it isn’t wrong to think it’s the optimal way to build this week. CMC could potentially have a nice cheap run back in Elijah Moore if Jameson Crowder is ruled OUT.

What We Like → Willingness to play CMC 90% of snaps even after coming off of injury last season. He now is healthy and should return to his massive workload. The Jets have already lost a few key pieces to season-ending injury on defense.

What We Worry About → Chubba Hubbard is arguably the best back that has been behind McCaffrey in his career, could they use him more than we expect?

Tier 2

Aaron Jones- Aaron Jones ownership will be kept in check due to the fear and uncertainty of AJ Dillon. Dillon profiles as more of an early-down, between the tackles, back. This should allow Aaron Jones to take on even more work in the passing game, where he has found a lot of success over the past couple of years. As I said in my Kamara write-up, this game environment is one that I want exposure to. I am not opposed to pairing Aaron Jones and Kamara together in the same lineup. That may be one interesting way to stack this high total.

What We Like → Second highest team total on the slate. Could have an expanded pass game role, while still getting the valuable goal-line duties.

What We Worry About → They give AJ Dillon 200 carries this season and he takes over the goal line work from Aaron Jones. This would cap Jones’ ceiling and make him a difficult week-to-week play.

Antonio Gibson- How many catches will Antonio Gibson have this season? This is a question that I spent a lot of the offseason analyzing. In the pre-season, we saw McKissic handle a majority of the third-down snaps for the Redskins still. It really is shocking that they are using Antonio Gibson in a two-down grinder role, instead of taking advantage of the elite pass-catching ability he showed in college. I still think Gibson will catch passes in his early-down role, but id like to see him play more third downs. Gibson is underpriced if he does see an increase in targets.

What We Like → Impressive pass-catching profile is finally released. The #2 defensive unit in football gets them a lead and allows Gibson to get 20-25 touches on the ground.

What We Worry About → They WFT falls behind and they use McKissic in the pass game role over the talented Gibson. They have already shown a willingness to do so.

Raheem Mostert- Raheem was rested during the pre-season by the Niners this offseason, thankfully. Mostert finally had a healthy offseason. His biggest hurdle has been staying on the field in recent years. Mostert has been extremely efficient as a runner, displaying elite speed in Kyle Shannahan’s one-cut system. The Niners are massive favorites versus the Detroit Lions, game script should be in Raheem’s favor. It is difficult to invest a running back without a pass catching role on DraftKings, Mostert is one of the exceptions this week.

What We Like → Raheem has put up some of the fastest running back speed times in the NFL. If he gets into open space there isn’t a Lions defender who can catch him. Kyle Shannahan’s running backs have always found success.

What We Worry About → Sermon eats into his workload at a 50/50 split and Sermon gets the high value touches on third down and on the goal-line.

Tier 3

Javonte Williams- The cheapest running back I am willing to play is Javonte Williams this week. Williams is the stone minimum, for running backs, this week. The talented young rookie was a tackle breaking machine in college. Denver loves him so much that they rested the rookie for their third pre season game to ensure that he would be healthy for their opener. On top of the optimism from the organization, he runs into a nice matchup with the New York Giants. It will be interesting to evaluate the split with Melvin Gordon, but I expect Williams role to increase as the season goes on. It is sort of a pipe dream to expect him to get a majority of the work this weekend.

What We Like → Javonte was rested by the Broncos and could come out as their starting running and maintain it throughout the season versus a Giants defensive line that is 25h in Brandon Thorns rankings.

What We Worry About → Melvin Gordon is the clear starting back and Javonte only spells him.

WR

Tier 1

AJ Brown- AJ Brown is my favorite WR on this weeks main slate, he pairs perfectly with my favorite QB Kyle Murray. AJ Brown is an elite talent and should feast on a Cardinals secondary that is extremely young. I am looking forward to watching Browns progression toward a truly elite breakout season. This game should have a nice pace to it, the Cardinals Air Raid offense will look to lead the league in plays this season.

What We Like → One of the fastest-paced games on the slate, likely will shoot out due to the defensive units severely lacking talent. AJ Brown is arguably the most talented WR in the NFL at winning in one on one coverage.

What We Worry About → The Titans could get up early and feed Derrick Henry, making Brown have to rely on efficiency to get there. I don’t want to have to rely on that.

DK Metcalf- A unique skill set of size and speed that no corner in the NFL can match. In particular, the Colts corners do not have the size/speed to keep up with DK. On top of the matchup, it looks like Metcalf will come in low owned on this slate. Smack dab in the middle of a group of elite wideouts, Metcalf looks to be the lowest owned of the bunch. If the Seahawks are really going to be playing fast and getting the ball to Metcalf in space, then I want to be early on DK and Russ stacks this season.

What We Like → Expanded route tree and ability to dominate opposing corners physically. The Colts’ strength is in their front 7, Seattle will look to attack the path of least resistance.

What We Worry About → The Colts have a smart coaching staff and DL that could cause problems for Russ. I am also worried that the Colts could get out in front and control the line of scrimmage with their top-rated offensive line.

Stefon Diggs- The Bills could be a complete outlier in terms of pass rate that we have never seen before in NFL history. They are playing a style of football that could break fantasy football. Josh Allen played about 20 offensive snaps in the pre-season and they threw on 17 of those plays. Diggs showed his capability to win at all levels last season, the matchup with the Steelers does not concern me. The Bills are an innovative coaching staff that will find creative ways to get Diggs the ball and the ball out of Allen’s hands quickly. Diggs looks like he will garner some ownership on this slate, but at his price tag its appropriate.

What We Like → Unbelievable consistency and chemistry with Josh Allen. Diggs had 9 games over 23 fantasy points last season. They did not add anyone in the pass-catching room that should affect his target %. Diggs lead the league in separation vs man last season.

What We Worry About → Steelers #2 defensive line per Brandon Thorn. Could cause havoc for Josh Allen and force the ball out of his hands quicker than he’d like. Diggs wins downfield, he may not have time to do so in this contest.

Tier 2

Tee Higgins- Higgins is a potential year 2 breakout candidate after having an extremely solid rookie year. Joe Burrow has the potential to lead the NFL in pass attempts. There were games last season when Burrow dropped back 60+ times. The Bengals put a band aid on their offensive line issues, but that’s really my only concern for this offense. I want to be invested in the Bengals and week 1 is the perfect to be since they are extremely underpriced. Higgins is one of the players I am willing to eat chalk on.

What We Like → Potential year 2 breakout for one of the pass happiest offenses in the NFL. Could be the alpha in the WR room until Chase catches up to speed.

What We Worry About → Chase’s talent wins out and he commands a large piece of the pie than Higgins. Burrow isn’t ready in the pocket, coming off of his major knee surgery. Offensive line concerns as well for the Bengals.

Brandon Ayuik- Ayuik showed how explosive he can be last year. Not only does he possess an elite YAC ability, but he is the field stretcher for this Niners WR group. Ayuik can get things done in one explosive play. The Niners will have success and many will stay away due to how to spread out their target distribution will be. I am willing to embrace the variance and get exposure to one of the best offenses this Sunday.

What We Like → The explosive WR for the Niners. He’s the guy whos winning downfield when they need a big play. Matchup nightmare. Could see an expanded role this season.

What We Worry About → The Niners get ahead and are limited to 20 pass attempts or less. They just dominate this game on the ground and do not need any of their talented YAC receiving options.

Laviska Shenault- Laviska is one of my favorite leverage plays of the weekend. It looks like Marvin Jones will be higher owned than his teammate Shenault. I strongly prefer Shenault and believe Laviska is set up for a year two breakout under the new coaching regime in Jacksonville. Coach Urban Meyer ran the spread at Ohio State and Florida and college and the “H” back position was made for Laviska. If they are able to use his ability after the catch and to win in one on one coverage properly, we are looking at a potential 7k WR by the end of the season. A matchup with the Texans helps the situation as well, the Texans top corner Roby is suspended for this contest. No one of the Houston side of the ball will be able to slow down Laviska once he gets going.

What We Like → Alpha WR, had a 35% target share in college. He is explosive after the catch and difficult to take down in the open field. Reminds me of a young Demaryius Thomas.

What We Worry About → The Jaguars offense takes time to get going and they spread the ball around, instead of featuring Laviska.

Tier 3

Michael Pittman- Michael Pittman will be asked to step up in a big week this Sunday. TY Hilton will be out for the Colts indefinitely. Pittman steps into the WR1 role for the Colts. If this game shoots out due to Seattle playing faster this season, then the Colts will need to try and match their pace/scoring. They wont be able to move the ball unless Pittman can find success versus this Seattle secondary.

What We Like → The Colts are playing from behind without TY Hilton. They need to keep up with Russ and Co. and feed Pittman. Pittman is the cheapest #1 wideout on the slate.

What We Worry About → The Colts focus on their run game due to the Wentz foot injury. They don’t see a need to give Pittman a #1 role and spread out their target distribution,

Rondale Moore- No player had more things fall into place for them over the past 6 months than Rondale Moore. Moore was an easy breakout superstar at Purdue. Moore is screen/YAC specialist and he went to the perfect landing spot. The “horizontal raid” of the Cardinals will allow Moore to win in the open field. At the stone minimum on DraftKings, Moore is one of my favorite players to target. It helps that he pairs perfectly with my favorite game stack, ARI/TEN.

What We Like → The Cardinals manufactured 5 touches for Moore in only 20 offensive snaps during the pre-season. We haven’t seen Kliff this willing to get a young player involved in the offense since his transition to the NFL.

What We Worry About → Could be squeezed out and only play in 4 WR sets. His ownership could get away from us, I would not like to play him as chalk.

Elijah Moore- Elijah Moore is a fantasy play that can only get better before Sunday if veteran slot WR Crowder is ruled out. The young Panthers D is not very intimidating. I expect the Panthers to find success and force the Jets to play catch up. if Moore has the full time slot role, I expect him to popular. I am fine with eating the chalk here with Moore. A mini stack of CMC and Moore is extremely appealing.

What We Like → Moore could dominate slot snaps, which are the most efficient targets in football. We expect the Panthers offense to have success, which will lead to a good script for a player that is priced at the minimum on DraftKings. He is more appealing on DK.

What We Worry About → The Jets offense is still completely inept and cant get anything going despite a rookie QB and new coaching regime. Wilson has looked good in pre-season, but could struggle once he is at regular-season game speed.

TE

George Kittle- As the week goes on, I am getting more and more interested in jamming George Kittle into my lineups. The fields seems to want to save at TE this week. George is an absolute freak and his price tag is not out of reach due to the extreme value we have this week.

What We Like → With Jimmy G as his QB, we can most likely Kittle to go under owned compared to his ceiling. He battled injuries throughout last season, but it is worth noting that Kittle has the highest Targets per Route of TEs on the slate, even higher than Kelce, and we’re getting him at at $2000 less at about half the ownership. Kittle could easily soak up 8-12 targets in this matchup and be Jimmy’s go-to guy in what should be a game the 49ers control easily.

What We Worry About → Well we can bet on volume and know that Kittle is not coverable by most defenses, but his QB is still quite a bit below the talent level of other teams with elite TEs, such as Kelce/Pitts/Tonyan, etc. Further, I normally don’t shy away if a team is going to potentially dominate a whole game, but with how comfortable Shannahan is just running out the clock, we could see Kittle’s ceiling capped if the 49ers get a lead and just grind clock.

Kyle Pitts- Pitts is the absolute chalk this week in a plus matchup with the Eagles. If Pitts was listed as a WR he would still be in play. The “rookie TE” scare may keep some people off of him, but I think a majority of people understand how truly special Kyle Pitts prospect profile is. We wont see him below 5k…..maybe ever again.

What We Like → I’m not sure I’ve seen a higher regarded prospect so the anticipation is high and Pitts should be able to feast against a weaker pass defense, a high-powered/pass first offense, and a matchup that shoot produce a lot of points with no star RBs and too below average defenses. Pitts is more like a WR (similar to that of Kelce/Waller/Kittle) and while his OWN% will be very high, he’ll probably never be this price again.

What We Worry About → Pitts is still a rookie, so a big game is certainly not a lock by any means and while many analysts have similar expectations of target share/usage for Pitts, there is of course the risk that he’s eased into game plans and isn’t instantly receiving top star targets.

Tyler Kroft- Kroft is my GPP dart throw of the week at TE. The Jets have cut nearly every other TE on their roster, they trust Kroft and he was productive during the preseason. Wilson and Kroft have built a nice rapport and if Crowder is out, it leaves even more opportunity for Kroft. He is fantastic leverage off a potential play in Conklin who is a few hundred more.

What We Like → This is obviously a pure punt, but it’s worth noting that Kroft is the stone min and actually caught a few TD passes from Zach Wilson in the preseason and could be in somewhat of an “every down” role come Sunday. Kroft moved teams in the offseason, so it’s hard to compare routes/usage/etc. from the Bills to now the Jets but it’s not out of the question to have Kroft as a solid cash game value with the potential for a 10-15% target share in the offense.

What We Worry About → Well it is the Jets… so that should be worrisome enough. Zach Wilson looked solid in preseason but there remain so many unknowns, Kroft is far from a lock or a player with a safe floor. Also, his likely matchup with Shaq Thompson isn’t a smash as last year Thompson gave up a sub 80% catch rate.

Stacks

Stacking has gotten increasingly popular each year as projections, correlations, and infinite amounts of information and stats available; however, in general, “the field” (large field GPPs) still don’t stack nearly enough. Per Mike Leone from EstablishTheRun, the field played double stacks approximately 29% of the time in the weekly milly maker, which double stacks finished in the Top 100 nearly 40% of the time. Going further, the field had a bring back opponent, i.e. QB + WR + WR + an opposing team’s WR/TE (mostly WR) approximately 35% of the time yet lineups with a bring back finished in the Top 100 53% of the time.

The left side of this table shows our 5 stacks and opponents with the Vegas total at open and the current Vegas total along with the team’s QB/RB and then Top 2 WRs (based on DK Price), TE, and the opposing team’s Top 2 WRs (again, based on DK price). On the right side, we can use the stack’s projected points, which for all players and positions can be found here, and provide how much of the salary cap is used, total projected ownership, and finally “OWN% Value”, which evaluates the projected points of the stack compared to the total ownership to see if there is leverage along with upside.

DraftKings Stacks – See below for some of our favorite stack options (click on image to enlarge)

FanDuel Stacks – See below for some of our favorite stack options (click on image to enlarge)

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