We publish a number of pieces that touch on daily slates. The Breakdown and Trend of the Day are valuable and help readers make tough decisions as they construct their lineups.
We also publish a host of long-term articles that remain relevant for months, in some cases years. These pieces are invaluable in that their application is almost limitless. Ultimately, this evergreen content will help you learn daily fantasy sports and become the best DFS player you can be.
Here are pieces from this week that will be just as worthwhile next week.
The NFL Matchups Page
– Introducing the NFL Matchups Page
Co-Founder Jonathan Bales announce the launch of our new NFL Matchups Page. This page allow users to visualize matchups in a unique way, with starters at all positions updated around the clock. It also provides the most robust individual and team-wide matchup data, including advanced metrics, red-zone data, market share stats, and projected ownership.
2016 NFL Team Previews
– The 2016 NFL Team Previews Homepage
The FantasyLabs staff does a team-by-team and player-by-player NFL preview of the 2016 season, with a focus on DFS performance, the range of outcomes for established starters, and the upside of depth players. This week, writers John Daigle and Ian Hartitz preview the Saints, Buccaneers, 49ers, Cardinals, Seahawks, and Rams.
NFL
– Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls and Receiving Yards
Editor-in-Chief Matthew Freedman considers the relative importance of yardage-to-touchdown ratios in wide receivers and the extent to which certain types of receivers do experience mean reversion.
– Rookie Wide Receivers Are the DFS Nebula
Matthew Freedman explores the pricing of rookie wide receivers and hypothesizes the time of the season when they might be most useful for guaranteed prize pools.
– Predicting Multi-Touchdown Games in NFL DFS, Part 2
Writer Bryan Mears builds upon Part 1 of his multi-touchdown study and examines the Vegas data can help DFS players find players with multi-touchdowns upside.
– Donkeys, Fish, and the Curious Case of Thursday Football (Part 2): Running Backs
Contributor Kelly McCann looks at the productivity of running backs who play on Thursday night and examines the assumption that Thursday players should be faded.
– Are We Underestimating the Value of a WR1 in NFL DFS?
Contributor Joe Holka analyzes the target distributions of receivers on the same team and presents data suggesting that paying up for WR1s may be the most profitable strategy.
– Leveraging Bad Projections to Find Contrarian Plays
Contributor Zach Rabinovitz examines wide receivers with subpar projections to discover types of players who provide unexpected production.
– Is The Funnel Defense Effect Real?
Contributor John Proctor explores the concept of the funnel defense and analyzes whether its effect on DFS is real.
MLB
– Trend Testing: Now With Ownership!
Writer Bill Monighetti demonstrates how to use our Trends tool to find an edge with pitchers who have strong production profiles and low ownership.
PGA
– An Approach for Uncorrelating PGA DFS Stats
PGA Director Colin Davy discusses the process and benefit of disentangling correlated stats.
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