Building A Winner 12.25

Tony focuses his DFS play on FanDuel single-entry and 3-max contests. He thrives in unique formats and positional twists, always looking for hidden edges that others overlook

This article is designed to complement Mike’s weekly Fanduel Player Grid and other OWS Fanduel scroll content by giving you my view on the slate from my perspective as a Fanduel player who focuses on smaller-field, SE/3-max types of tournaments. My usual process is to build a handful of unique lineups for these types of contests each slate and a majority of my weekly DFS bankroll is dedicated to them.

As you will see as you go through the article, based on the week at hand, I find what I think is the critical starting point I want to use for my rosters. This could be a certain game environment, a specific position or positional dynamics, extreme chalk pieces, or low-owned stacks that I am interested in. Each week is unique, so the “Starting Point” for each week will be dynamic and the rest of my thoughts will build from there, helping you see how I am building my lineups and allowing you to form your own thoughts.

Starting Point

• The Week 12 FD slate includes 11 total games. It’s the second week in a row with seven early kickoffs and four in the late afternoon. The early seven games include the slate’s five highest implied team totals but only two games projected to be within a 6.5 point spread:
  • Giants (18.75) at Lions (31.25)
  • Patriots (29.25) at Bengals (22.25)
  • Jets (15.5) at Ravens (29.0)
  • Colts (23.25) at Chiefs (26.75)
  • Seahawks (26.5) at Titans (13.5)
  • Vikings (17.5) at Packers (24.0)
  • Steelers (21.75) at Bears (24.25)
• While the four games in the afternoon are all projected to be close games with spreads of 4.0 or less:
  • Browns (16.0) at Raiders (20.0)
  • Jaguars (25.25) at Cardinals (22.25)
  • Eagles (25.25) at Cowboys (22.25)
  • Falcons (19.0) at Saints (21.0)
• The starting point for my main SE/3-max FD rosters this week is focusing on the Eagles at Cowboys game from the late afternoon slate.
  • I plan to approach this game from a few different angles, but am almost certainly playing at least one Jalen Hurts to DeVonta Smith team as a main small-field roster.
  • No one is especially cheap from this game, so it certainly won’t be a rule to have a Cowboys or Eagles player in every small-field lineup, but I’ll consider one-off players or even one of their D/ST units (likely the Eagles) in lineups that feature larger stacks/correlations of other games.

Running Back Approach