Building A Winner 16.25

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

• After last week’s massive 13-game main slate, Week 16 offers a more familiar-sized 11 game slate to build FD lineups from. This week, there will be seven early kickoffs and four in the later window. 
• Once again, a Lions game total stands above the rest, with their game at home against the Steelers sporting a 52.0 implied total (tops on the slate) and Detroit’s implied team total (29.5) higher than every other teams on this slate by more than a field goal.
• Detroit’s concentrated passing game saw only three players receive more than a single target last week. All three of those Lions players project to be among the handful of highest-owned players on this week’s FD slate, headlined by superstar RB Jahmyr Gibbs, priced at a premium at $9.5k this week, along with WRs Amon-Ra St. Brown at $9.2k, and Jameson Williams at just $6.7k.
• The starting point for my SE/3-Max rosters this week is considering how to play these key Lions players this week on one of the league’s most concentrated offenses that sports this slate’s highest team total. As you’ll note below, Gibbs is one of three premium RB options I like this week and I’m more likely to utilize RBs in that price range this week than WRs, but it’s hard not to play a Goff double with his two WRs either. These are all great options, and with such concentration, there are only so many ways to play it. Be sure to try to find some more unique pieces to play around your Lions this week, even in small field SE/3-Max contests.

Running Back Approach