Building a winner 4.25

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 4 main slate has just 11 games due to the early-morning Dublin game and a double-header on Monday Night Football. Of the 11 games available to us, there are seven early kickoffs and four in the afternoon. There are five games this week with implied totals of 47.0 or more points, including the Bills hosting the Saints as whopping 15.5 point favorites, and all four of the later kickoffs:
  • Colts (23.0) at Rams (26.5)
  • Jaguars (22.0) at 49ers (25.0)
  • Ravens (25.5) at Chiefs (23.0)
  • Bears (23.25) at Raiders (24.25)
• The starting point for my SE/3-Max builds this week is simply to be strategic about who I’m playing from the early set of games, and in which combinations, so that I can get plenty of exposure to this set of later kickoffs projected to be the four of the top game environments on this week’s slate.
• In the set of four later kickoffs alone, we are afforded some incredible fantasy options to build rosters around, including:
  • An elite dual-threat QB, Lamar Jackson ($8,700) and all four skill position players priced $9,000+ on this slate (Jonathan Taylor, Puka Nacua, Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry).
  • Some strong WR values who are likely to be heavily rostered by the field: Davante Adams ($7,400), Zay Flowers ($7,400), Rome Odunze ($7,200), and Jakobi Meyers ($6,100).
  • The top two TE plays of the week are Brock Bowers ($6,700) and Tyler Warren ($5,800).

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