There is absolutely no question that the biggest area of growth right now in fantasy football is with the explosion of Daily Fantasy Contests. With several top sites out there already and more entering this space each day, Footballguys is expanding the coverage in this arena to give Footballguys Insiders exclusive coverage of the latest news and information of Daily Fantasy Football.
Over the course of this football season, we will talk about numerous aspects of Daily Fantasy Football. From articles on these sites, strategies to win daily contests, bankroll (money management) strategy, different league and game types, signup and reload bonuses, players to target each week and even contests that look to be undersubscribed ("overlays"), we will cover it all. Welcome to the one-stop shop for Daily coverage.
Please note that even though the NFL has weekly Thursday games and DFS sites have contests that start on Thursdays, in general we will be looking at the majority of the contests and DFS games that do not begin until Sunday. Our weekly coverage does include Thursday DFS information if you are looking to get a jump on the DFS action for the week with the first game on Thursday.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Nigel Iccles Interview
Nigel Iccles, the founder of FanDuel, provided a unique opportunity for an interactive discussion about both FanDuel and the Daily Fantasy Sports industry recently. The full dialogue can be found here (courtesy of Rotogrinders), where Nigel also made several mentions of Footballguys.
Highlights of the interview include his outlook on DFS in general (booming growth area for fantasy, especially fantasy football) and also about what is next up for FanDuel's development team. The team at FanDuel has expanded (and is looking to hire more people) to help with better customer service and address new applications and innovate to help keep FanDuel at the top of the current DFS market. Nigel made mention of the recent "bump in the road" for FanDuel in Week 2 where many were unable to access the site in the final hour before 1PM Eastern kickoffs, but FanDuel did compensate many unhappy members for the inconvenience.
Other interesting tidbits from the interview included the estimated number of DFS players (approximately 600,000, which would only be about 2% of fantasy football players) and FanDuel's working on both mobile application innovation and lineup change possibilities in the future. The kicker position is likely to stay, but a flex spot in the lineup (similar to DraftKings and other sites) may make an appearance. Additionally, there was much discussion about the visibility of opposing teams' lineups after Thurday Night Football kicks off, which could change as soon as Week 8 this season.
Another Major Live Event - Fantasy Aces
Another major event in the DFS space is highlighted here with the FAFC (Fantasy Aces Football Championship) Live Event, which will take place on November 23rd. This is a remarkable event with a big prize pool, and all of it is available at the $109 entry fee. All 13 Fantasy Aces members who qualify will win the trip and a cash prize of at least $1,500, with a shot at the top cash prize of $40,000. Here are the details:
- 13 Fantasy Aces members will be flown out to Southern California for an all expense 2-night stay and compete in the $100,000 Aces Daily Fantasy Football Championship on November 23rd.
- 2 Night Stay at the beautiful Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, CA (November 22nd - 23rd)
- Saturday Night Pre-Game Kickoff Yacht Cocktail Party on the Mojo (100ft Yacht)
- The Main Event - $100,000 Championship Party at American Junkie in Newport Beach, CA
- Include a plus 1 (pay for the cost of the flight and we will reimburse the costs via site credit)
Read all of the details and join here:
ON THE DAILY AND INTERACTIVE VALUE CHARTS
Footballguys' own Maurile Tremblay does not just do projections for Footballguys - oh no, far from it. One of the best innovations that he has provided since last year is his "On the Daily" column, where he takes his projections, David Dodds' projections, and Sigmund Bloom's projections and provides recommended optimal lineups for five major DFS sites (FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay, FantasyAces, FantasyFeud) based on those projections. How cool is that?
But what if you want to play at other sites or build your own lineup (or multiple lineups)? Once again, Maurile has you covered. He has provided interactive value chart pages where you can click on each player, sort by position, salary and value (points per $10K) to craft your own custom team. All of the links for these are provided below in our Daily Content on Footballguys table plus they appear weekly on Footballguys' weekly home page.
But wait - there's more! Maurile went even further by adding the ability to partially fill out a lineup and have the tool fill in the rest of your roster. From Maurile himself:
How cool is that?
DAILY CONTENT AROUND FOOTBALLGUYS.COM
NFL WEEK 5
Two weeks down for the NFL season, and we have had some big, big contests in DFS so far - and the fun continues. Let's dig into some of the big contests out there. If there are any that I miss, please drop me an email (pasquino@footballguys.com) and I will update this article.
FANDUEL - WEEK 5 BIG CONTESTS
All of these contests can be found in the lobby at FanDuel.
FanDuel Presents the Playboy Championship
This year our friends at FanDuel are offering you the chance to go on the trip of a lifetime to the world famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles! You and 75 finalists will compete for $1,000,000 in prizes, including a $150,000 first place prize as you sit poolside with Hef at this year’s hottest fantasy football event.
Not only that, they’ll be running contests for 25 additional trip-only packages to maximize your chances of getting in on this exclusive party. That’s 100 chances to win!
Qualifiers start at only $5 to enter, seats to this epic event will be going fast, so enter one of the qualifiers and punch your ticket now!
Click to enter PFC $5 Qualifier
Click to enter PFC $50 Qualifier
Click to enter PFC $535 Qualifier
With $10 Million in prizes, the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship is the single largest fantasy sports event in history. 100 finalist will be going on a luxury trip to the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, including 3 nights of parties and your chance to compete for the $2 Million first place prize, a private jet ride home, and fantasy football immortality!...and that’s just the top of our massive payout structure for this contest that includes a $1,000,000 prize to SECOND place. Yes, that means you’ll have 2 chances of becoming a millionaire, all in one contest! Qualifiers are open now with entry for as little as $5. Punch your ticket to this epic event and get in today!Learn all about this year’s WFFC including the massive payout structure of our FFFC HERE
DRAFTKINGS - WEEK 5 BIG CONTESTS
Are you interested in winning $1 Million Dollars in a single week? DraftKings hopes that you are.
NFL $2.2M Millionaire Maker - $1,000,000 to First Place. Welcome to the $2,200,000 guaranteed Millionaire Maker, where you can turn $27 into $1 Million! First place will become an instant millionaire, and over 15,000 spots are paid out in total. Multiple lineups per player are permitted. Will you be this season's first millionaire? Enter now!
World's Biggest 50/50 - This 11112-player contest boasts a $100,008.00 prize pool and pays out the top 5556 finishing positions. First place wins $18.00. Good luck!
Note from Jeff Pasquino: As of Thursday afternoon, only 5,291 of 11,112 entries are submitted. Keep in mind that this is a guaranteed prize, so there is definitely an opportunity here for a large Overlay situation. Watch this one closely, all the way to Sunday morning.
NFL Sunday 200 Grand. $200,000 in total prizes. $200 to enter. $25,000 to first.
Future Big Contests:
"Four months, four millionaires": Four contests where the top winner will win at least $1 Million. Weeks 5, 11, 15 and 16 of the NFL season. Direct entry is $27, but you can earn your way in for as little as a quarter - yes, $0.25. (Odds are certainly much steeper at $0.25 vs. $27, but hard to get more action for a quarter!).
Questions, suggestions and comments are always welcome to pasquino@footballguys.com.
