Welcome back to The Daily Grind, the place where I will be discussing all the happenings in Daily Fantasy Sports on a weekly basis. The Daily Grind will be my voice to help you through the constantly changing DFS landscape as I highlight important news, free articles, resources, potential overlay situations, great contests to play and more every week. The emphasis here will be first to cover the four sites that we partnered with this year (FanDuel, DraftKings, FantasyAces and FantasyScore), but I will still discuss major news and contests beyond those sites when applicable.
Tis The SEASON
Yes, this is a repeat from last week, but it is important to reiterate that we are in Bowl Season! A record number of bowl games abound this year with 40 bowl games on the slate, followed by the National Championship Game or Bowl Game #41) on January 11th. FanDuel, DraftKings, FantasyAces and several other sites (including Yahoo!) have games for all of these bowls, and you can get in on the fun as you watch the soon-to-be NFL pros and collegians alike compete for a final victory this year. Plenty of football and DFS contests are out there for everyone, so enjoy them, read up on several of them here at Footballguys (either as articles or on our DFS blogs for FanDuel and Draftkings) and have some final DFS fun for the football season.
LEGAL UPDATE
Not much has changed since last week, as you might expect with the holidays. Issues still abound for DFS as we hurtle towards 2016, but before we flip that calendar to January, here is a quick trip down memory lane of all the big stories for DFS in 2015, thanks to our friends over at LegalSportsReport. Who knows what lies ahead for 2016, but I can tell you this – if it is as eventful as this year, we are all in for another wild ride.
A DRAFTKINGS ADDS “UPLOAD LINEUP” FEATURE
Over the past few days, DraftKings added a new way to enter multiple lineups into their system with a “Upload Lineup” feature. I wrote up more details about it here on the DraftKings blog, but the idea is relatively simple – take a CSV (comma separated value) list of rosters and have the DraftKings system upload the list and turn it into multiple lineups. Rotogrinders has offered a similar extension for months, but DraftKings’ direct implementation of this feature for all customers to use is another step forwards in leveling the playing field between players that use scripting and those that do not.
FOOTBALLGUYS AND DFS COVERAGE FOR 2015
You know the deal by now - Footballguys has a ton of DFS coverage this year. Whether it is our two e-books that cover FanDuel (“Cracking FanDuel”) and DraftKings (“Cracking DraftKings”), or the 50+ articles a week we produce to cover all four major sites each week – we have it all covered. All this articles are linked in our Daily Crusher App that continues to be one of he best ways that DFS players can create lineups for cash games and tournaments and also get deep analysis on their rosters, likelihood of winning and exposure to various players. Once you start using this, it will be hard to imagine how you ever lived without it. I'm still learning all the different ways to use this great tool both by experimenting with it and with the help of our Daily Crusher Manual and I can already see its immense value to me as both a cash game and GPP player.
There's a ton more coverage we have this season for DFS, too much to outline in The Daily Grind, but we have a large section dedicated to each of our sponsor sites listed below.
DraftKings Coverage for Week 17
FantasyAces Coverage for Week 17
FantasyScore Coverage for Week 17
Let's also not forget about the Footballguys' blogs for both FanDuel and DraftKings. Watch for new content every day over there.
We even added new video content for 2015. In a partnership with Rotogrinders, you can now see both John Lee and Austin Lee with Dan Back on The Footballguys Rotogrinders Hour. It is a great show with lots of insight, and this is the final installment for 2015. Check it out!
Of course, if you are a bigger fan of The Audible, we have both FanDuel and DraftKings shows for DFS coverage for each site as well. Be sure to subscribe to these weekly podcasts to get your weekends rolling for the NFL DFS slate.
BIG CONTESTS FOR WEEK 17
FANDUEL
December is here and the NFL regular season is winding down, but there is still plenty of action over at FanDuel. There are tons of contests available, staring with this week's $1.75 Sunday Million Contest where someone will win $175,000 for just a $25 entry all the way down to the NFL Sunday Rush, wherr a $5 entry to this contest can win you $100,000 for first place. What a value that one is. Also, don't forget that there is a game on Saturday so be sure to check out Saturday games, including a 5-game slate of college football! More contests are highlighted on our FanDuel contests page, so dig in and have some fun and hopefully win some extra cash at the same time.
DRAFTKINGS
Week 17 is the final week in the NFL regular season, but there are still plenty of big contests for the pro football this week. The final Millionaire Maker is available for just a $20 entry, with $4M in prizes available. The other big contest that caught my eye was the $1.25M Play Action, where over 105,000 players will win a prize for just a $3 entry, and everyone has a shot at the $100,000 that is awarded to first place. Lots of contests and lots of money to be had in Week 17, so get those lineups ready.
FANTASYACES
Even though the Live Finals for both college and NFL are complete, additional contests still exist for FantasyAces for the rest of the NFL season, such as the $25,000 Hail Mary for just $27.50 a team! Plenty of contests are being added daily to the FantasyAces lobby, so be sure and visit them for the latest contests available.
FantasyAces also has an interesting format called SalaryPro, where you get bonus points for staying furhter and further under the salary cap. More and more are trying out this unique format, so be sure to check out the lobby over at FantasyAces for contests that use this rule.
FANTASYSCORE
Week 16 marked the big GPP tournament for FantasyScore with the $25,000 FantasyScore Fantasy Football Championship, but the fun is not over yet. Week 17 has plenty of additional contests are available at FantasyScore for NFL Week 16. Check out all of these contests and more at our FantasyScore page.
Thanks as always for reading The Daily Grind, and good luck this week.
Happy New Year everyone!