There are two categories of contests for one-week fantasy football (and all daily fantasy sports for that matter): cash games and guaranteed prize pool, or GPP, tournaments. It’s important to know which type you’re playing because they warrant applying different draft strategies. A lineup that crushes your competition in a cash game can land you […]
Fanduel and Draftkings Week 5 Preview and Week 4 Winners Roundup
DFS 101 contributor James Gagnon gives us another look at this weekends fantasy NFL plays and some of the best lineups from last weekends games. Hurricane Matthew. I wanted to get that out of the way since you’re probably hearing a ton about it and I didn’t want you to miss a chance here. Actually, […]
Draftkings & Fanduel NFL Week 4 Preview and Week 3 Recap
James Gagnon continues with our weekly recaps and previews of the upcoming week of DFS. FanDuel and Draftkings NFL Week 4 Big GPP Tourneys The tournaments are growing after the expected week1 drop-off, which is good for us. Well depending on how you look at things, and if you’re looking these words that I write, […]
DraftKings & Fanduel 2016 Fantasy Football Promotions
With the NFL season officially under way (finally!), eyes are fixed on the one-week fantasy football promotions lined up at DraftKings and FanDuel. These events are expected to deliver life-changing payouts to select players. At least one person is going to walk away with a check for $2 million. Anyone can win. If you’ve read […]
NFL Week 2 2016 – Recap of Week 1’s Winners and Ownership
NFL Weekly Roundup for Week 2 NFL 2016 by DFS101 contributor James Gagnon. All I have to say is wow to the overlay! Oh yeah, and Drew Brees. We’ll get to the football in a minute but I’d be remiss if I didn’t talk about the overlay since there were some huge numbers and because […]
NFL 2016 Week 1 DFS Contests and Salaries for FanDuel and DraftKings
We at DFS101 are proud to welcome back weekly contributor during NFL season, James Gagnon. James will provide us a look at each week of the NFL season and the associated action going on at FanDuel and Draftkings. This is his first weekly article for the 2016 NFL season. Ah, the start of the football […]
Fantasy Football Lineup Construction Tips By Position
Picking players for your weekly fantasy football lineups involves taking into account a lot of factors. Whether you win or lose will largely depend on how well you evaluate them. Player stats are important, of course, because they give you a high-level glimpse at a player’s past performance. Team stats are also important. An unconquerable […]