How do you win NFL tournaments on DraftKings? Let’s dig in and find out.
The Milly Maker ended with 156 users max entering 150 lineups, while 11 turned a profit. Only one of the top 5 placing lineups was entered by a 150 max user. wphsu99 won the day with two entries, 15 players used, and five unique teams stacked. wphsu99 cashed one lineup and took home the one million dollar purse.
Breaking it all down.
In this series of articles, I’ll be referencing the players directly correlated to the QB as “primary stacks,” any other correlation will be counted as a “secondary stack.”
This lineup features a three-player BUF QB/WR/OPP-WR primary stack, spending $20,700. We have a two-player ARI@DET WR/OPP-WR for secondary stacks, spending $10,500. We’ll also be keeping track of the FLEX spot, and this lineup goes with a WR, spending $8,900. In total, the lineup used $50,000 in salary and carried a 120% ownership percentage sum.
Takeaways and observations.
This tournament’s most popular stack construction was QB/WR (22.5%), followed by QB/WR/OPP (10%). Tyler Huntley was the smash play of the day, going for 6.6x in his spot start for Lamar Jackson. The only other QB to return over 4x value on the day was Cam Newton.
The Slant ended with 57 users max entering 150 lineups, while 7 turned a profit. Of the top 5 placing lineups, three were entered by a 150 max user. Ultimately, SpaceJam23 won the day with 150 entries, 82 players used, and 11 unique teams stacked. SpaceJam23 cashed 48 lineups and took home the 15k purse.
Breaking it all down.
In this series of articles, I’ll be referencing the players directly correlated to the QB as “primary stacks,” any other correlation will be counted as a “secondary stack.”
This lineup features a three-player BUF QB/WR/OPP-WR primary stack, spending $20,700. We have a two-player HOU@JAC RB/WR for secondary stacks, spending $11,200. We’ll also be keeping track of the FLEX spot, and this lineup goes with a WR, spending $8,900. The lineup used $50,000 in salary and carried a 203% ownership percentage sum.
Takeaways and observations.
This tournament’s most popular stack construction was QB/WR (16.8%), followed by QB/WR/OPP (12.9%). The top 6 lineups in this tournament featured Huntley/Andrews and at least one opponent, but this lineup was a cut above the rest, outscoring 2nd place by 15 points.
Final Thoughts
In this weekly article, we will continue to try and answer the question, “How do you win NFL Tournaments on DraftKings?”
You won’t find Air Yards or recency bias in this article as we focus on matters. Hopefully, the thoughts and ideas shared here inspire improvement in your own NFL DFS process, and as always, we’ll be here to run it back for week 16.
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