• Welcome to Fantasy Football Blueprint
Building Blocks, DFS

DFS Building Blocks – Week 9

Whew. I hope you didn’t get too excited when one or two or even three of your players went off last week as your roster needed about nine players to go off. We noted that we were comfortable passing on some of the chalk RB options because there were a lot of other viable options at much lower ownership. Henry and CMC came through. Foreman came through. A lot of players came through last week, meaning you probably scored a ton of points and didn’t make any money. I had a lineup with Henry, CMC, and Pollard… and it didn’t cash. I had a lineup with Henry, Kamara, and Pollard… and it didn’t cash.

One thing to point out is good chaulk. We talked about Pollard being potentially the highest owned player of the year, but he was still worth it. We lean toward fading players at high ownership, but when they’re such a good play, we just go along with the crowd. He was around 50% in the $5 tourneys, but as you moved up to $55, and up to $555 you saw his ownership increase all the way to over 80%! That just illustrates the point that sharp players are eating good chalk but pivoting away from bad chalk. We can find plenty of examples in the other direction, chalk plays being highly owned at lower stakes, but lower owned at higher stakes.

We also talked about using the Cowboys DEF paired with Pollard as a way to lessen the impact of that ownership. The Cowboys DEF, while not world beaters last week (and a little lucky to get a TD) was only 11% owned and finished as the third highest scoring DEF, giving us a relatively unique and valuable Pollard + Cowboys DEF stack. When we eat good chalk, we’ll find other ways to differentiate our lineups.

Want to see more?

Sign up below to continue reading this and much more!

When you sign up for our truly unique (it's patented, after all) matrix cheat sheet, we're going to give you a TON of free bonuses - you won't believe bonus 7 and 8!

Already a member? Log in below.

Recent News

Raiders Sign LB Jaylon Smith
The Raiders’ rookie minicamp concluded today. In addition to the drafted rookies and undrafted free agent rookies who were in attendance, Las Vegas also hosted players to participate in rookie minicamp tryouts. Two non-rookies ended up walking away from the minicamp with new contracts. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, one of those players was veteran linebacker […]
(May 12 -- Pro Football Rumors)

Jets Sign 15 UDFA Rookies
The Jets announced the completion of their 22-man rookie class this weekend. Joining the seven drafted players will be the following 15 undrafted free agent signings: Jared Bartlett, LB (Cincinnati) Dean Clark, CB (Fresno State)* Jordan Clark, CB (Notre Dame)* Brady Cook, QB (Missouri)* Caden Davis, K (Ole Miss) Donovan Edwards, RB (Michigan) Gus Hartwig, […]
(May 12 -- Pro Football Rumors)

Chargers opted not to protect Chiefs game from being picked for Brazil
The Chargers could have kept their "home" game against the Chiefs at home.
(May 12 -- Yahoo Sports)

Chargers opted not to protect Chiefs game from being picked for Brazil
The Chargers could have kept their "home" game against the Chiefs at home.
(May 12 -- ProFootballTalk.com)

Colts Announce Signing Of 14-Man UDFA Class
After selecting an eight-man draft class equally balanced on offense and defense, the Colts continued their balanced ways with 14 undrafted free agent signings. Here are the newest additions to the team’s 22-man rookie class: Devonta Davis, DT (FAU) Solomon DeShields, LB (Texas A&M) Johnathan Edwards, CB (Tulane) Joe Evans, DT (UTSA) Marshall Foerner, T […]
(May 12 -- Pro Football Rumors)

Recent Posts