This Daily Fantasy NASCAR Draft Kit is your cheat sheet to winning the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. This week's top Fantasy NASCAR pick is Greg Biffle.
Fantasy NASCAR Podcast - Texas 11-3-13
Last week, fantasy NASCAR and the Chase were lifted off life support. After weeks of boring 1.5 mile tracks and a dud at Talladega, Martinsville revitalized the season. Short tracks provide the necessary blend of crashes and quality driving to satisfy most race fans.
This week fantasy NASCAR returns to a cookie cutter track. Texas Motor Speedway is a fast 1.5 mile track. Earlier this season, the Gen-6 car set track records in qualifying. NASCAR drivers will be hitting speeds of 210 mph on back straight stretch. Speed is the only thing that will save this week’s fantasy NASCAR race. The late summer intermediate track races have been dull. Their early position in the Chase has more than likely been the cause of tepid driving. The hope is that drivers will cut loose this week. Most drivers are out of the Chase and are in “go big or go bust” mode. The drivers still alive must go all in.
Greg Biffle is the top Fantasy NASCAR pick because of his price and consistency at Texas. In The Bif’s last 10 races at Texas, he has 10 top tens. Seven of those races were top fives. His average finish of 5.5 over the last 10 is one of best for any driver at any track.
What happened in Daily Fantasy Football last week? What should we expect in NFL Week 9? Check out the Podcast and Rundown below!
Daily Fantasy Football Past, Present, Preview Podcast
Past - Daily Fantasy Football Week 8
If you did not pick Calvin Johnson last week, you lost. There is absolutely no way you won a GPP without him. Your team may have been garbage last week; but if you picked Calvin Johnson and his 300 yards receiving, you won your daily fantasy football contest. I know it’s not gambling, but sometimes I question whether daily fantasy football is a game of skill.
I am sure that I am not winning new friends here, but hear me out. If you skillfully picked a well thought out team, but left out Megatron; you lost. On the other hand, a junk team with Calvin Johnson was a winner. Old ladies at gas stations playing scratch offs employ more skill.
I am not a sore sport. I am not trying to ruin your fabulous daily fantasy sports industry. Maybe you did your homework and Calvin Johnson looked to be a great play. In week 7 against the Bengals, Johnson demonstrated what he was capable of doing when healthy. The problem with that argument is that no one expected 300 yards from Megatron. That is luck.
Players blow up and sometimes the right lotto balls roll out of the machine.
Preview - Daily Fantasy Football Week 9
Vikings vs. Cowboys
Aaron Rodgers completed 24 of 29 vs. the Vikings. Romo, Dez, and Terrance Williams are great plays.
Chargers v. Redskins
Philip Rivers (coming off a bye week) will carve up the poor Redskins D (no pun intended). Jordan Reed is the only Redskin you can trust (once again, no pun intended).
Eagles v. Raiders
Chip Kelly’s offense just isn’t what it was. Terrelle Pryor, DMC, and Denarius Moore are cheap GPP plays against a bad Philly defense.
Falcons v. Panthers
Harry Douglass is not an elite WR, but he’s pretty good right now. Matt Ryan will be forced to throw all day against Carolina. It looks like a good match-up on paper for Cam and DeAngelo Williams.
Saints vs. Jets
Drew Brees looks in sync, but he splits up the passes too much to pick a Saints WR. Jimmy Graham, on the other hand, is a different story. He is daily fantasy football gold.
Play anyone from Denver and feel fine about it. RGIII and Jordan Reed are great options on the other side of the ball. They are much more daily fantasy football cost friendly.
Le'Veon Bell is set for another solid week of carrying the load for the Steelers.
Eddie Lacy is under priced and is a key component of the Green Bay offense with all of the injuries. He'll be around 100 yards for the 4th week in a row.
Jarrett Boykin, Michael Floyd, and Emmanuel Sanders are good cheap WR3 options.
Larry Fitzgerald is under priced. The Cards have to throw because they're rush attack is inept. The Falcons defense is not very strong.
This Daily Fantasy NASCAR Draft Kit is your cheat sheet to winning the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Powered by Kroger at Martinsville Speedway. This week's top Fantasy NASCAR pick is Jimmie Johnson.
Fantasy NASCAR Podcast - Martinsville Race
In the south side of Virginia rests an old, weathered track. It’s simple, small, and southern. It represents a forlorn period of NASCAR and Virginia’s heritage. As the NASCAR landscape has seen a proliferation of intermediate cookie cutter tracks, Martinsville has become a Mecca of sorts. To NASCAR blue bloods, this is Fenway or Wrigley. This is what racing should be.
Martinsville Speedway is short, flat, and a track for experts. Last week at Talladega, every driver pick in Fantasy NASCAR had a chance. The cars had identical setups and the high banking allowed for three and sometimes four lines in the turns. At The Paperclip, there is only one line. If a driver misses it, they hit the wall or desperately fight to get back into the convoy. This is no place for the weary kind.
Most will attest that the Chase has been a snooze. The intermediate tracks have delivered the unwatchable racing that everyone expects with the Gen-6. No one should have been surprised when Talladega also turned out to be 3 hours of lap turning and cautious driving. Not even fantasy NASCAR could spice this up.
The excitement returns this week, Martinsville is a trough track. It rewards good drivers and good fantasy NASCAR picks. The cars do not travel at 200 mph, but what good is speed without contact? Martinsville is analogous to going Christmas shopping at Walmart days before Christmas. Just as shopping carts jostle for position and cling and clang against each other in the small aisles of the toy department, 43 two ton steel boxes bang around a narrow half-mile oval. It’s a miracle that 43 cars can even fit on the track.
SD v. Jax - Jags D is awful. Rivers was efficient. Keenan Allen’s targets shrank. Is Matthews ahead of Woodhead? MJD still sucks. Cecil Shorts gets 13 targets. Shorts and Blackmon both nearly had TDs.
Cin v. Det - Welcome to 2013 Andy Dalton and AJ Green. Gio Bernard had receptions, but the TDs went to Eifert and Marvin Jones. Stafford threw the ball 17 more times than Dalton, but finished with less yards. Calvin Johnson is healthy.
Buf v. Mia - Who is the #1 RB in Buffalo and Miami? Hartline and Wallace get the targets, but do little. Brandon Gibson becomes the redzone target with 2 TDs.
TB v. Atl - Who-lio Jones? Matt Ryan doesn’t need star WRs. Harry Douglas stepped up and performed like a #1 WR (he caught all 7 targets for 149 yds and a TD). Jacquizz Rodgers is WR2. Glennon likes Vincent Jackson to the tune of 22 targets! He must have broken up with his former BFF target Tim Wright.
NE v. NYJ - Brady is old. Gronk is not 100%, but he’s a must play. Did Chris Ivory take RB1 from a banged up Bilal Powell? Do you believe in the Jets offense?
Dal v. Phi - These defense were supposed to be bad. Nick Foles laid an egg in your GPP contest. All eagles did for that matter. Romo did not meet expectations. Joseph Randle exceeded his salary. Dezs Bryant was good, but this should have been a big game for him. Terrance Williams is the WR2, and is getting better each week.
Chi v. Was - As expected, both Defenses are weak. Alfred Morris with 95 yards, but all the 3 TDs go to Helu. Matt Forte is as consistent as a machine. Alshon Jeffery shows up. Jordan Reed was good last week, but now he’s a star TE.
Vernon Davis exploded last week. Everyone loves Graham and Cameron, but Davis is quietly having a good season.
Cleveland v. Green Bay
Chris Ogbonnaya is Weeden’s check down safety net (13 targets last week). The Browns will probably be playing from behind all game. They’re going to air it out to Jordan Cameron and Josh Gordon.
Eddie lacy has been solid since returning from injury. With a beat up receiver corps, Lacy should be the centerpiece of the offense. There are only two elite QBs in the late games, Aaron Rodgers is one.
My daily fantasy football notes. They are raw and unedited. There may be typos and errors, but it’s just something to accompany the Daily Fantasy Football Sunday AM Podcast.
Daily Fantasy Football QBs
Philip Rivers - v. Jax (weak D), good price
Jay Cutler - v. Was (weak D)
Peyton Manning - v. Ind (returning home), but pricey
Tony Romo - v. Phi (Terrible D), insane numbers out of empty set (RB is injured)
Eli Manning - v. Min (weak D), good price
Nick Foles - v. Dal (weak D), mid to low price
Daily Fantasy Football RBs
Danny Woodhead - vs Jax (weak D), receptions, redzone, good price
Joseph Randle - vs. Phi (Terrible D), cheap
Knowshon Moreno - TDs, Receptions, affordable
Bilal Powell - Good price, Jets injuries = more carries, NE D injured
Deangelo Williams - if price is right, rams (bad rush D), TD poaching concerns
Brandon Jacobs - v. Min (weak D), good price Jacquizz Rodgers - Tough matchup, One of the few healthy ATL weapons
Chris Ogbonnaya - Cheap, Receptions, Browns will be behind = passing
Jamaal Charles - v. Hou (Bad rush D), Entire KC offense (rec, rush)
Eddie Lacy - v. Cle (above avg defense), the WR corps is injured = carry load
Gio Bernard - v. Det (bad against RBs), Cincinnati Woodhead, mid price
Matt Forte - v. Was (bad D), solid all year, high price
Alfred Morris - v. Chi (bad rush D)
Frank Gore - v. Ten (bad rush D?) Ten D struggled against top tier RBs (Sea, KC, Hou)
Daily Fantasy Football WRs
Brandon Marshall - v. Was (weak D)
Desean Jackson - v. Dal (weak D)
Justin Blackmon - v. SD (weak Pass defense), on fire
Keenan Allen - v. Jax (weak D), Rivers new favorite target
Jarrett Boykin - v. Cle, Cheap, WR Cobb is gone & Jones did not practice Friday
Hakeem Nicks - v. Min (weak D), mid level price, near double digit targets in 5 of 6
Rueben Randle - v. Min (weak D), cheap but riskier than Nicks
Harry Douglas - v. TB, cheap, Jones and White are gone = gotta throw to someone
Emmanuel Sanders - v. Bal, Cheap, Should be playing from behind = More Passing, 44 targets
Antonio Brown - v. Bal (tough), Mid price, 53 targets
Dez Bryant - v. Phi (terrible D)
Kris Durham - v. Cin, Cheap, D focuses on Megatron = 21 targets in his last two games
Brian Hartline - v. Buf (bad D), mid price
Mike Wallace - v. Buf (bad D), mid price, too many no shows
Wes Welker - v. Ind, most likely TD candidate for Denver WRs (TD in every game)
Terrance Williams - v. Phi (terrible D), cheap, risky (split targets w/witten & austin)
RIley Cooper - v. Dal (bad pass D), cheap, best game was with a white QB - “Just Sayin”
Josh Gordon - v. GB (bad pass D), mid price, should be pass heavy game
Daily Fantasy Football TEs
Antonio Gates - v. Jax (weak D)
Jordan Cameron - v. GB (weak pass D), Browns should pass often
Timothy Wright - v. Atl (weak D), cheap, heavy targets in the last two w/Glennon at QB
Heath Miller - v. Bal, safety net against a good D
Vernon Davis - v. Ten, great in 5 of 6, Big game last week.
Tony Gonzalez - v. TB, ATL WRs are out, Revis on backups, Tony is the main target
Daily Fantasy Football Defense
Kansas City - Top D, at Home, v. Hou (struggling, 3rd string QB)
San Francisco - Top D, v. Ten (below avg offense), scored above 15 pts in last 3 games
TB - slightly above avg, cheap, facing injured ATL O,
This Daily Fantasy NASCAR Draft Kit is your cheat sheet to winning the Camping World RV Sales 500 at Talladega Super speedway. This week's top pick is Michael Waltrip.
Fantasy NASCAR Podcast - Talladega 10-20-13
Fantasy NASCAR returns to Talladega Super Speedway. Daily Fantasy Sports it not gambling, but Fantasy NASCAR at a super speedway is pushing it. Predicating restrictor plate races is impossible. Restrictor plate races are crap shoots, but that's why they are so much fun. If you don't win your Fantasy NASCAR league it's okay. These auto races involve too much luck, but that's what makes Dega exciting.
At Talladega, the racing is even. The cars are equal. This means that low price fantasy NASCAR racers have a great shot at winning at super speedways. With the money you save on low price drivers, you can load your fantasy NASCAR team with top tier drivers. The problem is that top tier drivers do not have much of an advantage at Talladega. The cars are even.
Michael Waltrip is a super speedway freak (he's a regular freak, as well, but you have to like the nut from Owensboro, KY). Mikey has 31 top 10 finishes at restrictor plate tracks. Yes, a lot of his success was many years ago, but at his price, you can overlook that fact. He pretty much stinks everywhere else, but at Dega and Daytona, he's fantasy NASCAR gold or at least silver.
Drivers
High-Level
Jimmie Johnson
Matt Kenseth
Mid-Level
Brad Keselowski
Greg Biffle
Low-Level
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Denny Hamlin
Jeff Burton
Sleepers
Talladega is a fantasy NASCAR sleeper wonderland. There are so many low priced fantasy NASCAR options. Talladega is the Declaration of Independence of NASCAR: all drivers are created equal.
Michael Waltrip is cheap and runs well at super speedways. He finished 4th in the spring race.
David Ragan has two career wins at super speedways. He's finished in the top 10 in each of the last 3 Talladega races.
David Gilliland, Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon, and Trevor Bayne are cheap options that you might want to consider as well.
What happened in Daily Fantasy Football last week? What should we expect in NFL week 7? Check out the Podcast and Rundown below.
Daily Fantasy Football Past, Present, Preview Podcast
Get more daily fantasy sports tips at: FantasySportsDojo.com Giants vs. Bears: Giants still suck. Marshall and Martellus Bennett had solid target numbers (11 and 7).
Cincinnati vs. Buffalo: Bengals RB situation is still daily fantasy football poison. AJ Green and Andy Dalton finally had a good game.
St. Louis vs. Texans: Zac Stacy with 90 total yards is your new cheap RB and the only Ram worth picking. Houston lost handily but Andre Johnson and Arian Foster still get their points.
Panthers vs. Vikings: Sweet Carolina showed up this week. The Panthers offense is mercurial. Newton put up great numbers. The rest of the offense did well, but the ball was evenly distributed.
Steelers vs. Jets: Jets D played well, but they received nothing from the offense. Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Heath Miller, and Emmanuel Sanders are affordable options that played well against a good defense.
The Manning Stack did not work last week, if you went with Welker and Demaryius Thomas. If you went with the cheaper option, Julius Thomas and Eric Decker, then you probably won. Knowshon Moreno is steadily becoming an important cog in that offense.
This week Denver get Jacksonville. Get ready to see a lot of Manning stacks.
Les Miserables Game of the Week - The Eagles Defense vs. the Buccaneers Offense. Something has got to give! That something should be Doug Martin.
Keep playing Broncos. In Daily Fantasy Football, if you pick Denver Broncos, it is almost a guarantee 50/50 or Head-to-Head contest win.
LeSean McCoy should continue to roll against a bad New York Giants team.
On the other side of the ball, David Wilson might finally have the game everyone has been waiting for. He's dirt cheap on most daily fantasy sports sites and he gets to run on the horrible Philadelphia Eagles Defense.
Phillip Rivers is still an mid level priced daily fantasy football quarterback. The Raiders do not present a difficult match up.
Antonio Gates is not Jimmy Graham, but he's scoring fantasy points and is much cheaper. Danny Woodhead is a cheap option if you're spending heavy on a Denver stack.
