meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Taekcast

Ep. 66 - Inside The Life Of Professional Daily Fantasy Sports Players w/ Andrew Wiggins and Drew Dinkmeyer

The Taekcast

Davis Mattek

News, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Sports News

4.9808 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Drew Dinkmeyer and Andrew Wiggins join the Taekcast to discuss the life of a professional DFS player and how that has changed over the last 5 years. Condia, MaxDalury, nosebleed games, the profitability of cash games vs GPP's, mental health in a solitary lifestyle, the history of DraftKings and Fanduel, EthanGate, lineup optimizers, Daily Fantasy Sports content providing and much more. SPONSORS: DailyRoto.com PROMO: RORY Rotoexperts.com PROMO: NFL365 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

What do Devante Adams, George Kittle, Justin Jefferson, Debo Samuel, and Amon-Raw St. Brown all have in common?

0:06.6

Well, besides being some of the most reliable hands in the game of football,

0:10.1

they're also the stars of the new Netflix series Receiver.

0:13.2

From the same team that brought you the show quarterback, receiver takes you deep inside the huddles,

0:18.4

locker rooms, and personal lives of five of the best past

0:21.8

catchers and playmakers in the NFL. Catch receiver now playing only on Netflix.

0:42.5

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Tatecast.

0:44.0

My name is Davis-Matic.

0:46.5

You can find me on Twitter at Davis-Matic.

0:55.4

In this episode of the show, I was joined by Drew Dinkmeyer from DailyRoto.com and Andrew Wiggins from Draft Day fame.

1:00.6

You've probably seen his name on the leaderboard of Draft Kings and Fanduel for quite some time.

1:07.4

The two joined me on the show to talk about what it's like to actually be a DFS professional,

1:12.5

obviously not a life that a lot of us have led. These guys, you know, they're playing for hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of the year. And they join the

1:17.1

show to talk about what it's like mentally to live a life, you know, playing games of skill,

1:24.0

but definitely there is, you know, a gambling element to the nature of daily fantasy.

1:29.3

And it's not always easy.

1:31.3

I think that Drew and Andrew have a lot of interesting things to say about what it's like to play DFS,

1:37.3

and really about what it's like to work online and in a more solitary, you know, sort of way of living. I think it's a really interesting

1:46.5

show and I think that you guys will appreciate it. Of course, if you like the show, you can always

1:51.4

leave a rating and review on iTunes. That's very helpful. And if you really like the show,

1:56.1

you can sign up for the Patreon. patreon.com slash takecast for just $5 a month.

2:03.8

You get bonus episodes of the show.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Davis Mattek, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Davis Mattek and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.