Episode 237: How To Win The NFL DFS Milly Maker
Establish The Run Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
"Just pick the right players" isn't a real strategy for winning in DFS. That's especially true for large-field tournaments. Adam Levitan, Drew Dinkmeyer and Mike Leone use actual data to discuss what Milly Maker lineups should look like.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
- Large-field tournament strategy
- Macro themes in the NFL and how it affects DFS
- What the field is doing vs. what we should be doing
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Timestamps:
Is the field stacking enough? (2:40) | Is naked strategy still viable (4:57) | Can you double stack with RB? (6:48) | Bringing it back (7:57) | Full game stacks (10:17) | How much salary cap to use (12:55) | Flex spot strategy (14:41) | How to approach ownership (18:17) | Position correlation with DFS points (21:29) | Has the optimal Quarterback approach in DFS changed? (25:14)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, and welcome to episode 237 of The Official. |
| 0:20.9 | Established the run.com podcast, my name is Adam Levitan and it is finally here. |
| 0:26.4 | The best, the purest, the most competitive, the most cutthroat, the highest stakes form |
| 0:33.0 | of fantasy there is, reenters our life and roughly, one week is officially NFL DFS season |
| 0:40.8 | aka the best season. |
| 0:42.3 | Today I am joined by two of the most successful DFS players in the history of the game. |
| 0:47.6 | Two men who have been winning at the highest levels from the pre-boom days back in 2013-14 |
| 0:52.4 | all the way through to today's era. |
| 0:55.1 | I personally believe, obviously bias. |
| 0:56.8 | I personally believe the way they slash we think about DFS is the way to win. |
| 1:01.8 | It is the dink by himself, your dink mire and his fellow soulless spreadsheet grinder, |
| 1:07.2 | Michael Leoni, dink. |
| 1:09.0 | Good morning. |
| 1:10.0 | How's it going? |
| 1:11.0 | That's going great. |
| 1:12.0 | I don't have a long to take care of here in New York City. |
| 1:13.8 | So, you know, I feel, I feel aligned with the group. |
| 1:16.4 | You know, I can be both on solo side of, you know, theoretically getting my hands in the |
| 1:21.2 | dirt and only on the side that basically let's take care of everything for me. |
| 1:23.8 | So it's great. |
| 1:24.8 | Leoni, good morning. |
| 1:26.1 | Good morning. |
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