What a disappointing week. I got some things right and some things very wrong. In the end the most important thing to me was getting to go to the Steeler game with my Dad. We have been attending games for thirty years together now. I started when I was six watching Bubby Brister lead the Steelers offense. An FBI agent used to sit in front of us and his girlfriend swore more than anyone I had ever heard in my life. I remember my parents negotiating if I could attend Monday night games since they used to start at 9 P.M. As a parent now, this seems insane for a kid to attend a game that late and then go to school while in elementary school. I felt like I was the luckiest kid in the world. It was awesome to get to experience that and spend time with my father. The last thirty years of games is something I will always remember and hold in my heart for as long as I live. I can’t wait to expand the tradition and include my children as well.
This week was a disaster on Draft Kings. I had several good pieces, but never had them together in the same lineup. I mentioned on Sunday how I was playing Antonio Brown over everyone, but I should have played Gurley. I was correct to fade Kamara and still think paying $9K for 19 touches is insane. I did get the running backs correct with Coleman, Conner and Gordon, but I could not overcome AB underperforming. If you told me Ben would throw for over 450 yards I would have rostered AB in 100% of lineups. AB finished with an insane 17 targets and only put up a 9/67/0 stat line. In my Ben/AB stacks I tried to sneak in Vance Mcdonald at TE. My thought process was correct. I just had the wrong Steelers WR and TE. JuJu finished with 13/121/1 and Jesse James went 5/138/1. After a bad week it’s important to remember process over results. I won an underwhelming 18% of my cash games and cashed in zero of my milly maker lineups.
On Fan Duel I did cash two of my five lineups in the milly maker, but nothing of any note. Not surprisingly the two lineups that did well were Ben and Mahomes stacks. I also won 21% of my cash games somehow despite Case Keenum. This is why you play head to head games. My team was awful and it was better than other teams out there.
My two wagers of the Steelers and Texans both lost. My crazy teaser lost only because of the Steelers. Not good times.
The computer algorithm did average though.
Platinum selections went 1-2 (Seattle +3.5 tonight)
Premium Selections went 1-2
Regular selections went 5-4
Overall week two record 7-8
Will be back later this week!
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