Welcome to the DFS Playbook for NFL Week 5!
Oh baby! What a week it's been! Those of you who have been subscribing to Fantasy Alarm over the years know that I don't like to come in here, pound my chest and tell you how amazing these Playbooks have been or how much money the #FAmily has been winning. I try to stay as grounded as possible because one bad week and BAM!!! You're right back to Troll City being told how lame your picks are and how much money you've cost someone. But while I will always try to remain humble, I just can't sit here and not acknowledge how great things have been going. Between the weekly playbooks and the showdown slate write-ups, the #FAmily has been killing it. From Millionaire Mike's huge take-down in Week 3 to @SPSTRENGTHCOACH's $100K win on Thursday night, we have been lining up winners left and right. We've also had a few big winners who asked not to be in the spotlight, something we try to respect when doing our marketing, but seriously…each and every week we have had someone win life-changing money.
This could be you….legitimately.
Winning these big GPP takes a lot of luck, so don't sit here with dollar signs in your eyes and think that you're going to take down $100K and solve all your problems. It doesn't work that way. But what does work is the process and we've got people…real people…regular people…who are winning thousands of dollars a week playing the smart contests and not just chasing the dream. You've got to crawl before you walks and walk before you run. Build that bankroll in cash games, dabble in some single-entry GPP tournaments and then, start playing higher-entry contests with fewer people. That's where you start winning the bigger money. Take down a few Small Sweeps on FanDuel or the Chop Block on Draft Kings and suddenly things take a much different turn for you. Sure, you can throw your $3 into a donkey contest like the Play Action on DK, but you might as well go down to the corner store and buy a scratcher. At least playing some of these single-entry GPP contests give you better odds at winning $2-4K, especially if you're following the process and doing the proper research.
I won't get too preachy about doing your homework. You know what you have to do. You've heard guys like Bob Boris and Millionaire Mike talk about it. Read the content. Study the match-ups. Use the tools. That's what it's all here for and that's why you subscribe. Take advantage of everything we are offering you and you won't be disappointed. And if you are, then hit me up at howard@fantasyalarm.com and I will do my best to get/give you the personalized help you need to win.
Before we get to the Playbook players, allow me to remind you what you should be doing leading up this step in your research.
Step 1: Check out the DFS Position Coaches
QB Coach – Jon Impemba (@jimpemba777)
RB Coach -- Justin Vreeland (@JustinVreeland)
WR Coach -- Colby Conway (@colbyrconway)
TE Coach -- Andrew Cooper (@CoopAFiasco)
D/ST Coach -- Dan Malin (@RealDANlanta)
Step 2: Check out the rest of the relevant DFS content
In addition to the positional coaching pieces, you also have things like the DFS Watch List, where I provide you with a list of players I am looking at throughout the week. We have the NFL DFS Podcast with me and Jon Impemba, who also does the Contrarian Corner video and check out the DFS Bargains from our newest #FAmily member Tera Roberts (@ItsTeraTime).
Also, our Master of Tools, Matt Selz (@theselzman), supplies you data junkies with the Weekly Match-Up Report and everyone should also be checking out the WR/CB Match-Up Report from Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance).
Step 3: Make your own list of players
It's real easy to just sit and wait for the Playbook, but as you are doing your research throughout the week, it is important to make notes and list the players who interest you the most. Maybe they end up in the Playbook and maybe they don't. If they're there, then great, it should mean we are honing in on the same things that make him a strong play. If not, maybe you're onto something else that someone overlooked. We aren't perfect and if you uncover something different, maybe you're right. I would be careful of routine groupthink and hype from beat writers, but often times someone will tell me something they saw about their local team that I missed and I am always looking to investigate more if its there. If you do, then say something in our Fantasy Alarm Discord Chat,. Talk it out and see what the rest of the #FAmily thinks. That's why the chat is there, isn't it?
With those three steps complete and discussions are in progress, you are ready to look at the Playbook players, make comparisons and finalize your list for lineups, so let's get to it.
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