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This article focuses primarily on 3-Man snake draft strategy. Reason being is that you can easily apply this information to H2H as well as widen up to 4-Man contests, which is the average size of the daily GPPs. I’m going to break down what I saw in 20-30 drafts today and how we can exploit our opponents using our tools over on DFS Army.
Quick Trends (20 game sample)
- First pick chalk for week 1 is Todd Gurley. He was the highest projected on Draft so this makes some sense
- Rounding out your first round picks were DJ, Kamara, Brown, Elliot, Watson, and Gordon
- Your chalk was Gurley, Kamara, Brown, and DJ. 33% chalk which is a major difference versus MLB if you’ve been following along.
Weekend Wins
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Draft Projections & Rankings
The default draft rankings by position in Draft for their top positions. While most of these would be solid plays, they are vastly different than our projections and grades we developed in-house at DFS Army where to take into account many different metrics that these do not. Combining our brand new Starting Lineups Page, Domination Station, Articles, and research station, you can quickly see where some players in absolute smash spots should be drafted higher than what’s on this list.
Strategy
- Remember that Draft is a lot different in comparison to Fanduel and DraftKings. If you want to see most of the major differences, check out my NFL Primer for 2018. Remember Draft contests run through Monday match-ups as well, adding in more games than your general main slate
- Quarter backs: In week 1, when there are no byes, there are a lot of quarterbacks to go around. Filling only one roster slot, you can confidently leave it to the end
- Running backs: There are only a few true 3 down backs available this week with Bell holding out weather concerns all over the map from the tropical storm. Pick one first is my recommendation.
- WR/TE: There’s more options than you think this week outside of the very top projections provided on Draft. Don’t be afraid to dip down to a Chris Hogan who should see the lion’s share of targets from Brady this week.
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