NFL DFS Tips: 7 Steps to Create Winning Daily Fantasy Football Lineups This Season
The 2024 NFL football season is here! There is an overwhelming amount of information to consume across the industry, but there are 7 simple steps you can take to create strong NFL DFS lineups each week right here at RotoGrinders.
1. Join the RotoGrinders Discord
2. Tune into our NFL DFS podcasts and shows throughout the week
3. Read our premium content and use our tools
4. Use NFL SimLabs
5. Check Kevin Roth’s NFL weather report
6. Check our injury report and lineups page
7. Tune into our live shows every Sunday morning on our YouTube page
1. Join the RotoGrinders Discord
Want to chop it up with our experts and subscribers, ask questions, or just hang out? Join the RotoGrinders Discord to become a bigger part of the best community in daily fantasy sports.
2. Tune into our podcasts and shows throughout the week
Our media team wastes no time prepping for the next week of action!
First, if you’re into Showdown contests, we’ll always have a Pre-Lock Show to discuss Monday, Thursday, and Sunday Night Football!
Each Monday at 11:00 AM ET, regroup with Mondays with McCool, as James McCool and our guy Jordan Cooper (aka BlenderHD) talk DFS strategy. Blender will return every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for RotoGrinders Today at 11:00 AM ET, featuring plenty of your favorite RG guests to discuss strategy, props, and more for the upcoming week.
Catch Food For Thought every Monday at 3:00 PM ET with Justin Carlucci and Will Priester for a recap of the previous week’s NFL action, a look ahead to next Sunday, and some favorite food conversation.
Join Davis Mattek, Sammy Reid, and Nate Nohling every Monday on the Gillcast as they recap everything that went right or wrong in the DFS streets.
David Kitchen, Davis Mattek, Pete Overzet, and Dan Gaspar (aka MrTuttle05) have plenty of spicy and analytical takes on the Swolecast, which drops every Tuesday at 12:00 PM ET.
The Pick 6 show has plenty of banter and great fantasy football perspectives every Wednesday at 8:30 PM ET, with Dean Shavelson (aka Dean78904), Rich Hribar, and John Daigle.
Our guy Stephen Young (aka Stevietpfl) is the long-time host of the RotoGrinders Morning Grind. You can catch his weekly NFL episode every Wednesday night at 10:00 PM ET with the one and only, Derek Farnsworth (aka Notorious).
Friday is action-packed at RotoGrinders. The Solo Ship show is every Friday at 3:30 PM ET, as John Breslin (aka SquirrelPatrol) and JMToWin discuss the best ways to try and get an edge on the competition in GPPs!
As always, Chris Prince (aka beermakersfan) shares his favorite plays of the week at the Fantasy Bar every Friday, with his 6 Pack and Pints & Picks videos.
THE BLITZ show is another heavy-hitting recorded show with Derek Carty (creator of THE BLITZ projections), Will Priester, and Alex Dunlap every Friday, and you’re not going to want to miss these gurus talk about the best props and fantasy pick’ems to attack as Sunday gets closer.
Finally, before our Sunday kickoff shows, tune into Tournament Takes every Saturday at 12:00 PM ET, featuring Chris Kirkwood (aka kirkdiese), Bobby Gomes, and Notorious.
3. Read our premium content and use our tools
There are plenty of reasons to consider becoming a RotoGrinders Premium member, as there is so much quality NFL content produced every week.
Our Optimal Stacks Tool posts its early-week findings every Wednesday, and they’ll update right up until Sunday morning. It’s a great way to help start your mid-week research.
Do you like to see consensus expert rankings for the upcoming week? You’ll be able to check them out as early as Wednesday each week to help get a better idea of the sharp plays on Sunday.
New RotoGrinders addition Jordan Vanek will be dropping Vanek’s Views every Thursday. Jordan will be using his football background to dive into the micro matchups to see who you should be stacking on that week’s main slate. You won’t want to miss this one!
On Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays, premium subscribers have access to our in-depth Expert Survey for that night’s Showdown contests, and SquirrelPatrol will be debuting his popular Hittin’ The Nuts article for each primetime slate as well.
Friday is a big day for main slate NFL content.
Two of our big hitters will share premium articles with subscribers. SquirrelPatrol will drop another Hittin’ The Nuts, and Notorious also publishes his Key Personnel piece, which is another fantastic prep for Sunday.
Another Expert Survey will be available every Friday for Sunday’s main slate; there’s no better quick read in the industry that also makes hard-hitting analysis. And don’t forget that our experts will tag and write about their favorite plays within our NFL DFS optimizer tool, LineupHQ.
Our NFL DFS optimizer has been a staple of the industry for years. If you’re looking for a way to create hundreds of lineups, while also having player projections, projected ownership, and expert analysis all on ONE screen, then this is the one-stop shop for you, and it’s available for premium members!
4. Use our NFL SimLabs tool
Simulation tools have altered the daily fantasy sports landscape. Last year, RotoGrinders introduced its state-of-the-art NFL SimLabs tool, which is available for premium subscribers.
Don’t worry, SimLabs is the perfect balance of being both advanced and easy to use. RotoGrinders created SimLabs with the purpose of simplifying advanced DFS play and providing a route for all players to have access to advanced tools.
The tool simulates every aspect of a DFS slate thousands of times, from the plays in each game down to the results of a DFS contest.
Then, it displays the results of each simulation in an easy-to-use interface, where you can generate competitive DFS lineups with just a few simple inputs based on your own personal preferences.
5. Check the weather
Weather plays a massive part in NFL DFS, and there’s nobody better in the business than Kevin Roth, our in-house meteorologist. He’ll update his NFL weather forecasts throughout the week, and he’s a great follow on Twitter.
6. Check our injury report and lineups page
It’s integral to know what the NFL starting lineups and depth charts are, and that usually changes due to players getting hurt. Our Situation Room is a one-stop shop for an up-to-date NFL injury report.
7. Tune into our live shows every Sunday morning
It doesn’t matter if you wake up early or sleep in – RotoGrinders has you covered every Sunday morning for hours before kickoff! Our experts will pepper information your way throughout the week, but so much can change the morning of kickoff!
Our Sunday media block starts at 9:30 AM ET with long-time GrindersLive host Dean Shavelson, who will be joined by co-hosts Bobby Gomes and Tim Buell. They’ll pass the torch to three of the sharpest tournament minds in the industry at 11:00 AM ET – you won’t want to miss GPP Final Takes, featuring Erik Beimfohr, SquirrelPatrol, and the newest addition to our RotoGrinders squad, Neil Orfield!
Finally, it’s CrunchTime at 12:15 PM ET. Our 3-person booth of experts chats about each player position and relevant news and strategy, all while answering questions in the RotoGrinders Discord and YouTube chats.
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