RG Newsletter #13: DFS/Betting Community News, Stats, Trends, And More!
A MESSAGE FROM CEO CAL SPEARS
At the end of a very difficult year I find myself reflecting on how fortunate we are that the sports leagues successfully pushed through extreme circumstances. Nine short months ago the NBA and NCAA suspended play abruptly. Six short months ago there was legit concern there would be no MLB or NFL season. Remarkably, here we are today about to close out an NFL regular season without a single game canceled.
The RG team and community showed incredible resilience throughout 2020 as well. The applications team worked around the clock to add eSports to LineupHQ as new games popped up in the DraftKings lobby. The Projections team woke up well before dawn to edit KBO projections. The community grinded new game types like Australian Rules Football and rallied for poker tourneys to help pass the long nights of no prime time sports.
We now see the light at the end of the tunnel and we’re ready to come out stronger than before. We’re up to over 335,000 RotoGrinders members, with over 12,000 in Discord. We’re committed to having the best tools, content, and team in the industry and we’re improving our product every day. We’re honored to have such a loyal and devoted group of people.
THANK YOU for being a part of RG. Stay safe, and here’s to an incredible 2021!
Cal Spears
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In this week’s edition:
- 2020 in Review
- New NBA GPP Live Blog
- 4th Tiebreaker Decides DK Pick’Em $1M Winner
- Quick Hitters
- Schmitto’s Sharp Money
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2020 IN REVIEW
2020 hasn’t been all bad! Here are some amazing RotoGrinders community stats from the past year. Huge thanks to all the employees, members and subscribers who have contributed to these numbers! More info HERE
NEW NBA GPP LIVE BLOG
Our guy Erik Beimfohr just kicked off a new article series called 4 Factors! Erik will break down NBA slates by Projection, Ownership, Correlation and Optionality. He’ll then provide real-time updates as news breaks, explaining how each item affects GPP lineups.
Really excited for this piece, should be super beneficial. Here’s the first edition for reference. The article will run Monday-Friday and is available to premium subscribers.
4TH TIEBREAKER DECIDES DK PICK’EM $1M WINNER
DraftKings $2 Million NFL Pick’em Contest Decided By COVID-19 Postponement, Fourth Tie-Breaker – By Brett Smiley for USBets
“After the Bills’ cover moved VegasValkys even with the other two at 47/70 (67.1%) against the spread, the $1M turned on the fourth tie-breaker. To set the stage:
_TIEBREAKERS
If there is a tie for 1st place, the entry with most correct picks in your final week of selections in the Contest Period, wins the tie (bye weeks removed.). If that does not break the tie, the entry that had the most correct picks in their 2nd to last week of selection wins, and so on._
NILKNARF was eliminated via the third tie-breaker (see above). The tie-breaker between VegasValkys and horoburger goes back to Week 12 (remember, the tiebreaker compares prior weekly results excluding bye weeks). In Week 13, VegasValkys posted a 3-2 mark. In Week 12, horoburger was sitting at 2-2 with the Steelers-Ravens COVID-delayed game pending. And so this COVID-era contest rule became relevant:
If a game is officially postponed, it must be completed on or before the Tuesday following the postponement for points from that game to count towards the Contest. If the game is not completed within that time and it is selected by a user, it will count as a loss.
US Bets has reached out to DraftKings for official confirmation that it has applied the tie-breaker rules to determine that VegasValkys has won.
Unfortunately for horoburger, once the game was pushed to Wednesday, it was graded as a loss, because it was no longer played within the operative window. This left horoburger with a 2-3 record in Week 12.” READ MORE
QUICK HITTERS
Stat of the Week: Kelly Oubre Jr. 17.5% field goal percentage and 0-for-17 from 3 are the worst marks in NBA history through three games.
Top Game Total (Main slate): 56 – Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans
Top Team Total (Main slate): 31.75 – Tennessee Titans
Top Ownership: As of Friday morning, our top owned player is Alexander Mattison on FanDuel (31.82%) and Malcolm Brown on DraftKings (31.7%).
Weather Watch (via Kevin Roth): Nothing to see here.
Free Stuff Friday: We’re giving away an RG t-shirt! Find out how to enter HERE
SCHMITTO’S SHARP MONEY
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants +2.5
“One big change for the Cowboys has come on defense. Dallas has forced ten turnovers in December alone, while Dalton and the rest of the offense have done a much better job protecting the ball themselves. Not only are the Cowboys winning the turnover battle, but they’re also scoring points. Turning to the passing game even more, Dallas has managed to average 36 points during their last three games.
The turnovers probably aren’t sustainable, but the Cowboys are getting healthier and the offense is finally clicking. Did I mention Dalton gets a $1M bonus if they make the playoffs?”
Read the rest of Matt Schmitto’s Week 17 betting picks HERE
TWITTER POLL RESULTS
Which Steelers WR are you playing in GPPs?
— RotoGrinders (@RotoGrinders) November 19, 2020
Perfect timing for this one after the Pascal Siakam situation last night. Getting onto Norman Powell was the play, but that’s easy to say in hindsight. It’s probably a case-by-case question.
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