Archive for October, 2011

• NFL Midseason Salary Report

  Oct 31, 11 • 9 Views • DraftDay, NFL, Recap, Strategy • Alex • 1 Comment

  Share Halfway through the NFL season and the only certainty in the NFL seems to be that the Green Bay Packers are the best team in the league. Just like the Redskins RB depth-chart, the player salaries in our games change each week. I took a look at some of...

• A History of Fantasy Sports

  Oct 28, 11 • 19 Views • DraftDay, How-To, MLB, NBA, News, NFL, NHL, Recap • runitup • No Comments

  Share I can remember being a little kid, probably around 9 at the time, watching my Uncle Jay obsessively comb through stacks of sports sections from various newspapers. “Whatch’ya doin Uncle Jay?” He only barely looked up from his newspapers long...

• Kay’s NFL Week 7 Winner and Week 8 Challenge

  Oct 27, 11 • 5 Views • DraftDay, Kay Adams, News, NFL, Predictions, Recap, Strategy • Kay Adams • No Comments

  Share Kay sends some venom to wildbronco83, the winner of her Week 7 fans freeroll and challenges her fans to another 100 person game for Week 8. Be sure to follow Kay Adams‘  fantasy recaps and predictions every week on the DraftDay Blog! Share...

• NFL Week 8 Top Value Picks

  Oct 26, 11 • 3 Views • DraftDay, NFL, Predictions, Strategy • Olsdog • No Comments

  Share Many fantasy owners were frustrated last week because it seemed like so many players underperformed – especially in the running backs department. Whether due to injury (Darren McFadden, Beanie Wells) or being stifled by the defense (Ray Rice, Chris...

• New Guarantees Added for NFL Week 8

  Oct 25, 11 • 3 Views • DraftDay, News, NFL • Alex • 1 Comment

  Share We’re always looking to offer new games and formats to our players and this week we’ve added something new: Double Up – This game format offers a unique payout structure unlike any other game at DraftDay. Any team that places in the Top 50 wins...

• NFL Week 7 Guarantees Recap

  Oct 25, 11 • 6 Views • DraftDay, NFL, Recap • Alex • No Comments

  Share While much of the focus of NFL Week 7 will be on the devastating losses teams had to injuries, three DraftDay players had big wins in our Sunday Guarantees. Jmac10, a familiar face in the DraftDay chat, found the winner’s circle in The Benjamin. The...

• NFL Values by Position

  Oct 21, 11 • 19 Views • DraftDay, How-To, News, NFL, Strategy • runitup • No Comments

  Share Because I am a hardcore dork, I have maintained some stats based on the NFL daily fantasy games here at DraftDay. Each week, I have recorded the cost of each player and later inputted their final scoring total for that week. Now that we are six weeks...

• NFL Week 7 Top Value Picks

  Oct 19, 11 • 6 Views • DraftDay, NFL, Predictions, Strategy • Olsdog • 4 Comments

  Share Last week featured plenty of surprises as far as top NFL fantasy players went. In fact, several of the top fantasy football scorers were unheralded players with relatively low DraftDay salaries. Chicago Bears WR Devin Hester was perhaps the biggest...

• Bring It On

  Oct 19, 11 • 7 Views • DraftDay, Kay Adams, NFL, Predictions, Recap • Kay Adams • No Comments

  Share Kay Adams challenged her 4,000+ Facebook fans and 2,000+ Twitter followers to the ultimate challenge: beat her in fantasy football on DraftDay! The winner of this week’s game will challenge Kay head-to-head in Week 8 to see if they can beat our...

• The Future of Daily Fantasy Sports

  Oct 17, 11 • 18 Views • DraftDay, How-To, MLB, NBA, News, NFL, NHL, Predictions, Strategy • runitup • 1 Comment

  Share It’s exciting to ponder the potential of daily fantasy sports (DFS). I’ve been an avid fantasy sports participant for over a decade, but until just a few months ago, I had never even heard of DFS. What this tells me is that the industry still has a...