UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9:15am ET

NFL Week 7 DFS is coming in with some serious excitement this week, especially after so many people had such positive results from their lineups last week. For cash games, we identified the top value plays at the running back position which enabled us to get our pieces from the top-two games everyone else was looking to stack and for GPP tournaments, we identified the Joe Burrow-Ja'Marr Chase tandem as your key components in building winning lineups that easily pushed over the cash line. When you come off a week like that, it is easy to get amped up and start playing a little more heavily, but let's keep the highs and lows of the first five weeks fresh in our mind and let's make sure we don't play too much of our bankroll or that we start entering more donkey contests which, unless you're a max-entry player, are much more difficult to turn a legitimate profit. I mean, it's your money and you can do whatever you like with it – use our NFL DFS Lineup Generator (a.k.a. the NFL DFS lineup optimizer) and max enter if that's your thing – but if you want to stay on-track and continue learning to be a better DFS player, then stick to the process. Maybe increase your stakes a little, but always maintain what percentage of your budget you are playing each week.

As for this week's slate, things are definitely looking more and more interesting. Last week there were two games we had to keep our eyes on in the Bills/Chiefs and Cardinals/Seahawks games. This week, we actually have a few more. The Seahawks/Chargers game will be extremely popular with its 50.5 over/under, but we also have to pay attention to the Cowboys/Lions and Chiefs/49ers games which both have an expected game total of 49. We have to see exactly where we can/should get our pieces from these for cash games and then, of course, figure out if we should pivot off them for GPP tournaments. The Week 7 NFL DFS Ownership Projections will certainly be a big help, but remember, that it's a guideline for large-field GPP tournaments, not the gospel. Also, ithe way the slate was laid out, it was easier to identify the Burrow/Chase connection last week. This week might be a little more difficult, but keep reading through because, like last week, I've put it here in the Playbook, so keep reading.

 

 

Now, 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 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). 

Speaking of tools, we have also done some major enhancements with our NFL tools. We continue to crunch the numbers and tweak our algorithms so that our daily fantasy football projections are the best in the industry and that, in turn, has improved things like our Lineup Generator/DFS Optimizer, our DFS Compare tool and even our NFL DFS Ownership Projections. Again, all right here on one site for your convenience.

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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