DraftKings Experiment Week 1

By Kyle Eller · September 03, 2019

For as long as I can remember I have submitted a line up for DraftKings every single week. Ranging from free entries all the way up to $50 entries. I deposited $100 into my account when I created it, and have never had to deposit ever since, even making a couple of small withdraws. Admittedly, however, my biggest win has only been $20. DraftKings and others like it are unique because you get a certain salary to make a lineup and there are near endless combination of players you can use to fill your line up using the designated $50,000 salary.
As a new member of the team, and after talking to Andy about the projections of players based on the DraftKings format, we have decided to run an experiment. I will submit 1 line up based on my “hunch” as I have always done, without looking at projections, and will submit another based on the projections. I will update after with actual scores.

As always let me know your thoughts, tweet me @KyleEller36 . Week 1 line ups (Sunday games only) are as follows:

Note- The totals have shifted slightly since the post was written, they will be updated when the GridironAI projections have settled.

“Hunch” Line Up

  • QB- J. Brissett $4,400 (Projected: .7 (not updated))
  • RB- C. McCaffrey $8,800 (Projected: 20.7)
  • RB- K. Johnson $5,800 (Projected: 17.7)
  • WR- D. Westbrook $4,800 (Projected: 10.8)
  • WR- R. Anderson $5,200 (Projected: 12)
  • WR- M. Williams $5,300 (Projected: 10.5)
  • TE- E. Engram $5,300 (Projected: 12.3)
  • Flex- L. Bell $7,100 (Projected: 23.6)
  • DEF- Baltimore $3,800 (Projected: N/A)
  • Total: (Projected 108.3)

Projections Line Up

  • QB- N. Foles $5,300 (Projected: 21.2)
  • RB- L. Bell $7,100 (Projected: 23.6)
  • RB- S. Barkley $9,000 (Projected: 21.9)
  • WR- L. Fitzgerald $4,900 (Projected: 12.3)
  • WR- R. Anderson $5,200 (Projected: 12)
  • WR- J. Landry $5,600 (Projected: 14.4)
  • TE- T. Eifert $3,100 (Projected: 8.2)
  • Flex- D. Cook $6,000 (Projected: 19.5)
  • DEF- Baltimore $3,800 (Projected: N/A)
  • Total: (Projected: 135.4)

Good luck everyone!