By ADANAI staff

UUnless you are blind and deaf, you have seen an ad for DraftKings or Fan Duel over the past month. Both Daily Fantasy Sites (DFS) are blowing out the ad budget in advance of the start of the NFL season. Draft Kings spent $24 million just last week! As discussed here, these contests are not as simple as that office season long fantasy league you’ve been dominating for years – there are some serious professionals in these DFS contests who spend days and days crunching numbers.

That being said, as they say with the Mega Millions: You Gotta Be In It To Win It. So if you plan on joining one of these daily fantasy games, here are a few daily fantasy tips:

• Avoid injured players – since you can pick from any player on any roster, why go with the guy who is questionable or has been nursing a sore hamstring?

• Trust Las Vegas – the over/under #s coming out of Vegas are a pretty good proxy for likely fantasy scoring. Be sure to pay attention to them. You want your players to be playing in games with a lot of scoring. Better to find a low salary guy in a high scoring game then a high salary guy in a low scoring game.

• Look for backup players who are getting a start – many times the salaries for backups don’t adjust for the new role. As an example, Deangelo Williams started for Leveon Bell against the Patriots in the season opener and had a really nice game given how low his salary was.

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  Use these daily fantasy tips to help get one of these big checks!

  Don’t pay for an expensive defense – while the Seahawks defense is fun to watch there are a bunch of better values out there. Here is a hint – check the over/under #s for each game. Find a game with a low # and see if either of those teams is a bargain on the DFS site.

• “Stack” your QB with a WR on the same team – to place high in these tournaments you need to create a team that has high upside. By playing a QB/WR tandem, you can increase your variance. No need to get all stats 101 here with an explanation but a high variance strategy is the only way to win one of these tournaments – just go with it.

• Pay attention to the scoring system – most DFS sites are PPR (point per reception) so before you stick that RB in your flex spot who is going to get 13 carries for 52 yards, go find a solid but inexpensive possession WR who will get a bunch of targets.

• Enter multiple lineups – don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. If you like Sam Bradford and Teddy Bridgewater in Week 1 (we do) then construct two rosters around them.

• Download the apps – over the course of the week when you are sitting on a boring conference call or waiting for the bus you can open up the app and start studying the salaries. When you find that bargain, make note and be sure to get him in your lineup.

• Watch the games – while there are stat heads out there that don’t need to see the games to have a view on a player, you probably aren’t that. If you want to have a feel for performance there is nothing better than using your two eyes. Over the course of a season you will get a feel for who is really good, who is improving, who is tired, etc.

• Play with your friends – you probably aren’t going to bink the millionaire maker so at a minimum you can have some fun playing with friends and heading to the bar to watch the games with them and sweat each other’s lineups.

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