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Ep 37 – Greg Cosell, Sr Producer at NFL Films – How he got started, his tape study process, and living by his father’s advice

Does the game of football fascinate you? Greg Cosell has been studying the game of football for over 38 years and producing content at NFL Films that teaches the game to viewers in a clear, concise manner. He is one of the highest regarded analyst of game tape and appears on radio and TV across the nation each week during the NFL season. Hear how he started out, his process when he studies tape, and get to know more about Greg and his approach to work and life.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- Where Greg grew up
- His first job out of college
- How he got into NFL Films
- His relationship with Ed and Steve Sabol
- Starting the NFL Matchup Show
- A day in the life of Greg Cosell
- What he loves about his work
- Knowing sports vs playing sports
- How he studies game tape
- Ron Jaworski’s montra for the Matchup Show
- How coaches coach
- Views on Analytics vs Tape Study
- His communication approach in media
- Best concert he’s attended
- Great sports moments
- Books he loves
- Regrets
- Life advice
- and much more

LINKS MENTIONED:

DFS Shirts and attire: dfsgear.com

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com

Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Greg on twitter: https://twitter.com/gregcosell

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Ep 34 – FootballDiehard Bob Harris – Fantasy Football pioneer shares his journey & lessons learned over 20+ years creating content

How much do you love fantasy football? Bob “footballdiehard” Harris started creating content in the 90’s from his grandmother’s house with a fax machine and a 900 number… for free. He is a pioneer in the industry who shares his journey and great insights. You will certainly walk away encouraged to go tackle your own passions.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- Bob’s journey from electrical engineer to fantasy football content creator
- Being too stupid to quit
- Using fax machines and 900 numbers to create football content
- Ahead of the curve with the internet
- His TFL Report
- Living in his grandma’s bedroom
- Selling ice to eskimos
- Remaining relevant over 20 years
- Handling criticism
- Facts vs opinions in the content world
- Building community
- Typical NFL week
- NFL advice
- Helping subscribers be the expert
- DFS changing the game
- Creating your own process
- Decisiveness in life
- Key to happiness
- Dealing with addiction
- Loving Heavy Metal
- Becoming a better person by people watching
- Losing over 200 lbs
- Best life advice
- and much more

LINKS MENTIONED:

DFS Shirts and attire: dfsgear.com

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Bob on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/footballdiehard

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Ep 27 – Small Slate Expert “Ben Jammin” – His DFS journey, how to attack small slates, and his equation for success

How do you attack small slates differently than main slates? Ben “Jammin” Joselson quickly found an edge in smaller slates and shares his step-by-step process. He talks to how contrarian you want to be, collective ownership game theory, and using a late slate strategy on main slates. Ben recounts his first big win and how he got into the content side of DFS. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the Daily Fantasy Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

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IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- Where “Jammin” came from
- How Ben got started in DFS
- His 1st big win even with limited MLB knowledge
- How to enjoy DFS casually
- How a CSURAM beat down taught Ben better strategy
- Handling ups and downs in DFS
- How analytics and small slates changed Ben’s approach
- Ben’s step-by-step process for attacking smaller slates
- Raw points vs point per dollar on small slates
- How to be contrarian on smaller slates
- Leverage pivots
- Handing ownership in small slates
- Roster construction in small slates
- How contrarian to be in small slates
- “Collective ownership” game theory
- The “late swap” strategy for main slates
- Mistakes made by newer players on fading chalk plays
- Ben’s weekly and Sunday process
- Ben’s approach to tout picks
- How Ben builds his player pool
- Using Fantasy Cruncher
- How Ben got into the content side with Rotogrinders
- “Chronicles of a Newbie”
- Thoughts on TommyG, Jeff Collins, and DraftCheat at Guru Elite
- The growth and people of DailyRotoSharks.com
- The motives behind Ben’s strong patriotism
- Why Ben is an entrepreneur
- The book that changed Ben’s outlook on life
- Ben’s favorite bartending drinks
- Bankroll advice
- Ben’s story of fear
- How he would improve the industry
- Ben’s dream of helping kids
- Ben’s daily approach to life

LINKS MENTIONED:

Watch the hit by Lonnie Chisenhall that won Ben his 1st GPP: Chisenhall Homerun Clip

Ben’s content site: DailyRotoSharks.com

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Ben on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/xBenJamminx

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Ep 26 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Week 3 analysis, having too much correlation, and creating themed lineups

Are you over-correlating your lineups? Scott “Escot4” Hanson and Jason talk through a strange NFL week 3 and how the top Milly Maker lineups could have been even better. We discuss themes in lineups and what are good ways to attack lineups on Fanduel. Listen in to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction and to gain some insight into how to build lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

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IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Scott’s week 3 results
Scott’s process on his low priced WR’s
The top Milly Maker lineups
Super contrarian construction of the winner’s lineups
How to evaluate your bad weeks
Scott’s QB exposure adjustment
Too much correlation in lineups
Creating themes in lineups
Tip on QB and 2 WRs stacks
Listener question from Nate Graham
How contrarian to be in lineups
Difference in choices on FanDuel due to pricing
How to enjoy DFS as a fan of one NFL team
Stacking games you attend
Using Vegas totals to your advantage

LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW:

Millionaire Winner “chuckchuck8” Lineup: week3_draftkings_millymaker_winninglineup

chuckchuck8’s six lineup breakdown: chuckchuck8_winners_six_lineups

DraftKings Perfect Lineup: nfl_week3_perfectLineup_draftkings.jpg

9th place’s correlated lineup: correlated_lineup_top10

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Ep 14 – Millionaire Winner “jrveurink” Interview – How a microstakes DFS player won big

Hear Millionaire Winner Josh “jrveurink” Veurink talk about his big win, how he plays Daily Fantasy on a small scale, and how he developed his strategy while having a full time job. Josh shares how his exciting sweat unfolded the night he won, the podcasts and articles he trusts, and how many lineups he builds each weekend. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the Daily Fantasy Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Josh’s Week 17 NFL Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JVeurink_WinningLineup.png

All 5 of Josh’s Week 17 Milly Maker Lineups: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JVeurink_5_millymakerLIneups.png

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Josh’s background and day job
His family’s reaction to the big win
How he and his wife handle DFS in their life
How Josh sweated the big win
Why Josh was on Geronimo Allison at 0.4% owned
Josh’s weekly process for NFL
Podcasts and articles Josh trusts
Josh’s normal lineups and bankroll each weekend
How Josh built his winning lineup
What Josh will do with the money
Josh’s reaction to the DFS community support

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Josh on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jv2929

Josh’s video of his winning moment on twitter: https://twitter.com/JV2929/status/815817530006708224

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Play on FantasyAces: http://fantasyaces.com/
Play on FantasyDraft: https://www.fantasydraft.com/

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Ep 13 – Scott Hanson wins another $2,000,000!! – His strategy, sweat, and historic win in Daily Fantasy.

Hear our own Scott Hanson talk about his historic 2nd Fantasy Football Championship win at the DraftKings 2016 live final!! Listen in on what it is like to win a 2nd $2,000,000 playing DFS. Hear how he decided on his players, the sweat he had, and strategy he has implemented this year that he didn’t use in previous years. Hear what sites he uses in his process and gain some insight on how this now LEGEND in Daily Fantasy plays the game. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the DFS Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Scott’s $2,000,000 DraftKings Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scott_1stPlaceLineup.png

Scott’s 125th place lineup:https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scotts125thLineup.png
Scott’s 150th place lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scotts150thLineup.png

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

How a Goff TD saved the win for Scott
How Scott’s strategy was different for this year’s Qualifiers that helped achieve 3 seats in the live final
How Scott built his 3 lineups
The difference process for a live final week than a regular week of DFS
How Scott uses ProFootball Focus stats in building his lineups
How Scott buys into Jonathan Bales idea of “Anti-Fragile” lineups
Scott’s structured approach to lineup building
Using Rotogrinders Chris Gimino’s ownership percentages
Profiling WRs vs Defenses
Using Yahoo for analyzing matchups
A discount code for watching Perfect Lineup
How it felt to win $2Million the second time around
How Scott dealt with a big losing weekend this year
Themes to his live final lineups
How Scott and his wife celebrated their big win in NYC

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com

Scott’s ProFootball Focus instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxnGJdHHYE
DraftKings video awarding top 3 winners on periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1ZkKzqPawBZxv
Anti-fragility lesson from Jonathan Bales: https://rotogrinders.com/lessons/the-finale-an-antifragile-dfs-philosophy-807581
Ownership % Projections from Chris Gimino: https://rotogrinders.com/profiles/chrisgimino
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker

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Play on FantasyAces: http://fantasyaces.com/
Play on FantasyDraft: https://www.fantasydraft.com/

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Ep 12 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Scott’s 150 Lineup Building Process for Milly Maker – NFL Week 10

Jason and Scott talk stacking games in the NFL, the lineup building process, and when to go contrarian to the Vegas Odds. Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 10 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament and the winner of the $4 entry, $100K to first ‘Midseason Celebration’ winner on DraftKings. Subscribe to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Fade or not to fade the top priced RB (David Johnson this past week)
Key players in the millionaire maker winning lineups
Stacking games in NFL tournament lineups
The stack breakdowns of the winner “mortyice” in the $2 Million, $100K to first tourney on DK
DK pricing changes and how that affects lineup building
Scott’s lineup building process each week without scripting
Scott’s approach to stacking, news, QB exposure and using Vegas vs his projections

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 10 ($444 Millionaire Maker) – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/draftkings_week10_millymakerwinner.png

Link to the DraftKings $1,000,000 tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/30362380

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 10 ($4 Midseason Celebration) – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/draftkings_week10_midseason100Kwinner.png

Link to the DraftKings $100,000 tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/31528188

Visual Breakdown of “mortyice” player stacks: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MortyIce_QBStacks.pdf

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Ep 11 – Millionaire Winner Eric Crain “jakz101” Interview – His story, building a core strategy and how he celebrated

Hear Millionaire Winner Eric “Jakz101” Crain talk about his big win, how he got started in DFS, and how he developed his strategy. Eric gives advice on what site to start on, who to listen to for advice, and what he does for his process each week. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the DFS Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Eric’s Week 8 NFL Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/winninglineup.jpg

Eric’s DraftKings Winnings Week 8: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AlltheWinnings_jakz101.jpg

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Eric’s wife, Karen, perspective on DFS
Lifestyle of a full time poker player
How Eric went from a losing DFS player to a successful player
People Eric learned from
How Eric balances bankroll
What sites Eric started on
Eric’s advice on which sites to start on
Different slates and how Eric attacks them
How Eric came up with his core strategy
Eric’s daily process and the time he puts in
Websites Eric uses in his process
How Eric balances life and DFS work
Building his core for his winning lineup
Who he trusts when building lineups
Eric’s focus between ownership and the best plays
How Eric sweated his big win
What the moment was like when he won
How Eric and his wife celebrated
What he will do with the money
How to learn to multi-entry
The satisfaction of DFS
What drew Eric into this lifestyle
Advice on getting started
Story of Eric’s username “jakz101”

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie: http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Eric on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ericcrain

Watch Eric’s sweat of the million on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyQa0X9G-Xs

Eric’s Rotogrinders Course on Multi-Entry GPP Strategy: https://rotogrinders.com/marketplace/mass-multi-entering-nfl-gpps-330

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Play on FantasyDraft: https://www.fantasydraft.com/

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Ep 10 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Millionaire Winner Eric Craine’s 150 lineups breakdown – NFL Week 8

Dive into the analysis on the best player choices for Week 8 and a breakdown of how the winner “jakz101” created a strong ‘core’ of players that he built around. Jason and Scott talk how to set player exposure in your lineups determined by the rest of the field. Scott also talks his player choices based on home/road split, snap distributions and how he uses Pro Football Focus statistics. Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 8 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Takeaways from the Top 10 lineups in the Milly Maker NFL Week 8
Using a small core to build lots of lineups
Making decisions based on the field’s player exposure
How impactful injuries can affect your tournament lineups
Why fading top priced WR can be a good strategy
How pivot plays can set you apart in tournaments
What type of players to feel comfortable having heavy exposure on
How paying attention to team injuries can give you insight into player usage
Using snap distributions and home/road splits for players
Using Pro Football Focus player grades to target players each week
How one injury on a Defense can really impact Offensive players output
Breakdown and takeaways of the top 150 lineups of the winner Eric “Jakz101” Craine
The actual DraftKings Perfect Lineup for the week if someone had built it (via RotoQL)

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 8 – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Week8_WinningLineup_jakz101.png

Link to the DraftKings Milly Maker tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/30579862

Visual Breakdown of “jakz101” top 150 lineups and player distribution: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/JAKZ101_lineupbreakdown.png

The DraftKings Perfect Lineup if one had built it (via RotoQL.com):https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/week8-dk-perfect-lineup-rotoql.jpg

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Ep 08 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Trends of 1st Place Lineups in Milly Maker – NFL Week 7

There is a trend in the lineups that have won the Millionaire Maker tournament on DraftKings the first 7 weeks of the NFL season. Listen to hear what it is and how it can help you build a winning lineup. Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 7 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Takeaways from the Top 10 lineups in the Milly Maker NFL Week 7
Scott adjusts his tournament value for high priced players
How to build lineups similar to the winning lineups
What is common in all the top place lineups that have won?
When to not fade highly owned players in large tournaments.
Ownership averages from the first 7 weeks of the top 10 lineups.
Where to pay up and where to pay down to create a Top 10 lineup

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 7 – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-10.41.17-PM.png

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Ep 37 – Greg Cosell, Sr Producer at NFL Films – How he got started, his tape study process, and living by his father’s advice

Ep 34 – FootballDiehard Bob Harris – Fantasy Football pioneer shares his journey & lessons learned over 20+ years creating content

Ep 27 – Small Slate Expert “Ben Jammin” – His DFS journey, how to attack small slates, and his equation for success

Ep 26 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Week 3 analysis, having too much correlation, and creating themed lineups

Ep 14 – Millionaire Winner “jrveurink” Interview – How a microstakes DFS player won big

Ep 13 – Scott Hanson wins another $2,000,000!! – His strategy, sweat, and historic win in Daily Fantasy.

Ep 12 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Scott’s 150 Lineup Building Process for Milly Maker – NFL Week 10

Ep 11 – Millionaire Winner Eric Crain “jakz101” Interview – His story, building a core strategy and how he celebrated

Ep 10 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Millionaire Winner Eric Craine’s 150 lineups breakdown – NFL Week 8

Ep 08 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Trends of 1st Place Lineups in Milly Maker – NFL Week 7

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