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Yahoo NFL DFS Pricing for Week 1 is OUT! Earlier than normal it seems. We decided to do a quick look at some of our initial impressions and thoughts at the pricing structure, while highlighting some early value plays and sleepers.

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Yahoo NFL DFS Strategy and Scoring

As with most sites, there are many viable strategies that can be successful in large field tournaments and of course we do need the same amount of favor from Lady Luck as we do elsewhere.

Key things to remember are that this is a “half-PPR” site meaning receptions are worth 0.5 points and the minimum salary is $10, with an average salary per player of $22. The full scoring parameters can be found here.

If you are using an optimizer, it is important to remember that you will still need to input the lineups by hand (this lack of automation also helps keep away some of the “mega shark” players).  You will also want to closely look at the lineups because the automation will look to use the cheaper quarterbacks and it will also hone in on players that may not be “good plays” on other sites and they will not be highlighted in the mainstream analysis that is available to The Masses each week.

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NFL DFS: Yahoo Pricing for Week 1 of the NFL Season

The Too Expensive NFL DFS Options for Yahoo Week 1

  • Yahoo seems high on Le’Veon Bell’s Week 1 prospects, pricing him as the third highest running back on the slate. The way to beat the Bills is through the run game – or at least it was last year. They gave up the least amount of points to QBs and the second least to WRs, while allowing the 9th most to RBs. But, their DVOA against RBs was 9th worst in the NFL, so this may have more to do with the opponents they faced then their ability to defend each position. At $33 I’ll spend my money elsewhere. David Johnson is $10 less.
  • Hunter Henry is 80% of the price of the top TEs on Yahoo, and 60% on DraftKings. It feels like he’s priced correctly on Yahoo, but is a much better value elsewhere.
  • Sticking with the Chargers, Philip Rivers’ pricing as the second highest priced QB on the slate is confusing. He’s $3 less than Patrick Mahomes. He should be around 10th.

The Too Cheap NFL DFS Options for Yahoo Week 1

  • Austin Ekeler was the first name I noticed, at just $18. Even though we’ve got a Melvin Gordon holdout, Yahoo decided not to price him up. The Colts allowed the third most receptions to running backs last season and play at the fastest pace in the NFL.
  • David Johnson at just $23. Sign me up. This isn’t an exciting matchup, against an average Lions defence, but I’m bullish on Johnson’s prospects in Klingsbury’s up-tempo offence, and will get in early before the price goes up.
  • After a down season with an injured offensive line, terrible QB play and impossible game scripts, Leonard Fournette finds himself priced down to just $20. The Chiefs are only 3.5 point favorites. If the Jaguars o-line is healthy, this could be a bounce back year for the former first rounder fantasy pick. The Chiefs allowed the third most Yahoo fantasy points to running backs last season.
  • Word out of Seahawks camp is that Chris Carson is the lead dog in 2019. But he’s priced like he’s in a time-share, at $23. The Seahawks are home favorites against the Bengals in Week 1, who will be without AJ Green. The Bengals gave up the most points in the NFL to running backs last season.
  • No Patrick Peterson for the Cardinals? The Lions going up against possibly the fastest pace offence in the NFL? Sign me up for $15 Kenny Golladay and $14 Marvin Jones. Those too should see an uptick in targets and a more concentrated Lions offence this year, with the departure of Golden Tate.
  • Yahoo forgot that Vance McDonald is the go to guy in Pittsburgh this year. Jesse James is gone and that means an extra 50+ targets heading Vance’s way. He’s $3 above the bare min.

Contrarian NFL DFS Picks for Yahoo Week 1

  • Tyreek Hill up against Jalen Ramsey and the #1 in fantasy points allowed to WRs Jaguars makes for a great contrarian option in GPPs. He’s obviously matchup proof, the Chiefs have a million ways to get him the ball and their implied is the highest on the slate. Expect sub 10% ownership. He’s the 10th most expensive option on Yahoo.
  • The aforementioned L’eVeon Bell is going to get no ownership, for obvious reasons.

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