NFL DFS Vegas Report for Week 6 (Fantasy Football)
NFL DFS tournaments are all about finding ceiling performance from players in our lineup. In order to maximize upside and correlation, we can use Vegas totals and game lines to help us identify game environments that may help produce these ceiling performances we’re looking for in GPPs. The goal of this article each week is to identify which games are most likely to provide the scoring environment we’re looking for in order to build game stacks in DFS. Similarly, this article will look at games that may either disappoint or are less likely to result in fantasy success.
On the surface, it sounds simple, but there’s more to this process than simply logging into a sportsbook and picking the games with the highest total. We need to be conscious of which games are likely to be most popular for DFS, which may be undervalued, and those that have more downside than the market perceives.
Note: Lines taken below from DraftKings Sportsbook are accurate at the time of publishing.
Top 5 Team Implied Totals in Week 6
Fantasy points are most strongly correlated to team implied totals (how many points Vegas expects each team to score). As a result, it makes sense to look at players from the following teams, especially in cash games. This does not necessarily mean these are automatically the best games to stack in tournaments. More on that soon.
1. Kansas City Chiefs (31.6) @ Washinton Football Team
2. Los Angeles Rams (29.0) @ New York Giants
T3. Dallas Cowboys (27.0) @ New England Patriots
T3. Baltimore Ravens (27.0) vs. Los Angeles Chargers
T5. Indianapolis Colts (26.5) vs. Houston Texans
T5. Cleveland Browns (26.5) vs. Arizona Cardinals
Bottom 5 Team Implied Totals in Week 6
Given the strong correlation between implied totals and fantasy success, players on the following teams could consider being faded, especially if they are likely to carry elevated roster percentage in tournaments. In cash games, it likely makes the most sense to look elsewhere.
1. Houston Texans (16.5) @ Indianapolis Colts
2. New York Giants (18.5) vs. Los Angeles Rams
3. Chicago Bears (20.0) vs. Green Bay Packers
4. Las Vegas Raiders (20.3) @ Denver Broncos
5. Detroit Lions (22.3) vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Popular Game Stacks
Kansas City Chiefs @ Washington Football Team, KC -7, O/U: 55.5
This matchup between the Chiefs and the Football Team is sure to be one of, if not the, most popular game stacks on the Week 6 slate given that it features the highest total on the board at a healthy 55.5 points. Honestly, I’m not sure the total is high enough as this matchup could easily get into the sixties.
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