There are two things I love most about Week 3 NFL DFS – the first is that we have two games' worth of data to break down in an effort to really dissect what we are seeing from these NFL teams. Some teams, like the Buffalo Bills, lay it all out there for us. We know who their dominant players are and we have a strong sense of their weekly plan of attack. Some, like the Minnesota Vikings, have had one good game and one bad one, but have shown us enough to identify where things went wrong for them and how best we can avoid those down games for our DFS lineups. The second thing I love most about playing DFS this week is that we are still early enough in the season where the mainstream players – the menacing herd, if you will – are still overreacting to things they haven't even really studied or dissected. You think they really know whether Zamir White is worth using in their lineups? That means we can avoid the bad chalk, beat the players who live and die by their DFS lineup optimizers and DFS compare tools and watch our lineups cash in every contest we play. We can use these NFL DFS tools to help us as we set out to construct NFL DFS winning lineups, but we don't use them as a crutch or a replacement for good, old-fashioned hard work. That's who wins – the people who put in the time and effort. The people who don't take shortcuts. People like Millionaire Mike, Bob Boris and the long list of six-figure winners we've had here at Fantasy Alarm over the years. So if you're ready to put in the work, we're ready to help you win – real money for real people.

Now, before we get to the Playbook players, allow me to remind you what you should be doing leading up this step in your research.

Step 1: Check out the DFS Position Coaches

QB Coach – Jon Impemba (@jimpemba777)

RB Coach -- Justin Vreeland (@JustinVreeland)

WR Coach -- Colby Conway (@colbyrconway)

TE Coach -- Andrew Cooper (@CoopAFiasco)

D/ST Coach -- Dan Malin (@RealDANlanta)

Step 2: Check out the rest of the relevant DFS content

In addition to the positional coaching pieces, you also have things like the DFS Watch List, where I provide you with a list of players I am looking at throughout the week. We have the NFL DFS Podcast with me and Jon Impemba, who also does the Contrarian Corner video and check out the DFS Bargains from Tera Roberts (@ItsTeraTime). 

Also, our Master of Tools, Matt Selz (@theselzman), supplies you data junkies with the Weekly Match-Up Report and everyone should also be checking out the WR/CB Match-Up Report from Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance). 

Speaking of tools, we have also done some major enhancements with our NFL tools. We continue to crunch the numbers and tweak our algorithms so that our daily fantasy football projections are the best in the industry and that, in turn, has improved things like our Lineup Generator/DFS Optimizer, our DFS Compare tool and even our NFL DFS Ownership Projections. Again, all right here on one site for your convenience.

Step 3: Make your own list of players

It's real easy to just sit and wait for the Playbook, but as you are doing your research throughout the week, it is important to make notes and list the players who interest you the most. Maybe they end up in the Playbook and maybe they don't. If they're there, then great, it should mean we are honing in on the same things that make him a strong play. If not, maybe you're onto something else that someone overlooked. We aren't perfect and if you uncover something different, maybe you're right. I would be careful of routine groupthink and hype from beat writers, but often times someone will tell me something they saw about their local team that I missed and I am always looking to investigate more if its there. If you do, then say something in our Fantasy Alarm Discord Chat, Talk it out and see what the rest of the #FAmily thinks. That's why the chat is there, isn't it?

With those three steps complete and discussions are in progress, you are ready to look at the Playbook players, make comparisons and finalize your list for lineups, so let's get to it.

LATE ADDS:

With news of the Buffalo Bills now being down BOTH safeties to go along with their other defensive injuries, it's time to add some Miami Dolphins to the mix.

 

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