Friday Freeroll: Week Seven

George Kritikos Posted On October 17, 2014

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As the season continues, some of us lose the best part of our fantasy football season: the draft. Well, thanks to daily fantasy football leagues, we are able to draft a team every week and test ourselves against thousands of other players. The drafts take minutes, the lineups are easy, and the prizes can be huge. Here at DLF, we will share with you some of the best free tournaments that have amazing prizes to the winner.

For those of you looking for advice on daily leagues, including those highlighted here, I urge you to check out the weekly series “Daily League Bargains” on DLF. It is a great resource for those of you looking for some sneaky additions to your daily lineups.

I will also choose one each week to participate in and share my experiences and urge each of you to do the same. Also, share any freeroll contests we may have missed!

Unfortunately, my highlighted freeroll from last week failed to record. As a result, I will share the results of one of the Victiv freerolls I participated in.

I had a good week, finishing just inside the money. Here are a few takeaways I had from week six and my strategy:

Find the versatile back – I love power backs like Marshawn Lynch but their one-dimensional nature makes it easier for them to have a bad game. A player like Giovani Bernard, while not a superior talent, is capable to contributing in multiple ways.
Don’t spread the wealth – Emmanuel Sanders has good overall numbers but in an offense like Denver, the variability of his production is extremely high.
The injury advantage – Players coming off or hampered by injury are great buy low candidates. Jordan Cameron was on a limited snap count prior to week six in his return from injury. This deflated his value and presented a great buy low opportunity.

Now, on to the freerolls for this week and a preview of my team that I will be “rolling” with in week seven.

FanDuel.com – $1,000 NFL Freeroll?

For the second week in a row, FanDuel put forward a $1,000 freeroll on Friday. As it is starting to become a trend, I am cautiously optimistic that it will happen again this week. If so, they have been very competitive (50,000 entry limit) but a great way to introduce yourself to one of the leading daily sites.

Assuming there is another freeroll this week, I will be entering my lineup through their site and sharing my results next week. My lineup will be discussed as part of the “Daily Optimized Lineup” series with TheFFGhost so check it out!

Victiv.com – $500 NFL Freeroll

There is a freeroll contest on Victiv this week that has a $500 payout. They also do a second that starts with Thursday’s game so if you jump on that early enough, you can participate. They penalize less for negative plays (-1) like interceptions and fumbles so less worry about that here. Also, they have two flex spots they use but only a 0.5 PPR format so runners have a little more incentive.

Draftster.com – $500 NFL Freeroll

This week, Draftster has a $500 freeroll with a second that is $150 and includes the Thursday game. The rules give some nice bonuses for 100 yard rushing/receiving and 300 yard passing games (+3) so you can pick players a bit less touchdown dependent here. They also use full PPR so there may be some values here.

Draftkings.com – $10 NFL Freerolls

Draftkings has a few $10 freerolls for the NFL in addition to several more for college football (they also have ones for hockey and soccer). For the gamblers at heart, there is a $1 million first place prize for a $27 entry fee.

FantasyAces.com – $100 NFL Freeroll

FantasyAces has a 1,500 person contest with payouts to the top 50 finishers this week. A few differences here include a heftier fine than other sites for interceptions (-2), two starting quarterbacks, and more emphasis on a playmaking defense as opposed to one that can keep the score low. For those looking for a unique format, this is a good place to start.

Draftday.com – Various

Draftday continues with their variety of freeroll options. They have a $100 freeroll that is open to the first 3,000 entrants. This is a standard type of contest for those who like their whisky straight. If you’re feeling really lucky, they are hosting a $1M perfect lineup contest that sounds exactly like what it is. The entries are limitless so if you have free time, blitz it with a lot of entries. There is also a $400 “Target” contest where you are trying to score more than 300 points for the week. The prize is split amongst all winners that accomplish the feat.

Sportstradex.com – Variety

Sportstradex once again has a few “winner take all” NFL freerolls. They vary from the standard salary cap contest to the pick ‘em contests so the diversity is nice.

Statclash.com – $20 NFL Freeroll

Statclash tends to prefer smaller freeroll contests both in terms of prize money and entrant size. This week remains consistent as the smaller prize is limited to the first 250 entries. The college football freeroll is also a nice change of pace.

Fantasyscore.com

There are no freerolls on fantasyscore.com this week but they have a variety of smaller free entry leagues. They are making some changes to their interface so my hope is that they also start to introduce some freerolls into the equation.

Scorestreak.com – $180 NFL Freeroll

Scorestreak continues their year-long promotion of winning a Tesla but they continue their weekly freeroll as well. The $180 freeroll is now unlimited entries with the top 100 being paid out. The game is a little quirky as you pick nine players to hit key thresholds and get points for each one you attain.

Next week, we will highlight some of the freerolls for week eight of the season and I will provide a recap of my performance as well!