Friday Freeroll: Week Eight

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As the season approaches, 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!

This past week, I participated in the Fanduel freeroll that was only made available after the release of last week’s article. Here I share my lineup along with the results of my team.

I did ok here, finishing in the top 30% but well outside the money. Here are a few takeaways I had from week seven and my strategy:

• Not every matchup is worth playing – Up until last week, Brian Hoyer was a low risk, low upside play. However, in what was supposed to be an easy matchup, Hoyer flopped miserably and reminded me why he is a subpar starter.
• The undervalued second receiver – Unknowingly, I went after high end #2 receivers. It worked for the most part as their discounted prices gave me a solid group of receivers. Other than Alshon Jeffery, this tactic was successful.
• The injury advantage – This needs reiterating as the discounted price for returning players can be a boon. In the case of Jordan Reed, he has been productive since his return and most DFS sites have not corrected his price to fair value. Enjoy these when you can.

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

FanDuel.com – $1,000 NFL Freeroll

Yet again, FanDuel put forward a $1,000 freeroll on Friday. This is a site to monitor into the weekend to see when the contest opens. Overall, the contests have been very competitive (50,000 entry limit) with payouts to the top 450 lineups. It’s a great way to learn a top site and potentially get paid for it.

Victiv.com – $350 NFL Freeroll

There is a freeroll contest on Victiv this week that has a $350 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 are broken up based on game start times so you can enter them all and have multiple chances to win.

FantasyAces.com – $100 NFL Freeroll

[inlinead]FantasyAces has a 1,500 person contest with payouts to the top 30 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. There are lots of smaller entry contests that are paid but have good chances for payouts if you want to flaunt your money a little more.

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 if you prefer your ice cream vanilla-flavored. 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 $300 “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. There is also a smaller college football freeroll that will familiarize you with the future rookies you will be drafting.

Fantasyscore.com

There are no freerolls on fantasyscore.com this week but they have a variety of smaller free entry leagues. Some more enhancements to the interface have made this one of the better sites to navigate. Keep your eye out for future improvements.

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.

I will try to enter this contest for week eight and see how I do. My focus was finding top players in plus matchups. That was why I avoided Antonio Brown in his matchup against Vontae Davis and the Colts.

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

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