NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/22): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

Tyler Reddick Not Expected To Do Much At Daytona

The Richard Childress-owned car driven by Tyler Reddick did not move up much last week, and the expectation remains the same this week at Daytona. Last year, he started and finished 18th on the Daytona road course. In two road races, Reddick did finish but made little impact. Value just seems to be elsewhere, as […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 - Monkey Knife Fight

Sunday features the O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 from Daytona. Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell, Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, and Kevin Harvick will make up the top five to start the race. Monkey Knife Fight has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points for their […]

Bubba Wallace Not Recommended At Daytona

Bubba Wallace starts 10th on Sunday at Daytona, but road courses have not been all that kind to him. He has eight appearances at these tracks and has not finished in the top 10. Furthermore, his place differential is just plus-1.7 per race. It is not significant and Wallace could slide back through the field […]

Michael McDowell Has A Little DFS Upside This Week

Michael McDowell benefits from the starting metrics on Sunday while starting second at Daytona. Winning the Daytona 500 played a huge part. However, there is one notable nugget to think about. McDowell started 30th in his one road race at Daytona. He ended up in 10th place. While the driver showed mostly lackluster results at […]

Kyle Larson Has Some DFS Value At Daytona

Kyle Larson starts again in the top 10 (eighth) as the Daytona road course looms. His average qualifying position on road courses is fifth. Though he has not raced on this course in particular, Larson does have 14 road races under his belt. He has finished in the top 10 four times, with one top-five […]

Cole Custer Not Expected To Contend At Daytona

Cole Custer will start 13th in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona on Sunday, but he has just two road races under his belt. He finished ninth at Charlotte after starting 28th. However, at Daytona last year, Custer did not show much on the road course. He ended up 22nd after starting 26th. There […]

Ross Chastain Could Stay On Lead Lap But Isn't A Top DFS Play

Ross Chastain starts ninth on Sunday at the Daytona road course but has never raced there. That lack of experience is likely to impact Chastain as much as the tweaked chicane. In five road starts, Chastain has finished outside of the top 10 in every single race. Also, the lack of qualifying hurts the driver […]

Chris Buescher Difficult To Recommend This Week At Daytona

Unlike last week, Chris Buescher faces a tall order. In 13 road starts, Buescher has just one top-five finish. He starts 30th this week, and his car does not seem to have the speed to improve much position-wise. His place differential overall was at plus-16 at the Daytona road course last year. This year's race […]

Christopher Bell Expected To Stay Around Middle Of Pack

Road-course inexperience is likely to keep Christopher Bell mostly near the middle of the pack on Sunday at Daytona. He finished 21st last year here, and the new chicane has caused him and other drivers a few issues. That run at Daytona was the 65-lap road race. Stepping up to the main event will not […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/20): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/19): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/17): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings, FanDuel, and SuperDraft. If you […]

Ryan Blaney comes in from the 14th position and contending is likely

There is a bit of all or nothing with Blaney and when he is on, he is on. What does that mean? Blaney has wound up second in the Daytona 500 twice (2017 and 2020). There have been several crashes and breakdowns but when the driver is able to negotiate the field, he winds up […]

Daniel Suarez will start 15th but finishing the race is questionable.

Suarez parlayed a decent run in the duels and a solid qualifying time into the 15th starting position at this year's Daytona 500. On the other hand, Suarez has raced seven times at the 2.5-mile track and six times the man from Monterrey has crashed. The only finish was the 2017 Coke Cola 400. Suarez […]

Matt DiBenedetto begins his Daytona 500 in 23rd, will not contend

DiBenedetto has one top-ten finish in the Daytona 500 in 2017 where he finished in ninth. Other than that, the Menards driver has not finished every lap and has crashed out a couple of times as well. In 2019, he did lead nearly 50 laps but he started ninth. Now this year, he is starting […]

Chris Buescher hangs around in top-20 yet will improve track position

Buescher showed the ability to drive Daytona after a few crashes early on in his experiences at the racetrack. Even when he qualifies outside the top-15, there was a noticeable change last season. Buescher was able to negotiate traffic, weather adversity, and thrive. The results were noticeable. He finished third in 2020 and the thought […]

Christopher Bell starts fifth and will be a good option on raceday.

Bell was the victim of some bad luck last year as he was able to stay on the last lap when a crash derailed him with four laps to go. The second time at Daytona saw him nearly nab a top-ten finish. He is not even 30 yet but Bell races with the experience of […]

Cole Custer manages to stay in top-30 but likely not to complete race

Custer actually qualified solidly -- both times last year in the top-20 (12th and 16th). Unfortunately, he rear-ended and crashed out in those appearances. The young racer's inexperience at Daytona has shown and shown often. Later in the races, he had problems maintaining track position and that lack of awareness may have contributed to him […]

Chase Briscoe struggled in qualifying and the duels, likely to struggle in race.

This is Briscoe's first attempt at the Daytona 500. He fared well enough last year and has a couple of top-five finishes. However, this is the big show. His first forays at the duels showed his inexperience and inability to draft with the better drivers on the 2.5-mile track. Briscoe almost looked happy to be […]

Tyler Reddick stays in top-30 barely but likely not to move up much

Reddick is just 25-years old and his biggest issue may just be that youthful exuberance. He has raced three times at Daytona and crashed all three times -- finishing outside the top 25 every time. Last year, he was involved in a crash with just about ten laps to go. Can he finish the race […]

Ross Chastain nearly bottoms out, should stay on lead lap.

Chastain just does not qualify all that well at Daytona and yet despite that, the racer finds a way. What does that mean? The Chevy engine has served him well in the past and even has a tenth place finish in the 2019 edition of the Daytona 500. In five races at the track, Chastain […]

Aric Almirola career best start, remains good play to finish well.

Almirola has the car in the Ford which could contend. The Smithfield driver was able to qualify right near the top last week and maintained his positioning for the start of Sunday afternoon's race. Since 2015, he has only crashed out of the 500 once. For the most part, he is a driver that stays […]

Kyle Busch winds up in the top ten and will make noise Sunday.

Busch had a solid car capable of keeping up with the top racers in the duels and his qualifying lap was right there as well. He knows this track well as the Joe Gibbs Racing driver finished second just two years ago. If Busch can just control the aggressiveness early, he should be able to […]

Kurt Busch opens in 20th but could have long day playing catchup.

Busch starts a bit further back than he is used to as he takes the 20th position from the starting grid on Sunday. The 2017 Daytona 500 winner has not come close to that success in the last three races -- finishing 26th, 25th, and 33rd. That including a couple of crash outs and a […]

William Byron nearly starts on pole, may stay in contention

William Byron finished second in qualifying and will be on the right side in the front row on Sunday at Daytona. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has shown the ability to qualify well and even finished off a race at Daytona -- winning the second race at the track last year. He even qualified from the […]

Chase Elliott starts near top-ten, can contend with strong car

Aside from a couple of dustups in the duels, Elliott will start 12th in this year's Daytona 500 and comes off a momentum-building second during the final race at Daytona last season. Elliott has not fared the greatest at the trace despite starting on the pole a couple of times. That being said, this year […]

Denny Hamlin down to 25th but far from out

Hamlin qualified in 10th but poor showings in the duels caused him to tumble down to 25th on the starting grid Sunday. The driver has shown an ability to win at Daytona -- winning three times overall. That includes winning the signature race in 2016, 2019, and 2020. The 2019 win saw Hamlin come from […]

Brad Keselowski mired in the middle and may stay around there

The driver contended in 2013 and 2014 while finishing third and fourth respectively. Since then, Keselowski has fared poorly by his standards without a single top-ten and several breakdowns and crashes. His car finished about a full second off in qualifying to Alex Bowman. Keselowski has not performed well even when he started in the […]