Our Fantasy Football Guru @BalesFootball Is Going To Be Dishing Out Extra Advice Every Week, And Here She Blows

[Editor’s Note: Our Fantasy Football Guru @BalesFootball is going to be giving some extra advice in the written word each week, as well as regular FF updates/news. Play nice.]

Some of you know me from the (Insert Literally Any Title Here Because Smitty Changes It Every Week) Fantasy Football Podcast, which receives tens and tens of listens each week. If we use the Barstool method of counting views then we’re in the hundreds of thousands, so we got that going for us, which is nice.

I asked Smitty if he’d let me write the blogs to accompany our fantasy football podcasts primarily because 1) his sucked and 2) I actually enjoy writing and don’t get to do it much anymore. I work full-time in daily fantasy sports, but nowadays it’s almost 100% running a company (big shout out to Pres because what he’s done is amazing) and playing DFS. So I’ll do these blogs for the rest of the season and we’ll see where it goes.

I’m not here to talk about my daily fantasy sports platform FantasyLabs (backed by Mark Cuban, nbd) or get you to read my DFS book series or brag about my great bets or ask you to follow me on Twitter. That’s just not me—not how I do business. Never has been, never will be. I like to do things a little more #organically.

I met Smitty four years ago and it was immediately apparent he was going places, but I never could have envisioned him getting fingered by a porn star while wearing a Donkey Kong costume and playing Mario Kart against a girl who legitimately—legitimately—thinks Massachusetts is a massive state bordering Wyoming.

That’s the kind of success you really only dream about.

Has he continued spelling my name Johnathan in blogs even after I’ve told him multiple times it’s Jonathan?

Yes.

Does his head legitimately look like a LEGO guy in real life?

Yes.

Is he a coin flip to be selling pasta again within 12 months?

Yes.

But, BUT, is he a sharp guy you should listen to for fantasy football advice?

Moving on…..

Basically, I’m envisioning this blog serving two purposes: 1) give you actually decent DFS/fantasy/gambling advice and 2) attempt to be funny but fall flat so I get eviscerated in the comments and we can all enjoy a good laugh.

Week 11 DraftKings

Target

LeSean McCoy @CIN – $6900

In the seven games Shady has been healthy, he’s averaged 17 carries and more than four targets. With heavy ownership on C.J. Prosise, Le’Veon Bell, Ezekiel Elliott, and DeMarco Murray, among others, I think McCoy is going to get overlooked a bit. His pass-catching ability has made him historically more productive as an underdog, and Buffalo is currently a 2.5-point dog in a game I think has a sneaky chance to turn into a shootout. It’s just a rare chance to get a running back with a heavy workload in an underrated spot at (probably) less than 10% ownership on DraftKings.

Avoid

Dez Bryant vs BAL – $7200

Bryant has gone over 100 yards and a touchdown in two of his past three games and has a matchup against a Ravens team that I think most realize defend the run better than the pass. Probably the most overlooked aspect of projecting receivers, though, is figuring out who will be covering them and if they’ll be shadowed, and Bryant is almost guaranteed to get shadowed by one of the better corners in the league in Jimmy Smith. Smith might or might not go into the slot if Bryant goes there—he’s covered slot receivers just 4% of snaps this year—but the Cowboys aren’t really creative enough to consistently move Bryant inside anyway.

This is actually a spot in which I think Dallas could have some trouble offensively since the strength of Baltimore’s defense—stopping the run and locking down a top receiver—matches up perfectly with how the Cowboys move the ball.

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