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Justin Carter is PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of North Texas. He writes about the NFL, NBA, and the WNBA here on RotoBaller. If he's not watching those things, he's either teaching college English or watching NASCAR.
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NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: Super Start Batteries 400 - Monkey Knife Fight
We've got some Thursday night NASCAR for y'all this week, with the Super Start Batteries 400 at Kansas Speedway! Let's talk about some prop picks for this one! Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NASCAR DFS games in the industry. If you haven't checked out these... Read More
Jimmie Johnson Has Upside At Kansas On Thursday
Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson has struggled recently at Kansas Speedway, with just two top 10s in the last six races here. But both of those top 10s came in 2019, and Johnson starts Thursday's Super Start Batteries 400 in 20th, giving him solid place differential upside. There is, of course, reason to worry about... Read More
Kyle Busch Looks To Continue Kansas Resurgence
For much of his career, Kyle Busch was just plain bad at Kansas Speedway. From his first race in 2004 through the first race here in 2014, Busch had just two top 10s at the track and eight finishes outside the top 20. He's improved since then, including getting a pair of top fives in... Read More
Kurt Busch Looking To Continue Recent Kansas Success
Chip Ganassi Racing's Kurt Busch has seven top-10 finishes in his last 10 NASCAR Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway, but he's still searching for his first win at the track. Busch has gotten as high as second-place in the finishing order twice here, but just hasn't been able to pull off a victory. Busch... Read More
Clint Bowyer Has Place Differential Upside At Kansas
It's true that Kansas Speedway hasn't always been the best track for Clint Bowyer, whose average finish in his last 10 starts at the track is 17.5, with just three top 10s in those 10 races. But Bowyer did have a pair of top 10s here last year, including a fifth-place run in the first... Read More
Alex Bowman Has Solid Upside At Kansas
Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman is set to start sixth in Thursday's Super Start Batteries 400 at Kansas Speedway. In five starts at this track in the 88 car, Bowman has a worst finish of 18th with three top 10s, including a second-place finish in this race a year ago. Bowman's spot on the starting... Read More
Kevin Harvick Starts From Pole At Kansas
Stewart Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick will start from the pole on Thursday when the NASCAR Cup Series visits Kansas Speedway for the Super Start Batteries 400. Harvick's placement on the grid does take away some of his DFS upside, as he won't be able to earn place differential points, but his history at this track... Read More
Jimmie Johnson Looks To Break Through At Texas
It seems weird to talk about seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson as someone who needs a strong run, but Johnson sits 15th in points right now after missing a race due to COVID-19 and hasn't won a race since 2017. Texas is a strong place for the 48 team, though, as Johnson's won... Read More
Denny Hamlin Could Disappoint At Texas
Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin is one of the highest-priced drivers on Sunday's slate for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. He's also one of the riskiest DFS options because of his price. Why, when Hamlin has already won four times this year? Because his performance at the 1.5-mile tracks like Texas... Read More
Tyler Reddick Is Strong Value Play At Texas
Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick is set to be a strong value option for DFS players for Sunday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The rookie starts in 24th place for Sunday's race and is coming off back-to-back top 10s, including a 10th place finish last week at Kentucky, another 1.5-mile track. Reddick... Read More
NASCAR Research Station: DraftKings, FanDuel DFS Lineup Picks - O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
NASCAR returns to Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500. Can Kevin Harvick continue his recent dominance at the track? Will Kyle Busch get his first Cup win of 2020? Can Jimmie Johnson break his long winless streak and get to Victory Lane for the eighth time at Texas? Feel free... Read More
NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 - Monkey Knife Fight
On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Texas Motor Speedway. or as I like to call it "that racetrack that's like 20 minutes from my apartment." The 1.5-mile track has been dominated by Kevin Harvick recently, as he's won three of the last five races here. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer some... Read More
NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Texas My Bariatric Solutions 300 (7/19/20)
Well, Kyle Busch is in a lower series race again. It's been a little bit since we've dealt with this, but it's a reality again for Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series My Bariatric Solutions 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch's return means one of two things for lineup building. The first is that you go full... Read More
NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Texas Vankor 250 (7/18/20)
Like the Xfinity Series race earlier in the day, Saturday's NASCAR Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway will feature the return of Kyle Busch to the series. That's not quite the earth-shattering thing it is in Xfinity, as our projections have Busch scoring 105 DFS points in Xfinity and just 84 in Trucks, it... Read More
NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: NASCAR All-Star Race - Monkey Knife Fight
This Wednesday is the NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. This will mark the first time since 1986 that this race was run at a track other than Charlotte Motor Speedway, and we should be in for an exciting race under the lights at one of NASCAR's most exciting tracks. Our friends at Monkey... Read More
Martin Truex Jr. Looks For Third Kentucky Victory
Martin Truex Jr. feels underpriced this week. A two-time winner at Kentucky Speedway, the driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing 19 car is DraftKing's ninth-highest priced driver and FanDuel's fifth. The latter feels appropriate, but Truex has a chance to be a valuable DFS option on the former platform. In wins here in 2017 and... Read More
Matt DiBenedetto Is Solid Value Play At Kentucky
Because he's never been in equipment as good as his current Wood Brothers Racing ride, it's hard to judge Matt DiBenedetto's past results at Kentucky Speedway. But in the second-best car he's driven in the Cup Series, DiBenedetto finished 16th here last year. Factor in that he's shown speed at intermediate tracks in 2020 and... Read More
William Byron Looking For First Top 10 At Kentucky
Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron has run a pair of Cup Series races at Kentucky Speedway, resulting in a best finish of 18th last season. Byron's Xfinity results at the track included one top 10, but overall the young driver of the 24 car just hasn't managed to put together a strong run at the... Read More
Alex Bowman Hasn't Had Success At Kentucky
When Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman straps into the 88 car to start Sunday's Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, he'll be chasing his first-ever top 10 result at the track. And while some encouraging runs in lower series races at the track in the past suggest that Bowman can be successful here, it's hard... Read More
NASCAR Research Station: DraftKings, FanDuel DFS Lineup Picks - Quaker State 400
A weird week of racing at Kentucky is capped off on Sunday with the Quaker State 400. Unless, uhh, it rains a little too much... Anyway, some storylines: Jimmie Johnson is back in the 48 after a one-week absence due to COVID-19. The All-Star race is coming up on the 15th and the cars will... Read More
Early ADP Variations: Yahoo's Overvalued and Undervalued Players
Every fantasy football platform is different. There are the obvious ways they differ -- the way their apps look, the different drafting interfaces, etc. -- but there are also less obvious ways they differ. One of those ways is how their rankings and ADP look. Because there's no such thing as a universal rankings order... Read More
NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Kentucky Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 (7/11/20)
In this new, fast-paced world of NASCAR doubleheaders and mid-week races, it seems impossible that we haven't had a Truck Series race since June 28th. But it's true, and after a brief hiatus for July 4th weekend, the series returns to action on Saturday for the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway.... Read More
Don't Let Go: Players to Hold in Dynasty
Dynasty leagues require a lot of patience. After all, building a consistent, winning team takes time. It takes a keen eye for talent. It takes luck. And it takes the ability to recognize that sometimes you have to use a roster spot on someone who won't give you much in the short term, but who... Read More
One Year Away: Players to Stash in Dynasty for Next Season
The 2020 NFL season is going to be a weird one because of COVID-19. With fewer offseason activities and fewer preseason games, teams will rely on veteran talent more than usual, pushing young players down the depth charts. One thing that means for dynasty managers is that if you're in win-now mode, you have less... Read More
NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Kentucky Alsco 300 (7/10/20)
So, did everyone enjoy Thursday's Xfinity race at Kentucky? No? It was your least favorite Xfinity race of 2020? It was bookended by accidents that probably killed you in DFS? Well, good news, because on Friday we're doing it again, but with an extra 100 miles! Night two of the Xfinity doubleheader at Kentucky is... Read More
NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Kentucky Shady Rays 200 (7/9/20)
Hi, everyone! On Thursday, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will get a little more normal. Following races at Talladega, Pocono, and the Indianapolis road course, the Shady Rays 200 at Kentucky Speedway is going to seem a lot more predictable and should feature far fewer cautions than we've been seeing. Of course, the race isn't totally normal, as... Read More
On The Clock: What To Do At Pick 1.12
Welcome to a new series as we head towards fantasy redraft season. "On The Clock" will help breakdown some of the tough decisions you might be facing at various points in your fantasy drafts, helping you make good decisions about what players you should be targeting. We're starting with pick 1.12 in 12-team leagues, which... Read More
Touchdown Regression Candidates: Quarterback
The league average touchdown percentage for NFL quarterbacks was 4.5 percent last year. Every year since 2009, the number's been somewhere between 4.2 and 4.6 aside from a one-year jump to 4.8 in 2018. That's not to say some individual quarterbacks don't exceed that number every year. Plenty do. 12 NFL quarterbacks had a touchdown... Read More
NASCAR Research Station: DraftKings, FanDuel DFS Lineup Picks - Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400
It's Brickyard 400 time! (Technically, it's the Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records, but the only place I'm ever going to type that is the title of this article because titles need to accurately reflect reality and all. In the text of this piece, it's the Brickyard 400 because, well, IT'S THE... Read More
NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Pennzoil 150 At The Brickyard (7/4/20)
It's July 4th weekend! Traditionally, that means NASCAR heads to Daytona for the Firecracker 400, but things are different this year, and instead we get an Independence Day that will feature the first ever Xfinity race on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This is also the first time we've had Xfinity practice in... Read More
