FanDuel Picks for the NFL
Last week a friend of mine asked me to help him with his picks for the FanDuel.com website.
I’m not a football fan in the slightest. Prior to last week, I could name two positions on a football team: quarterback and kicker. That shows how much interest I’ve had in the game.
After he explained how FanDuel works, it seemed like an interesting project to analyze, and so I produced a list of selections.
If you play FanDuel, I’ll be posting my selections every Saturday from this week forward.
Here’s my selections for Sunday 10-12-2014 and some of their respective results:
| Position | Team | Cost | Player | Points earned |
| Quarterback: | Atlanta | 8700 | Matt Ryan | 13.74 |
| Quarterback: | Washington | 7600 | Kirk Cousins | 19.16 |
| Quarterback: | Philadelphia | 8100 | Nick Foles | 16.7 |
| Quarterback: | Baltimore | 7000 | Joe Flacco | 32.4 |
| Wide Receiver: | Atlanta | 9000 | Juilo Jones (injured) | 8.9 |
| Wide Receiver: | Atlanta | 7200 | Roddy White | 5.5 |
| Wide Receiver: | Washington | 7100 | Desean Jackson | 19.5 |
| Wide Receiver: | Washington | 4800 | Andre Roberts | 6 |
| Wide Receiver: | Philadelphia | 8000 | Jeremy Macklin | uknown |
| Wide Receiver: | Baltimore | 7200 | Steve Smith | 19.5 |
| Tight End: | Seattle | 5000 | Luke Wilson | uknown |
| Tight End: | Pittsburgh | 5000 | Heath Miller (might miss) | 2.9 |
| Tight End: | San Francisco | 5800 | Vernon Davis (injured) | uknown |
| Running Back: | Pittsburgh | 8600 | Levon Belle | 12.5 |
| Running Back: | Seattle | 9200 | Marshawn Lynch (might miss) | 6.7 |
| Running Back: | San Francisco | 7200 | Frank Gore | 3.8 |
| Kicker: | Dallas | 5500 | Dan Bailey | 15 |
| Defense: | Miami | 5100 | 5 | |
| Defense: | Detroit | 5000 | 21 |
