The Player Pool

Fanduel DFS NFL Week 4 Main Slate Preview! And the Falcons are going to get it?! You'll see. Enjoy the weekend Player Poolers!

Welcome back to Season 3 of the Player Pool Podcast covering Fanduel's NFL Main Slate and how to approach constructing DFS lineups through the Player Pool Process.

Gobble! Gobble! We hope you have your Turducken ready for a bite sized portion of DFS! Austin preps his listeners on how to approach a smaller slate, gives advice on how to stay sustainable as a DFS player. Happy Thanksgiving!

Austin releases a late pod flying through the main slate! Buckle up indeed.

Austin leads off the show talking about how to make sure your player pool actually makes it into your lineups. On to Week 9!!!

Austin wows at the weird pricing on Fanduel this week.

Austin gets another week in to best breakdown the upcoming Main Slate for Week 7 in the NFL while giving coaching tips on the Player Pool process. Davante and Aaron 4EVER!!

Austin breaks down the trends and preps his player poolers for the NFL Main Slate on Fanduel Week 6!

Austin comes running with a weekly drop of DFS insight for Week 6 of the NFL Season.

It's now or never to call your shot before its too late on some big winners and losers. After three weeks, Austin talks through his perspective of what each NFL teams and players are truly up to. Week 4 NFL Main Slate Preview!

We aren't out of the preseason woods yet. Austin walks through some decisions that have to be made in your player pools as Week 3 approaches. Plus who is Saquon to you?

Austin announces some temporary changes for the show, then embarks on a thorough breakdown of the Week 2 NFL Main Slate.

Welcome back to the Player Pool! Austin breaks down the 13 game Main Slate, criticizes how overblown preseason storylines have gotten, and gives a refresher course of the player pool process!

As the DFS year winds down, Austin goes through his player pool for week 17.

Tis the (NFL) season! Austin gives his thoughts on how the show has been going and discusses what to expect next for the Player Pool before diving into a thin Week 16 main slate.

Double dip in the Player Pool this weekend as Austin attacks both the 3 game Saturday slate and the Sunday main slate!

Austin sticks to the Player Pool's code by being transparent about the 2023 NFL DFS season so far. Then, a self-loathing but honest lineup review follows.

Austin teaches how your base stacks need to have a prediction on that games flow. He gives some examples before heading into a lengthy Week 14 preview where he dishes assists on how to navigate a couple frustrating players.

While Austin tries to figure out how to use the words "introspective" and "retrospective", he also walks through his lineup review imparting lesson's learned after Week 13 of the NFL season.

The season wears on as Austin makes sense of the Week 13 themes and main slate.

It's time to talk about the MVP conversation and the answer is obvious to Austin: CMC! Listen as Austin walks through how the media use to cover the NFL and MVP conversation. Plus, Austin's Week 12 Lineup Review and other DFS notes.

Thanksgiving has knocked the Player Pool out of order so Austin serves up the best left overs he has by targeting exactly how he is approaching the Week 12 Main Slate.

Austin preps his Player Poolers for the special Thanksgiving 3-game slate. Then he walks through another winning week in DFS while imploring listeners on the value of self-review of their own lineups in order to be even more successful at DFS. We are having fun!

Austin opens up the main slate to find quarterbacks galore! He talks about the attitude needed to get to the core of the slate's problems. Plus, time management ahead of the Thanksgiving slate week and Week 11 Preview!

After a high scoring DFS week, Austin revels in the entertainment and added value DFS brings to his Sundays. Then he walks through his lineups giving his thoughts and reactions to player outcomes. Tips galore, lets go!

Austin gives his thoughts on where fantasy football has been, where it is heading, and why we all must convert from traditional fantasy football to DFS players. Then Austin highlights some Sunday Situations to be aware of before finally taking a look at the Week 10 Main Slate!

In a week where what Austin professed were the wrong plays scored the highest, Austin goes over why those trains of thought ultimately lead to long term DFS failure. Plus, a lengthy Week 9 Lineup Review hopefully sheds more light for listeners trying to grasp the Player Pool concepts.

With a brutal Week 9 slate ahead, Austin does his best to navigate his listeners away from stormy waters.

Austin is in the winner's circle! Plus discussions on how a DFS player needs to view the Kirk Cousins injury and a review of Austin's Week 8 Lineups!

Austin discusses how he organizes his micro-game stacks and how it helps him build lineups. Then tuning up how we choose our contests and why. Ending with a thorough preview of the Week 8 Main Slate!

Shortie but a goodie. Austin looks at the Bijan Robinson situation before assessing what went right and what went wrong on Week 7's Main Slate.

Small slate and big problems! Austin goes over how to address the potential mega-value situation with Zach Evans before previewing the Week 7 Main Slate.

Austin changes up the Tuesday show format with a new segment dubbed "Good play or Bad play"; an exercise to help DFS players realize if they missed a good play or not. Then Austin covers his lineups and gives his takes on what went right and what went wrong. The usual colloquial shenanigans included! Lets go!

Week 6 is upon us! Austin tunes up his listeners to have another successful week including how to spot positive matchups, and how to deal with JT/Moss, Kupp/Nacua selections.

One month in and Player Pool Listeners are already realizing the process! Multiple listeners taking down tournaments in Week 5! Austin touches up on the Player Pool Process before discussing Late Swapping; how it works and when to use it. Then, Austin goes over new Growers and Showers and ends with his Week 5 takeaways.

Austin breaks down his 6 DFS lineups after the Main Slate for NFL Week 5 ends.

Austin encourages listeners to see beyond a single month of a season when it comes to established and great fantasy football players. Then, through a new segment, Austin goes over game situations lineup builders will need to persevere through in order to be successful in Week 5. Finally, Austin ends with a Week 5 preview of Fanduel's main slate.

After Week 4 Austin decides what to do with Joe Burrow in DFS moving forward, the ramifications for both the Broncos and Bears franchises after a toilet bowl game, and Stroud Slings it again!

Week 4 is behind us and progress has been made! Catch up with how Austin did after the main slate for NFL Week 4 comes to a close.

Who replaces Mike Williams in the Charger offense? Austin IDs player and game situations across the league and how to approach them. Week 4 game preview.

Austin covers the nuclear bomb that is the Miami Dolphins, NFL Growers and Show-ers, Week 3 Recap!

Austin goes over his lineups and discusses what went right and what went wrong immediately after the NFL Main Slate ends.

Austin preps Player Pool listeners for Week 3 matchups they will need to get exposure to, the difficult choice to make in certain matchups and the decision tree on how to answer them. Austin also offers more advice on how to fine tune the player pool routine.

On this episode, Austin highlights players trying to show you something, reaction to Week 2, Enjoying Football as a DFS player and more!

Austin walks through his full lineups yet again to discuss what was and what could have been after NFL Week 2's Main Slate has come to an end. Onward and upward!

Week 2 is upon us and like Aaron Rodgers, we shall rise again! Austin goes over flaws in Player Pool processes, assesses the Austin Ekeler/Joshua Kelley situation, discuss themes for building lineups, then finally takes a look at the games for the Week 2 Main Slate!

Week 1 is behind us and has left nothing but fish covered destruction in its wake. Austin experiences a rough random outcome of a week in DFS. Then, he walks through each team, giving his lessons learned about each before opening his Player Pool and telling listeners who he played and why or why not his lineups worked.

FOOTBALL IS HERE! A shrewd DFS player knows what they are looking for. In this episode, Austin identifies questions we need answered after the first week of NFL DFS!

It's the final episode before the NFL season kicks off! Austin jumps all around the the Player Pool imparting last notes and observations before players begin to craft their own player pools. Austin touches on how to select the right DFS contest, how he uses player projection websites, tweaks to game stacks and correlation strategy, fatal flaws, and learning from failure!

ITS TIME TO BUILD SOME LINEUPS! Austin walks through how the Player Pool comes off the pages and creates DFS lineups. Buckle up for a ride, its going to get bumpy!