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If you love football and have an interest in winning a million dollars, read on. DraftStreet is giving you a chance to win a million bucks in Las Vegas on December 15th, 2013, in the DraftStreet Fantasy Football Championship (DSFFC).
All you have to do is enter and win one of 40 qualifier contests to reserve your spot in Vegas. You will be competing for $1.75 million in total prizes and a cool million for first place. That means each spot is worth $43,750 plus the airfare and hotel DraftStreet takes care of. And if you win one of the 40 spots, you are guaranteed a minimum of $7,000. Including the extra money in each qualifier for those that finish outside the top spot, a total of $2,500,000 will be up for grabs over the next 15 weeks. Full details here.
Week 1 features three qualifiers at different buy-ins: $22 (3000 max entries), $55 (1200 max entries, and $215 (300 max entries). Each qualifier has $16,000 added in addition to the Las Vegas seat. You must have your teams set by Sunday noon, so players from Thursday night’s Denver-Baltimore opener are not eligible and will be omitted from our analysis here.
To help you prepare for this mammoth contest, I will look at some of the best value for cost plays for each of the 10 DraftStreet roster positions for the opening week of NFL action. Remember, at DraftStreet, you need two quarterbacks, two running backs, two wide receivers, a tight end, two flex players (WR,TE or RB) and a defense (and no kickers).
Quarterbacks for Week 1
Aaron Rodgers/$16245/GBP is among the most expensive options at DraftStreet this week and has a very difficult matchup on the road against the formidable San Francisco 49ers defense. With Jordy Nelson(WR)/$9472/GB apparently ready to go, Rodgers has his full complement of receivers. I expect the passing yards to be there, but the TD to INT ratio will be a concern in San Francisco.
Matt Stafford/$14821/DET is the in vogue pick, but there are a few concerns. The Vikings will attempt to control the clock with RB-Adrian Peterson/$16151/MIN running and Christian Ponder/$10617/MIN scrambling. This will give fewer chances for Stafford to pile up passing yards. The top receiver in the NFL, WR-Calvin Johnson(WR)/$14445/DET is nursing a knee bruise and that could impact Stafford‘s completions and yards.
My top play at QB is Tony Romo/$14890/DAL. A full complement of healthy receivers and a suspect Giants secondary should add up to 300+yards. The only concern would be an early blowout that might cause the Cowboys play calling to turn conservative.