In this week's P.O. Box:

It has been a rough season for me DFS-wise. I haven’t had any big hits, much less any fun sweats.

Fortunately, I do really enjoy the process of putting together the puzzle pieces each week and drafting teams. I’ve also built up a decent amount of good habits (and calluses) over the years that prevent the tilt from negatively impacting me too much.

But I’m still very much human and I still would very much like to put something into the Win column.

It didn’t come in the form of a DFS bink, but the Week 9 ShipCast was the most fun I’ve had so far this season.

We put together a 5-leg pick’em entry this week (one more leg than usual thanks to Leone’s contribution) and it immediately got off to a hot start.

But then things got dark. What went from looking like an easy 5/5 hit for 30x turned into a nightmare scenario with the Chiefs struggling and Rashee Rice—the final leg of our entry—looking like he wasn’t going to clear his 15.25-fantasy point number.

As far as what happened next, I’ll let Davis do the play by play:

Here’s to hoping we can keep those vibes (and the green) rolling into Week 10…

⚔ Eliminator update. Down to our final bullet, but the BBMDB projections like our chances. You can check out the full matchup here.

💎 Week 10 Gems. It’s getting gross out there in the sleeper streets, but we persist. YouTube members can grab them here. Masterclass subs head here.

🤯 BLOCK PARTY & BULLY THE SIMS: Week 10 DFS Strategy: Top Plays & GPP Angles. Sharp takes from JMToWin and Youdacao. Btw, you can now get 50% off both One Week Season DFS subs (promo code Pete50) and Run The Sims packages (first payment, promo code Pete).

⏰ OFF & ON THE CLOCK: Week 10 Battle Royale Strategy & Sleepers. Scrolls, draft angles, and spicy pick ‘ems. Check show notes/description for link to pick ‘ems.

🔮 FANTASY LIFE: Week 10 Draft Strategy for Underdog. Topics: thoughts on projections, my favorite sneaky stack, how to play the Bears backfield, a rushing QB sleeper. Also, check out the draft stream I did on the FL YouTube channel, which included my toughest wheel prompt to date.

🤓 FANTASY LIFE: Newsletter Roundup. This week in the newsletter we got poetic, flagged two tight ends to add, reacted to the NFL trade deadline, and made RB stash recommendations.

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💪 THE SWOLECAST: Week 10 NFL DFS Picks. We’d be remiss if we didn’t tout the best plays.

🎉 BATTLE ROYALE BASH: A Guest Comes Prepared With 12 Sleepers. Plus, a PHD joins the program.

☣ LOLZ: Why Everyone Hates the Kalshi CEO. Other topics: ESPN Bet and the UFC betting scandal.

📈 STAT CHASING: Buy Lows & Sell Highs Before Week 10 Kicks Off. Sack and Drico sift through recent usage and efficiency trends to help you make the best decisions.

🔮 ADP CHASING: What 2026 ADP Will Look Like. The fellas reunited to predict the first three rounds of 2026 ADP.

☕ POURTFOLIO REVIEW: The Guy You Need Has Arrived! Another “process over results” week. Sigh.

After Dark is back tonight (8pm ET) with Joe Holka:

For After Dark shows, you can become a YT member for access or subscribe on Spotify for a private RSS feed (I post the video/audio there directly after the show).

Then we’ve got the Week 10 DFS Cram at 10:30 am ET on Sunday:

And then we’ll have the ShipCast at 4pm ET. Let’s hit another pick ‘em…

🏃 Book #9 for November (15%): The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.

🏃 Book #8 for September (COMPLETED): Endure by Alex Hutchinson.
🤼 Book #7 for August (COMPLETED): Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross.
🚶 Book #6 for July (COMPLETED): Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir by Craig Mod.
☁ Book #5 for June (COMPLETED): Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
🐊 Book #4 for May (COMPLETED): Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner
🍌 Book #3 for April (COMPLETED): The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen
💉 Book #2 for March (FINISHED): Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.
🐃 Book #1 for February (FINISHED): The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

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