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I haven’t done too much hawking of my Best Ball Mania portfolio yet. When I have combed through teams it’s been in the Eliminator contest, where things are really starting to get down to the nitty gritty (I only have 6 teams left).

But on Monday’s Pourtfolio Review I was curious on what stream I drafted my best team, which has 714.22 points:

And boy was I delighted to discover that it was a Best Ball Bash episode where six different guests from the Deposit Kingdom joined me for three picks each.

I’m pretty sure if you had asked me to pick one single team to be the best one in my portfolio it would have likely been this one (or maybe the wild Zero RB team I drafted with Shawn Siegele):

At the time, I thought this game of telephone would result in a broken, frankensteined monster with a bunch of half-baked ideas and no logical cohesion. But that is the exact opposite of what happened. Instead, we have a near-perfect team with a nice structure (hyperfragile RB!), league-winning selections (Taylor & JSN together is sick), and cheap correlation (Texans rookies, Chargers skinny stack):

Every single drafter got us on at least one clutch selection, if not two or three:

Most importantly, this team is completely healthy right now. Let’s see if we can keep it rolling.

Cool shoutout from Hayden this week for the Underdog Masterclass:

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🤯 BLOCK PARTY & BULLY THE SIMS: Week 6 DFS Strategy: Top Plays & GPP Angles. JMToWin and Youdacao share how they are attacking the slate on DraftKings.

⏰ OFF & ON THE CLOCK: Week 6 Underdog: BR Strategy & Sleepers. Scrolls, draft angles, and spicy pick ‘ems.

🔮 FANTASY LIFE: Week 6 Draft Strategy for Underdog. This week’s DFS column focused exclusively on Underdog. I reviewed winning lineups through five weeks, shared my favorite stack, tried to find this week’s Rico, and highlighted a swap angle. I also hosted the DFS Jam on the FL YouTube, where I drafted some teams with my randomizer wheel.

🤓 FANTASY LIFE: Newsletter Roundup. This week in the newsletter we laughed at the TE renaissance from non-elite TEs, glazed JSN, discussed fallout from the Flacco trade, and spotlighted three post-bye rookie bumps.

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💪 THE SWOLECAST: Week 6 NFL DFS Picks. No Kitchen this week, but Nez was a great replacement.

🎉 BATTLE ROYALE BASH: A CANADIAN CUSTODIAN FIRES SHOTS BEFORE DRAFT. Billy was a gem.

☣ LOLZ: SHAIDY’S TOOL IS THE NEXT FRONTIER OF DFS. ShadyAdvice joins to discuss DFS portfolio diversity and Battle Royale auto-drafting.

📈 STAT CHASING: 2 Buy Low WRs & 2 To Sell Before It’s Too Late. Love these shows from Drico and Sack.

☕ POURTFOLIO REVIEW: What Process Over Results Actually Means. I need Boostober to be over.

After Dark is back Saturday night (8pm ET) with Drew Dinkmeyer:

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Then we’ve got the Week 6 DFS Cram at 10:30 am ET on Sunday:

And then we’ll have the ShipCast at 4pm ET. We neeeeeeed to hit a pick ‘em:

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