In this week's P.O. Box:
Hyrox race
Week 5 Free roll
Week 5 DFS prep
I have my Hyrox race in Boston this morning.
I had a goal to do some kind of race like this at the top of the year and then waited way too long to start training for it.
Still, I trained hard these past two months and felt ready to rock…
Then I woke up sick on Wednesday morning. Ugh.
I feel fine today, and I was going to be tapering this week anyways, but it certainly has me feeling more nervous than I wanted to be.
I have some ballpark ranges for times that I think would be good, but I honestly have no idea what to expect for my first one.
The biggest note I’m giving myself is not to start too fast, which will be difficult to do with the atmosphere and adrenaline.
I’ll report back next week with a full breakdown of how it went…
Week 5 FanDuel Free Roll
This week’s $2500 FanDuel Free Roll is live and available for YouTube members. $1K up top, Top 100 get paid. If you want in: 1) Become a YouTube member. 2) Find the link to register here.
Second-Chance Survivor
Did you already get bounced from your Survivor pool? We got a new one starting this week for the Swolecast with $25,000 going to the winner and the entire prize pool is guaranteed regardless of how many entries we get.
What’s On Tap
DFS After Dark (tonight at 8pm ET) - DonG—a DFS crusher who is working on FD projections for ETR—joins me to discuss strategy and the Week 5 slate.
Week 5 DFS Cram (tomorrow at 10:30am ET) - Overnight news, ownership polls, reacting to inactives, testing the sims.
Week 5 ShipCast (tomorrow at 1:00pm ET). Jakob’s two biggest loves in the same game—the Colts and DK Metcalf.
ICYMI
DFS Fridays: HOW THE PROS WILL HANDLE THE WEEK 5 CHALK. A weird Week 5 slate calls for a lot of different angles. JM walks through the best plays and builds two lineups live, Youda shares his ball knowledge and contrarian angles, Leone runs the Solver to see how much you can fade the big game, and the Badge Bros draft Underdog and debate how to combat the chalk builds.
Macro Thursdays: WEEK 5 BREAKOUTS FT. CUPPS & REEBS. Alex Cupps breaks down breakout candidates and the week’s chalk. Bric75 joins for LOLz with prediction market news, showdown DFS, and post-lock sims. Lord Reebs closes it out with matchup previews, late-swap options, and injury fallout.
Ts & Ps Guillotine League: WILL TOOTSIE DO A SHOEY? I was rooting for Tootsie, damn.
Monday Pourtfolio Review: WEEK 4 DFS RECAP (HEATING UP?). The Week 4 Portfolio Review finally has some wins to talk about. We cover DFS across DraftKings, FanDuel, and Underdog, as well as best ball, Survivor pools, and managed leagues. We then comb through the Utilization Report and preview Monday Night Football.
In the Fantasy Life Newsletter, three duos popped off in Week 4, some sneaky Week 5 waiver pickups, QB streamers, and a sell-high.
On The Fantasy Life Show this week:
Swolecast: Week 5 DFS Picks & Survivor Strategy. Featuring an extensive conversation about what constitutes a good target share for a WR.
Stat Chasing: Week 5 Waivers, Buys, DFS Plays. Tony Squares hosts Neil Farley and Michael O'Hara while Drico takes a bye week. They go chart by chart through QB, RB, WR, and TE usage data, with plenty of debate on waiver targets, DFS price points, and who to trust heading into the next slate.
🦈 Book #7 for October (5%): Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence by Michael Capuzzo
Not much reading this week because of being sick, but will dive in next week.
🏫 Book #6 for August (COMPLETED): Stoner by John Williams
➿ Book #5 for July (COMPLETED): The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizama
👮 Book #4 for June (COMPLETED): London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
🕷 Book #3 for April (COMPLETED): Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
💀 Book #2 for February (COMPLETED): Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
🧱 Book #1 for January (COMPLETED): The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami.
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