Wyndham Bets
I felt like I went overboard with the outright wagers, but when I did the math, I actually got down less than I normally do. Losing less is already a big win for me.
There’s like 10 other people I would like to bet, but three in particular didn’t make the card, so I’m just going to assume one of them will win now: Schenk, Glover or Cole.
WATCH: Final Wyndham Bets & One and Done
Si WOOOOO Kim — Si Woo at a Si Woo track? LET’S ROCK!!!!!!!
Cam Davis — Davis is finally flashing a flake of form so it’a time to jump on board at a Donald Ross course. Basically, if Ross or Pete Dye is involved in the architecture, you’ll want some money on Cam Davis.
Adam Svensson — The results haven’t exactly materialized yet, however, Svensson has quietly reeled off two straight starts averaging +5.5 SG: T2G after seven in a row losing with his irons. He’s played well at the three direct comp courses as well. He finished 13th in his only start at Sawgrass, averaging +5.5 SG: APP at Harbour Town, and won late last fall at Sea Island. It’s a good time to get hot for the Canadian.
Justin Suh — Usually I’m backing ball striking savant I pray can make a few putts to get into contention. That rarely works out well for me. So, let’s pivot, and take Suh who needs to improve his irons to match his putting. Fortunately, two of three best T2G weeks came at short, southeastern courses (Honda +10.8 T2G; Valspar +7.0 T2G). Suh’s gained on the greens in 13 straight starts with an insane average of +3.4 SG: PUTT over his past 20 tournaments.
Ben Griffin — The Wyndham is actually one of two Top 10 finishes in Griffin’s career (Also T3 in Bermuda). He’s gained with his irons in seven consecutive starts, has bene putting better as of late, and while he’s losing strokes with his driver, he’s actually been better than field average in accuracy over the past 2 months, which is far more important than distance at Sedgefield.
Alex Noren — Three Top 25s in his past four starts, and his putter has started to align with his iron play. His one appearance at the Wyndham was relatively uneventful (T60 in 2019), but he’s posted consecutive Top 10s in at the Ross course in Detroit, and that’s good enough for me with his trending form.
Kevin Streelman — Streelman’s best chances of winning are almost always at tracks with short Par 4s and Sedgefield has 8 of them. He’s coming off a fantastic week in the Twin Cities where he gained almost 9 strokes T2G and actually gained on the greens for the first time since late May.
Abe Ancer — Why not? He’s behind some guys who don’t have nearly his talent.
NFL
August hit so it was time to get those rankings posted for all those who care. Mine are for season-long, there’s plenty of other places to get great best ball stuff, but I wanted to focus on the regular, season-long game. Meaney joined me in studio to talk through the rankings and make tiers.
WATCH: 2023 RB Rankings & Tiers
Obviously, shit changes all the time with with injuries and news, so I’m keeping them updated every few days
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The WR Rankings show drops at midnight on the channel, then next week I’ll have Dr. Jesse Morse on to breakdown the key injuries and timetables, then a look at the Top 150 ranked players overall.
I highly recommend you test out Run The Sims right now while IT’S FREEEEE!!!!!! You can customized all player projections for yourself and create your own rankings.
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I love being able to react in real time to injuries and news just to get a sense of where guys should go. I did this earlier this week when it was announced Jonathan Taylor wanted a trade and broke his arm (out 4-6 weeks, which seems like not a lot of time.) Now, I still think Taylor is going to be on the field for the Colts, but I like to envision a scenario where he’s just gone, and Moss misses the first month to see how valuable Deon Jackson would become.
You may not even believe Jackson would be the guy with the other two out, so you can paste whatever name you like to get those touches, but here’s what I came up with.
It likely means Richardson (who’s already taking first team reps) will be the Colts best rushing attack. But both Jackson and Moss would have bench value, with some upside in the case of another injury. Again, this is just projection cosplay, as Taylor should be fine, but running through these scenarios in a flash makes readjusting your personal rankings of the fly incredibly simple.
Now, the season-long stuff is all free, but subs to Run The Sims in-season product will have access to the discord and full playing time projections for pre-season game. Some of the best DFS I know love pre-season NFL because people are terrible at it, but everyone loves to play it so the prize pools are YUGE!!!! Check out some of these contests for the Hall of Fame only showdown slate on August 8th.
Justin at Run the Sims has come up with a 1 to 5 score for each participant in the game to give you a better understanding of who is going to be on the field the most along with his notes. Here’s a taste.
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For the 0.2% of you reading this (you know who you are) who care about The Challenge as much as me, I’ll be releasing a full preview as a special episode on Friday. Until then, you can sign up for the FREE Fantasy Challenge we run every season. It’s a ton of fun, and you can come kick my ass if you like
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Wyndham DraftKings
There’s only one player pool you need this week…
I actually played all 14 of these lineups for kicks. In a more serious look at the week, Ben Rasa joined me with Tambo away and we talked through the entire field then I broke down my play/fade list for my player pool this week
WATCH: Wyndham DraftKings Picks, Linueps, Ownership
From what I can tell Russell Henley or Denny McCarthy will ended up competing for the highest owned this week, With Hideki, Si Woo, Smalley, and Poston slightly behind them.
If you’re looking to fit in a low-owned player or two from the high end Scott, Aberg, Hossler, and of course, Justin Thomas all appear to be on the outs with DraftKings players. I faded Scott and JT and went with Aberg and Hossler in my pool. So expect them to suck while the other pair comes first and second.
— PM