Is Noah Gragson Worth Rostering For COTA Lineups This Week?

Front Row Motorsports driver Noah Gragson will start 17th for this week's race at Circuit of the Americas, the Echopark Texas Grand Prix. It will be the second time in his Cup career that Gragson will start inside the top 20 at the Texas road course. In two past starts at COTA, Gragson's best finish […]

Top Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Surprises: 2nd-Year WR Breakout Stars & Sleepers for 2025 Drafts

The 2024 NFL season was full of surprises, from expected playoff teams like the Cowboys and 49ers faltering during the regular season to unexpected players breaking out. While the top three wide receivers in fantasy scoring weren't a surprise to anyone (Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and Amon-Ra St. Brown), some of the names that followed […]

Erik Jones Is A Cash-Game Pick For COTA DFS Lineups

Erik Jones of Legacy Motor Club obtained a starting position of 32nd after qualifying for this week's Echopark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. This will mark the third time in his Cup career that Jones will start 30th or lower at COTA. In four races at COTA, the No. 43 Toyota driver […]

2025 Fantasy Football Backup Running Back Rankings for Dynasty Leagues: Sleepers and Value Picks

Ah, the backup running backs. Fantasy football managers hold them all season in the hopes that, for at least one week, they have a fantasy starter. Not all backup running backs are created equal. The top-end runners technically don't start but see an equal share of touches. There are the high-value handcuffs, the running backs […]

Every AFC Team's Most Undervalued Dynasty Fantasy Football Players to Target in 2025

Dynasty fantasy football is a growing game. What started as a thing for hardcore players has become a format casual players enjoy, too. While everyone enjoys making a blockbuster trade, moving multiple superstar players and draft picks, that’s not how you win your dynasty fantasy league. Instead, the league-winning moves are the ones for undervalued […]

William Byron Not The Favorite But Expect Him To Contend

After winning back-to-back poles at Austin, William Byron qualified a disappointing 15th for Sunday's Echopark Automotive Grand Prix. But don't expect him to stay there for long, as he fought a scrappy race-long battle with Sunday's's polesitter Tyler Reddick in 2023 before pretty much controlling the race last year. Although he was slow in the […]

Denny Hamlin Weirdly Mediocre At Austin Qualifying

Denny Hamlin, the driver of the No. 11 Toyota, fittingly qualified 11th at Circuit of the Americas, but curiously, the Joe Gibbs Racing car he drives has not seemed to be as fast on road courses (especially here) as the 23XI Racing cars he owns. While both of his drivers locked out the front row […]

Kyle Busch Should Have A Strong Run

Since switching to Richard Childress Racing, Kyle Busch has almost entirely lost any semblance of the surefire consistency he used to have. However, road courses seem to have been an exception as he had four top fives on road and street courses in 2023 and he still had two top tens on those tracks last […]

Michael McDowell Might Be A Good DFS Play

For all the hype Michael McDowell gets as a road-racing pro, Carson Hocevar really showed him up in Austin qualifying on Saturday as Hocevar qualified fourth to McDowell's 16th. Admittedly, that is the best McDowell has ever qualified here and he did finish better than he started in all his previous races except last year, […]

Joey Logano Might Have More Speed On Sunday

After having potentially race-winning speed in both drafting track races, Joey Logano starts the meat-and-potatoes portion of the NASCAR Cup Series season with a 23rd-place qualifying run at Austin. That sounds rather bad in a vacuum, but the Fords were absolutely miserable in qualifying as only Todd Gilliland qualified in the top 15 and Logano […]

Lack Of Road-Course Prowess And Justin Alexander Likely To Doom Austin Dillon

Road courses have always been Austin Dillon's worst track type as he only has two top-10 finishes in 37 starts and an average finish of 22.6, while he's been more competitive everywhere else. One of those top-10 finishes did come at the road course where the NASCAR Cup Series will be racing on Sunday in […]

Justin Haley An Overrated Road Racer

Justin Haley has a reputation as a strong road racer because of a couple genuinely strong runs at Chicago in 2023 and the Charlotte roval in 2022 that don't seem to be representative of his usual performance. His average finish at Austin is only 28.3. He did have a mechanical DNF in one of those […]

Road Courses Are Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s Worst Track Type

Although Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a genuinely good driver on drafting tracks and he's had moments on all other track types, road courses are clearly Stenhouse's Achilles heel as he has only a single top-10 finish in 40 road-course starts. It did come here at Austin in 2023 when he finished seventh, but that was […]

Don't Expect Josh Berry To Duplicate Atlanta Run At Austin

Josh Berry had possibly the best drive of his career at Atlanta last week where he led 56 laps, but that means nothing in terms of predicting how he'll do at Austin. Berry has only made four Cup Series starts on road courses to date but so far they seem to be his worst track […]

John Hunter Nemechek's Team Should Return To Earth After Hot Start

After a miserable 2024, John Hunter Nemechek is improbably one of only two drivers to earn top-10 finishes in the first two races this season, but those both came on drafting tracks that have little to do with the rest of the schedule, so his performance in previous years is probably more important when forecasting […]

Ryan Preece May Need Help From Chris Buescher's Setup

Ryan Preece starts 28th at Austin on Sunday. He is not particularly known as a road racer, having only posted two top-10 finishes in 21 road-course starts, but he did have one of his all-time best moments at the inaugural race in 2021 in Austin when he passed Ross Chastain for the lead in the […]

Riley Herbst Makes Road-Course Debut

Riley Herbst is making his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a road course in Sunday's race at Circuit of the Americas. Although he actually led Saturday's Xfinity Series race for a while, don't expect him to repeat that feat on Sunday, as it generally takes time for any new driver to learn the Next Gen […]

Despite Road-Racing Background, Cody Ware Unlikely To Contend

Although Cody Ware has a surprising amount of road course experience and he even won an Amateur class championship in the Asian Le Mans Series in 2019-20, he has never really factored in his NASCAR Cup Series road course starts to date as he has an average finish of 31.8 on all road courses and […]

Bubba Wallace Surprises Everyone By Qualifying In The Front Row

No, that's not a typo on the starting lineup for this weekend's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Bubba Wallace actually qualified on the outside pole for this weekend's race. Road course tracks have typically been a major struggle for Wallace, but he has been improving at this track type over the […]

Todd Gilliland Struggles In Practice But Qualifies 10th At COTA

One driver that was a bit of a surprise on the leaderboard in qualifying at Circuit of the Americas on Saturday afternoon was Todd Gilliland, who was just 27th-fastest in practice earlier that day but ended up qualifying 10th for his weekend's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. And don't be surprised if the Front Row Motorsports […]

COTA Could End Up Being A Good Race For Zane Smith

Zane Smith is a sneaky DFS option to consider at Circuit of the Americas this weekend. Even with all of his struggles last season while with Spire Motorsports, Smith was able to put up respectable finishes on a consistent basis on the road-course tracks. Here at COTA last season, Smith walked away with a 19th-place […]

Cole Custer Will Likely Struggle At COTA

Don't expect much out of Cole Custer in this weekend's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. The Haas Factory Team driver has shown decent upside at road courses in the past (he had three top-15 finishes on them in 2022) but the No. 41 Ford is struggling this weekend, and it's hard […]

Could Ty Dillon Be A Deep Sleeper At COTA?

If you're looking for a cheap option on DraftKings this weekend at Circuit of the Americas, don't overlook Ty Dillon. The Kaulig Racing driver starts way back in 34th for Sunday's afternoon's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, and he has 21st- and 20th-place finishes to his credit at this track (back in 2021 and 2022, respectively). […]

NHL DFS Picks and Heat Map (Premium Content) - March 2, 2025

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Each night, we will bring you our award-winning NHL DFS Heat Map with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet: Blue means ELITE, Green means GO (good for the player), Yellow means value/supplemental play, […]

Round 4 PGA DFS Showdown Slate Picks - 2025 Cognizant Classic

The PGA Tour switched coasts as the Florida Swing began in Palm Beach Gardens for the Cognizant Classic at PGA National this week. A longstanding event at a famed property that has lost some status as a bigger event in recent years, it's still proving to give us incredible golf despite being void of the […]

Jrue Holiday Doubtful Versus Denver

Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday (finger) isn't expected to face the Nuggets on Sunday afternoon. He's missed time this season because of a shoulder injury. However, the 34-year-old might miss Sunday's game because of a finger injury. Sam Hauser got the start in Friday's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, finishing with six points and six […]

Jaylen Brown Questionable For Sunday Afternoon

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (knee) is questionable for Sunday's matchup with the Nuggets. He had 37 points in the 123-116 loss to the Cavaliers on Friday night. But he may miss Sunday's contest due to right knee pain. Kristaps Porzingis (illness) and Jrue Holiday (hand) are also on the injury report. As a result, […]

Kristaps Porzingis Not Expected To Play On Sunday

Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (illness) isn't expected to play in Sunday's meeting with the Nuggets. While he's not injured, which is good news, he's expected to miss a second-straight game due to an illness. Al Horford got the start in Friday's loss to the Cavaliers, finishing with five points and seven rebounds. Without question, […]

Austin Reaves Officially Doubtful For Sunday Night

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves (calf) is officially listed as doubtful for Sunday's rematch with the Clippers. He played sparingly in Friday's win over the Clippers, amassing six points before exiting after nine minutes of work. As a result, Gabe Vincent (ankle) and Jordan Goodwin saw more action. With Goodwin doubtful, Vincent might find […]

Luka Doncic Questionable For Rematch With The Clippers

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (calf) is questionable for Sunday's rematch with the Clippers. The former Maverick was questionable heading into Friday's win over the Clippers. However, he was available and finished with a game-high 31 points. With Austin Reaves (calf) doubtful and LeBron James (foot) questionable, Doncic could see an increase in fantasy […]