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DFS

DFS Week 2 Portfolio: 3 QB Stacks, Capped Exposure, 5 Paths to the Money

Week 2 cash game portfolio is set. Five 50/50 lineups built with explicit exposure caps — no player appears in more than 3 of 5 lineups, and at least 3 QBs are represented across the set. Here's what the portfolio looks like and why it's constructed

DFS

DFS Projection Accuracy Report — Week 1 (2026)

Through Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season, here's how our four projection sources (CBS, FantasyPros, Sleeper, ESPN) performed against actual DraftKings scores — and how those findings are shaping next week's lineup weights. Key Takeaways * Cbs is the most accurate source this season (RMSE 6.85

DFS

How I Built a DFS Lineup Optimizer (And What It Does Every Week)

Every week during NFL season, a Python ILP optimizer pulls projections from 4 sources, blends them, and builds optimal DraftKings lineups. Here's how it works.

Fantasy Football

Multi-Source 2026 Fantasy Projections: How the Data Works and Why Positional Variance Beats Raw Points

Averaging five independent projection sources and calculating positional variance vs. the median starter gives you a more honest picture of player value than any single ranking. Here's how it works and how to tune it for your league.

I Tried to Screen Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis on a Mini PC. The Tool Kept Fooling Me — and That Turned Out to Be the Point.

A few months ago I read about a team at MIT and McMaster using an AI tool called DiffDock to predict how a new antibiotic latches onto its target in bacteria. The tool was free. The code was public. And a thought lodged itself in my head that I couldn&