The NFL playoffs have arrived, and NFL DFS players know that means a shift away from traditional tournaments in favor of single-game showdown contests. As a result, the team at Stokastic has upgraded the one-of-a-kind Lineup Generator with a new feature that allows users some extra flexibility: game scenario filters. Now, DFS players with a strong lean on how a game will play out can factor that into their automatically generated showdown lineups!
Stokastic’s NFL Lineup Generator Upgraded for Showdown
Have an Edge on the Betting Markets? Apply it Via Our Lineup Generator!
As all NFL DFS players know, spreads and totals set by sportsbooks can prove crucial in evaluating a single game for showdown purposes. Sometimes the books are right and tailing their predictions can prove profitable. Other times, the books get things wrong. Professional sports bettors exist, after all! Now, NFL DFS players who want to trust the books — or who have an edge on a given game’s markets — can factor that insight in via Stokastic’s Lineup Generator.
Let’s take Saturday afternoon’s matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks as an example. The books favor San Francisco by a 9.5-point margin. The game has a betting total of 42. That means the 49ers have an implied team total of 25.75 points and the Seahawks have one of just 16.25 — or 26 and 16 if you round to the nearest point. Stokastic’s standard lineups will treat both teams accordingly — San Francisco’s offensive players get a relative buff and Seattle’s get a relative debuff in our industry-leading projections. But what if Vegas is missing something — and you know it?
Now Lineup Generator users can apply their insight into a given game by toggling the expected game scenario factored into the generation process. NFL DFS players who believe Vegas is underestimating the Seahawks can give Seattle a six-point buff and the 49ers a six-point debuff with the third option. Think the rain in Saturday’s forecast will depress scoring? Take away six points from both teams with the fourth.
Although Stokastic’s player projections will remain unchanged, the given lineup will have performed successfully based on our adjusted grading scale in the user’s chosen scenario. Let’s take a look at what the generator puts together for a low-scoring game in which the Seahawks and 49ers both fail to meet their implied totals.
This showdown lineup features mostly players from the San Francisco 49ers, who are now projected for 20 points instead of 26. With the Seattle Seahawks’ implied total dropping from 16 to 10, the Lineup Generator avoided overexposure to their likely stagnant offense. Players’ projected points will remain the same regardless of the selected game scenario, but our adjusted grading scale uses your choice to calculate optimality.
NFL DFS players can then evaluate their lineup by using Stokastic’s projections for player points and for ownership. Of course, every possible option generated by the Lineup Generator will fare strongly in the first metric, but some lineups will outrank others. Ownership considerations are important for the type of contest you’re entering, so make sure to evaluate the chalkiness of your lineup with caution. After an extensive user interview process, the Stokastic team took your advice and redesigned the projection and ownership bars to clarify chalkiness and optimality.
Users who don’t like the first lineup they see can simply hit discard and generate a new one! The Lineup Generator tool has been built with Stokastic’s diverse user base in mind, and we’ll keep adding layers of customizability to our tools to help you secure the best returns possible.
