Welcome to Monkey Knife Fight. Monkey Knife Fight is one of the more intriguing entrants in the DFS arena. Instead of the traditional salary cap based contests, Monkey Knife Fight allows DFS players to put their fantasy football knowledge and predictive powers to the test.
They offer fantasy point and stat-based contests. Perhaps the most appealing of all of their offerings is the ‘More or Less’ contests. In these contests, you can choose whether a player will fall above or below totals for a preset combination of two to 10 players. Your win probability obviously goes down with the more players you add, but you receive an increased payout multiplier in exchange.
Since Monkey Knife Fight’s fantasy point and stat-based totals are dynamic, meaning the total, total type, and pairings change throughout the week, it is important to search for favorable and advantageous total pairings to exploit on a daily basis. Ideally, when choosing a total pairing, you want to feel extremely confident on one of the totals and feel strongly enough about the other total to proceed. This week we will take a look at two of the ‘More’ options that stood out the most for Week 2. Note that these are not locked in pairings, and may no longer be offered by the time you log in to make your picks.
Welcome to Monkey Knife Fight. Monkey Knife Fight is one of the more intriguing entrants in the DFS arena. Instead of the traditional salary cap based contests, Monkey Knife Fight allows DFS players to put their fantasy football knowledge and predictive powers to the test.
They offer fantasy point and stat-based contests. Perhaps the most appealing of all of their offerings is the ‘More or Less’ contests. In these contests, you can choose whether a player will fall above or below totals for a preset combination of two to 10 players. Your win probability obviously goes down with the more players you add, but you receive an increased payout multiplier in exchange.
Since Monkey Knife Fight’s fantasy point and stat-based totals are dynamic, meaning the total, total type, and pairings change throughout the week, it is important to search for favorable and advantageous total pairings to exploit on a daily basis. Ideally, when choosing a total pairing, you want to feel extremely confident on one of the totals and feel strongly enough about the other total to proceed. This week we will take a look at two of the ‘More’ options that stood out the most for Week 2. Note that these are not locked in pairings, and may no longer be offered by the time you log in to make your picks.
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Plays of the week
Tyreek Hill (WR – MIA): 69.5 receiving yards
The Baltimore Ravens have caught the injury bug early in the season once again, with Kyle Fuller landing on IR with a torn ACL. Fellow cornerback Marcus Peters has been practicing this week, and the hope is he will make his season debut, but his snaps may be limited. Marlon Humphrey is a big, physical corner but, like every other corner in the league, does not have the tools to contain Hill all game. Hill should see some bracket coverage but his work underneath allows him to get the ball in space and go to work after the catch. Tyreek had eight receptions for 94 receiving yards on 12 targets in Week 1 and should have similar success this week. Although with a different quarterback, Tyreek has topped 70 receiving yards in two of his three matchups against Baltimore, averaging over 100 yards in those two contests. In the third, which came last season, he managed just four targets, three receptions, and 14 receiving yards. Yes, Tyreek can have duds, but if last week proved anything, it is that Mike McDaniel will scheme creatively and trust Tua Tagovailoa to get his top weapon the ball. We said it last week, but this should be the last time we see Tyreek listed so low all season. Take advantage of the opportunity and lock him into your more or less predictions where possible.
Leonard Fournette (RB – TB): 69.5 rushing yards
Fourentte struggled against the New Orleans Saints last season, managing just 60 rushing yards on 17 carries across two contests. He failed to top 10 carries in either loss, as gamescript, among other things, hurt his production. This week against New Orleans, however, the Buccaneers are going to be without number two receiver Chris Godwin, and if Week 1 was any indication, Tampa Bay is going to have to ride Lenny to the win. As most know by now, Fournette has matured into the all-world runner many pegged him to be coming out of LSU and has the full confidence of Tom Brady and the coaching staff. The team has little in the way of high upside runners behind Fournette, so he should get all the carries he can handle in this contest. The Saints, once a vaunted run defense, allowed Cordarrelle Patterson to go off for 122 rushing yards last week, making this a glaring value readers should run to MKF to lock in immediately.
Prediction: More
Bonus Play
Mike Evans (WR – TB): 71.5 receiving yards
This number has been set low for a reason. Mike Evans has mostly struggled in the yardage department when Marshon Lattimore is on the field, topping 50 receiving yards just once since 2019 (64 yards). However, with Chris Godwin ruled out and Julio Jones and Russell Gage dealing with injuries of their own (but expected to play), Evans will be targeted heavily in the passing game. He has a higher probability to score than he does to hit 72 receiving yards (62 percent vs. 54 percent) but is still a better more play than a less play. Evans should see 10 plus targets, and if he can manage a 50 percent catch rate or sees Lattimore spend some time on Julio, Evans should hit this number with ease.
Prediction: More
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