There are 2 freerolls: One for Saturday's games and one for Sunday's action.
The system gives you $1,000,000 to spend on your roster. This is what makes it difficult. You have to spread this money out strategically attempting to put together the roster that accumulates the most points (points are driven by touchdowns, yards, etc.).
It’s free to enter, just click here to join. Or if you already have an account at Daily Joust, use this link for Saturdays Contest page and Sundays Contest page.
So I had a look at Saturday's freeroll and I am posting my results as a first timer with this system. It's pretty straight forward, you have your cap and each player is valued differently obviously with the main starts listed high so you will have to do some moving around to get an ideal roster put together. Let's take a look at what I drafted:
QB: Andy Dalton Salary: 146,000
RB: Arian Foster Salary: 202,000
RB: Adrian Peterson Salary: 220,000
WR: Jordy Nelson Salary: 101,000
WR: Kevin Walter Salary: 58,000
WR: Andrew Hawkins Salary: 46,000
TE: Kyle Rudolph Salary: 57,000
K: Mike Nugent Salary: 79,000
DEF: Houston Texans Salary: 78,000
You can clearly see where the majority
of my money went too with which players. I opted to stay away from
Rodgers and decided to go with the two top running backs this week in
hopes my prediction that Dalton will still put up big numbers. The
receiving core is not as strong as my RB's but I think anyone on
Green Bay is a great choice with the way the ball is spread around
and Walter and Hawkins are great options given the small price I paid
for them. Rudolph at TE is another risk but in order to make sure I
had enough for my defense and having to go with the K from Cincinnati
it was a worth the risk. The dividends can pay off huge with these
choices but of course there are many other options to go for. The
Texans defense is a great choice at this price too, I'm hoping
something pays off with this choice!
Next I moved onto Sunday's freeroll
tournament. I feel more confident with my picks for Sunday as these
are where some of my hidden gems are.
QB: Andrew Luck Salary: 157,000
RB: Ray Rice Salary: 185,000
RB: Marshawn Lynch Salary: 175,000
WR: Reggie Wayne Salary: 112,000
WR: Golden Tate Salary: 99,000
WR: Donnie Avery Salary: 50,000
TE: Coby Fleener Salary: 36,000
K: Adam Vinatieri Salary: 78,000
DEF: Seattle Seahawks Salary: 108,000
My only big conerns here are Tate and Lynch because I know this is going to be one crazy game. But based on my spending habits I had to draft Luck, Rice and the Seahawks defense which left me little room to spread the money around. Reggie Wayne is a lock and I managed to get Avery cheap. Fleener is a huge gamble but like I said before the TE's this week are just hit or miss and with a pool like this you can't just have whomever you want. I am more than confident that any starting TE this week will generate roughly the same points, it'll be random if one stands out. But I'm confident I put together a pretty solid team with the money available for Sunday.
Overall for my first time doing this, I had a lot of fun. It looks like there is a lot of entries for this weekend so the competition should be fierce!
Take five minutes and fill out your
roster and enjoy some great football this weekend. If you think your
roster will dominate, add it to the comments below to show off a bit.
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the comment section. Good luck!
