So for this first week I wanted to give top picks for the week and also wanted to test out my optimizer. In the past my optimizer would look at projections and salary and give you the top lineups. However many people just know who they like but they don’t make projections.
One I came across was Matthew Berry from ESPN. He gives his love hate for the week, but doesn’t say how much each person would score. So I decided for this article to not give my picks for week 1 but to take Matthew Berry’s love list of people he likes for week 1 and run it through my lineup optimizer that doesn’t look at projected score. You rank the players from 1 to 5 and the spreadsheet will pick lineups from those. The players you listed as 5 will show up in more lineups than guys you rate as a 3 or 4.
Berry’s article is at: http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/story/_/page/TMR150910/matthew-berry-love-hate-list-sleepers-busts-best-starts-sits-fantasy-football-week-1
I won’t go through it all, but some big names he likes are Rodgers, Ryan, Murray, Cobb and Julio. HE also lists lower priced guys.
So I ran his loves through my spreadsheet and it spit out 30 lineups. The csv file is below:
It is in csv format so you can upload it to Draftkings and have 30 lineups all set to go!
Here are the lineups:
| QB | RB | RB | WR | WR | WR | TE | FLEX | Def |
| Aaron Rodgers | DeMarco Murray | Christopher Ivory | Vincent Jackson | Steve Johnson | Julio Jones | Jason Witten | Doug Martin | Carolina Panthers |
| Derek Carr | Jonathan Stewart | Doug Martin | Rueben Randle | Julio Jones | A.J. Green | Owen Daniels | Rashad Jennings | Minnesota Vikings |
| Matt Ryan | Doug Martin | DeMarco Murray | Eddie Royal | Davante Adams | A.J. Green | Greg Olsen | Jeremy Hill | Minnesota Vikings |
| Matt Ryan | Jeremy Hill | DeMarco Murray | Randall Cobb | Eddie Royal | Davante Adams | Owen Daniels | Vincent Jackson | Miami Dolphins |
| Sam Bradford | Rashad Jennings | Jeremy Hill | Rueben Randle | Eddie Royal | A.J. Green | Greg Olsen | Jonathan Stewart | Miami Dolphins |
| Aaron Rodgers | Khiry Robinson | DeMarco Murray | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | A.J. Green | Delanie Walker | Christopher Ivory | Carolina Panthers |
| Derek Carr | Khiry Robinson | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Eddie Royal | A.J. Green | Jason Witten | Julio Jones | Carolina Panthers |
| Matt Ryan | Jonathan Stewart | Jeremy Hill | Steve Johnson | Randall Cobb | Davante Adams | Greg Olsen | Rueben Randle | Carolina Panthers |
| Tony Romo | Rashad Jennings | Jonathan Stewart | Rueben Randle | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | Richard Rodgers | Randall Cobb | Miami Dolphins |
| Tyrod Taylor | Eddie Lacy | Doug Martin | Rueben Randle | Randall Cobb | Mike Evans | Owen Daniels | Vincent Jackson | Minnesota Vikings |
| Matt Ryan | Rashad Jennings | Jeremy Hill | Vincent Jackson | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | Jason Witten | Christopher Ivory | Miami Dolphins |
| Matt Ryan | Eddie Lacy | DeMarco Murray | Randall Cobb | Eddie Royal | Charles Johnson | Jason Witten | Doug Martin | Miami Dolphins |
| Aaron Rodgers | Jonathan Stewart | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Eddie Royal | Charles Johnson | Delanie Walker | Mike Evans | Miami Dolphins |
| Philip Rivers | Rashad Jennings | DeMarco Murray | Randall Cobb | Eddie Royal | Charles Johnson | Delanie Walker | A.J. Green | Carolina Panthers |
| Matt Ryan | Rashad Jennings | DeMarco Murray | Mike Evans | Charles Johnson | A.J. Green | Delanie Walker | Christopher Ivory | Minnesota Vikings |
| Tyrod Taylor | Jonathan Stewart | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Randall Cobb | Charles Johnson | Delanie Walker | Jeremy Hill | Carolina Panthers |
| Philip Rivers | Rashad Jennings | Jonathan Stewart | Vincent Jackson | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | Greg Olsen | Davante Adams | Carolina Panthers |
| Matt Ryan | Jonathan Stewart | Eddie Lacy | Steve Johnson | Charles Johnson | A.J. Green | Greg Olsen | Doug Martin | Miami Dolphins |
| Tony Romo | Jeremy Hill | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Rueben Randle | Charles Johnson | Jason Witten | Jonathan Stewart | Carolina Panthers |
| Tyrod Taylor | Jonathan Stewart | Christopher Ivory | Mike Evans | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | Delanie Walker | Randall Cobb | Minnesota Vikings |
| Tony Romo | Rashad Jennings | #N/A | Julio Jones | Eddie Royal | #N/A | Richard Rodgers | Jonathan Stewart | Minnesota Vikings |
| Tyrod Taylor | Jeremy Hill | Eddie Lacy | Mike Evans | Eddie Royal | Davante Adams | Greg Olsen | Vincent Jackson | Carolina Panthers |
| Aaron Rodgers | Eddie Lacy | Doug Martin | Steve Johnson | Mike Evans | Eddie Royal | Jason Witten | Jeremy Hill | Miami Dolphins |
| Aaron Rodgers | Jeremy Hill | DeMarco Murray | Davante Adams | Charles Johnson | Allen Hurns | Owen Daniels | A.J. Green | Carolina Panthers |
| Aaron Rodgers | Doug Martin | Christopher Ivory | Mike Evans | Charles Johnson | A.J. Green | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | Jonathan Stewart | Carolina Panthers |
| Aaron Rodgers | Jeremy Hill | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Davante Adams | Charles Johnson | Greg Olsen | Christopher Ivory | Minnesota Vikings |
| Matt Ryan | Khiry Robinson | Jonathan Stewart | Vincent Jackson | Julio Jones | Charles Johnson | Owen Daniels | Jeremy Hill | Miami Dolphins |
| Derek Carr | Rashad Jennings | DeMarco Murray | Randall Cobb | Mike Evans | Davante Adams | Greg Olsen | Eddie Royal | Minnesota Vikings |
| Aaron Rodgers | Rashad Jennings | Jeremy Hill | Vincent Jackson | Rueben Randle | Eddie Royal | Greg Olsen | Jonathan Stewart | Carolina Panthers |
| Sam Bradford | Doug Martin | DeMarco Murray | Vincent Jackson | Randall Cobb | Julio Jones | Richard Rodgers | Khiry Robinson | Carolina Panthers |
I mainly wanted to show how my lineup optimizer will take guys you select and spit out multiple lineups. It took maybe 5 minutes to generate these lineups. Feel free to use them if you like. Im going to try some!
Good luck in week 1!
For more info on our Football spreadsheet tool, go to https://optimizelineups.com/daily-fantasy-football-spreadsheet-tool/