How To Beat NFL DFS Tournaments In 2026 (Episode 1019 with Adam Levitan, Drew Dinkmeyer, Sam Brott)

Adam Levitan is joined by ETR's Drew Dinkmeyer and Sam Brott to rake through the most recent trends in DFS to see what the winning lineups were doing last year and whether those approaches will continue into the upcoming season.

Links mentioned in the episode:

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• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evan Silva’s Top 150 Rankings for 2026 Fantasy Football⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evan Silva’s Top-150 Change Log for 2026⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Establish The Run YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Levitan’s Redraft Player Notes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:15 - The Current Theme of The NFL

12:10 - Positional Spend Analysis

25:12 - The Loosening of The Salary

28:48 - How To Utilise Defenses in DFS

32:32 - Stacking In 2026

45:43 - Is The Chalk Better Than Ever?

58:58 - Large Field vs. Small Field Tournaments

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