The Taekcast

Davis Mattek and Andrew Wiggins from Establish the Run dive deep into daily fantasy football game theory and discuss how draftkings has evolved over the years. They explore modern gambling and DFS strategy while examining the impact of sports betting on the industry's growth. The conversation covers innovative approaches to betting, DFS and includes discussion of bitcoin, crypto and downswings in gambling.

00:00 Andrew Wiggins Makisupa Introduction

2:00 Is DFS Dead

4:20 Why is gambling so popular right now?

7:01 Are you old enough to remember watching TV without a phone?

10:20 Owning ETR in a short attention span economy

15:15 The downswings of DFS

19:10 Getting off the top optimal in cash (and why you can do it)

22:01 Jauan Jennings Is The Greatest Player In Football

25:10 Getting off of hyper efficient players before the projections adjust

31:55 NBA Projection and the difficulty of median projections

36:30 Why don’t people like the NBA as much as football? When was the last collective sporting event?

41:00 Some of the dumbest people on Earth are going to get insanely rich because of Bitcoin

44:55 What is going on in the crypto casino?

48:10 Davis’ biggest conspiracy theory belief

50:55 Nuclear Power Could Be The Future

52:30 Wellymaker https://x.com/DrewDinkmeyer/status/1832057141126930784

53:30 Do Not Use The For You Tab

56:00 Andrew Wiggins Training Schedule

1:01:15 Bets To Improve Your Health

1:03:30 The Greatest Grateful Dead Live Recording

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Davis Mattek is joined by Mike Zakarian from the NBA Bit to discuss content creation, self employment, self doubt, always being on the clock, the YouTube economy and much more

00:00 Mike Zakarian Introduction

1:45 The Journey into self employment and content creation

3:55 How sports betting changed the entire landscape for the sports content market

6:45 The reality of the fickleness of peoples viewing habits

12:30 Marketing versus Knowledge

18:40 The over saturation of the content market: there is too much to watch!

27:00 The upside of working for yourself

31:55 No one works for the same company for their entire life anymore

38:55 The 99% versus the 1% in content and in life

47:05 Why does something bad have to happen before we are ready to make the leap?

53:00 You could be working 100% of your waking hours theoretically if you wanted to

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00:00 Election Consequences Intro

4:30 Is Political Polling dead?

10:44 The Biden Campaign vs The Harris Campaign Strategies

16:30 Comparing the 2024 election to the 1968 election

19:20 There will be no end to inflation

26:30 The Wrong Strategy vs Trump

34:01 Harris did not run a good campaign

45:00 How easy it is to bet on elections?

52:40 Harris not going on Rogan is one of the biggest unforced errors in political history

59:30 If the economy is good, incumbent party wins.

If the economy is bad, incumbent party loses.

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00:00 Ron Stewart Introduction

2:10 Who does Ron blame for the 2-6 New York Jets start?

9:50 How much of the Jets mess should Aaron Rodgers be able to fix?

12:10 How much does Sam Darnold make in free agency?

23:20 Anthony Richardson benched after 10 NFL starts…what the hell is going?

33:01 Anthony Richardson Cope From Ron…Can he turn it around?

39:51 Why was Davante Adams not traded to the Jets earlier?

46:02 DeAndre Hopkins To The Chiefs, Amari Cooper to the bills, who has the biggest impact?

50:02 Just how bad are the Bills coaching staff?

Davis Mattek is joined by Ron Stewart to discuss the epic collapse of the 2024 New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers' accountability, Anthony Richardson getting benched, the worst coaches of good NFL teams and much more

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Davis Mattek is joined by Jared Dubin from Last Night In Basketball to predict the 2024 NBA season and get up to speed with what to expect over the next 6 months of hoops.

00:00 Jared Dubin Introduction 1:40 OKC Thunder: Are they going to make an in season trade? 7:55 Are the Boston Celtics a hollow super team? 11:55 Is The Eastern Conference More Fragile at the top? 16:02 The Orlando Magic Are Ready To Make A Run 19:15 What is the NBA trade market like in-season in 2024-25? 22:45 What the hell is going on with the detroit pistons? 27:59 Rookie Of The Year: Who is it? 35:03 The New Orleans Pelicans: Trey Murphy III, Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram… how good can they be? 41:11 Are the aprons working as intended? 46:45 What is the deal with Jamaal Murray? 50:01 Any breakout bench players for the Denver Nuggets? 53:59 Golden State Warriors: No Klay Thompson, Melton/Hield, More minutes for the young guys? 56:00 The Warriors closing lineup: Steph, Draymond Green, Kuminga and….? 1:01:58 The End Of Era: Lebron James

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Davis Mattek is joined by Justin Phan from Unabated & Underdog to discuss how NBA projections are made, the brand new Unabated NBA betting & DFS projection model, the OKC Thunder, the Philadelphia 76ers, Victor Wembenyama, and much more about the 2024-2025 NBA Season

00:00 2024-2025 NBA Season Preview Intro

3:00 New Unabated NBA Conditional Projection Tool: How Do Conditional Projections Work & the best way to leverage projections to make money in the 2024-25 NBA Season

15:01 Oklahoma City Thunder 2024-25: Are they as good as their odds suggest? How could they fail? How good is Isaiah Hartenstein?

22:02 Denver Nuggets: What Is The Deal? Why did they cheap out on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope?

26:45 The New Look Golden State Warriors: No More Klay Thompson? Who starts? Old vs Young at every position!

35:10 San Antonio Spurs & Victor Wembenyama: It’s A New Era in the NBA as Wemby is perhaps the best player in the NBA

46:10 New York Knicks Trade For Karl Anthony Towns: Who won the trade? The Knicks or the Wolves?

53:30 Anthony Edwards The Next Super Duper NBA Superstar??

55:01 Boston Celtics: Can They Repeat As Champions? Why or why not?

58:03 It Is The Philadelphia 76ers Season (Or Maybe Not)

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Davis Mattek is joined by Brian Hooper to discuss how sims are changing the NFL DFS landscape, what sims actually do, issues with the public facing sim products and how the field is missing the trick with Underdog Battle Royale contests

00:00 Intro 1:00 State Of The Nation For DFS Sims 3:15 What Are Sims Saying Is +EV This Year 5:50 What Actually Happens Inside Of A DFS Sim 7:30 Issues With Overcorrelations In Sims 11:20 Fragility In Projecting The Field In DFS 14:00 Knowing Ball Vs Knowing Nerd 19:30 Can You Still Win In DFS With A Solver 20:15 Input Volatility (How Do DFS Projections Work) 26:01 Changing Inputs In DFS Projections And How That Effects Sims 31:00 Why DFS Sims Want You To Always Play The Chalk 35:00 How A Handbuilder Should Play DFS In 2024 41:00 Can Sims Tell You When To Swap In DFS? 46:00 Is Battle Royale On Underdog The Last Beatable Daily Fantasy Sports Game? 52:00 God Knowledge Projection For Fantasy Sports 56:30 Anchoring Bias Of DFS Salary Vs Best Ball ADP

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Davis Mattek is joined by Patrick Daugherty (@Rotopat) from Rotoworld/NBC Sports to discuss the 2024 NFL season so far including Kyle Shanahan, Mike McDaniel, Sam Darnold, Patrick Mahomes, Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams and much more.

00:00 Pat Daugherty Rotoworld Introduction 3:30 Kyle Shanahan Is A Liar 8:30 What To Make Of The Sam Darnold MVP Season?? 19:30 Mahomes Struggles without Rice 22:00 Amari Cooper To The Chiefs 23:30 Will DeShaun Watson Be Benched? 28:30 What do the Panthers do with Bryce Young? 31:00 Joe Flacco to MIA? 33:00 Mike McDaniel In-Game Adjustments 37:00 Hayden Hurst Medical Retirement 40:30 Nuclear QB Prospect Take 43:00 Is Anthony Richardson just Trey Lance? 47:00 Jayden Daniels vs Caleb Williams Revisionist Takes 55:00 Los Angeles Chargers... what is the deal?

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Davis Mattek is joined by Cody Alexander from www.matchquarters.com to figure out what happened to scoring in the NFL. Cody is a supreme knower of defensive ball and breaks down just what is happening at the NFL level that is keeping points from the scoreboard.

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Davis Mattek is joined by Andy Molitor (AndyMSFW) from the Deep Dive Pod and BETSPERTS

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Davis Mattek is joined by Ted Knutson of The Transfer Flow to discuss his work at Statsbomb, modeling soccer for gambling, how he got into soccer gambling, set pieces, the value of a truly great player for gambling like Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, fixing Chelsea Football Club and much more

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