Slate-IQ — Building in Public
Eight essays documenting the philosophy, system, and strategy behind Slate-IQ — written as it was being built. Click any card to read the full piece.
Why a casual DFS player decided to stop relying on feelings and start building a transparent system — wins and losses included.
Most DFS players start with picks and hope the process follows. Slate-IQ takes the opposite approach — and explains why the gap in the community matters.
A breakdown of the five-component system: core portfolio, data collection, player evaluation, lineup construction, and post-slate review.
Lineup construction is the last step, not the first. A day-by-day breakdown of the full DFS week — from Monday review through Sunday lock.
There are dozens of DFS sites. The difference isn't intelligence — it's transparency. Every lineup, every loss, every mistake documented publicly.
Most DFS players don't have a lineup problem — they have a bankroll problem. Starting with $500 and a strict 2.5–5% weekly exposure rule.
Three pieces of content every NFL week. A platform built to teach how to think about DFS — not what to think.
The instinct is to build as many lineups as your budget allows. Slate-IQ does the opposite — a small, deliberately different set of lineups, with hard exposure limits by position deciding exactly how different they're allowed to be.