Neil Orfield joins Davis Mattek to discuss his DFS origin story, winning the DraftKings Millionaire Maker, starting his own Youtube, the types of content he thinks are successful and more.

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00:00 Neil Orfield Introduction

2:15 Neil’s DFS Origin Story

11:16 Is there value in creating your own projections for daily fantasy?

17:20 Neil’s Milly Maker Win On DraftKings

24:30 Why is Neil not marketing himself more?

34:01 complaining about playoff best ball

39:01 Neil Starting His Own Youtube Channel

47:01 What type of content do YOU want to see?

57:01 What Are Neil’s S.M.A.R.T goals for 2025?

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Drew Dinkmeyer joins Davis Mattek to discuss the NBA actually being awesome, the biggest NBA storylines in the media this season, Zach Lowe being laid off at ESPN, the Chicago Bears, Establish the Run and being the most important person in the NBA projections space, Drew's vision of the future for DFS and much more.

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00:00 Drew Dinkmeyer Introduction

2:30 The NBA Is Actually Great

9:01 Why does no one like the current Boston Celtics?

15:50 The NBA could simply market itself better

23:30 Is the NBA tax apron an error?

31:15 Why the hell did Zach Lowe get laid off?

38:13 What does Drew want to have happen with the Chicago Bears?

41:01 How does Drew Dinkmeyer deal with being so important in gambling

49:00 Drew Dinkmeyer’s vision for the future of fantasy sports

59:30 Drew’s favorite book he read in 2024

1:01:20 Don’t Be An NPC

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Peter Overzet joins Davis Mattek to discuss New Year Resolutions, the problem with winning, how to get fit as a best ball addict, YouTube goals, quitting booze, and much more

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00:00 Peter Overzet Introduction

1:30 The Problem With Winning

6:30 2024 Resolutions: Did We Win?

12:30 2025 New Years Resolutions

15:30 The value of dynamic movements vs just strength training

18:00 Davis And Peter Talk Youtube Shop

25:53 Youtube Goals For 2025

35:30 The difficulty of growing on YouTube and how to do it

44:01 Cold Turkey No Booze Peter

46:20 ….Running a marathon?

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Davis Mattek is joined by Michael Leone to discuss Michael's role at ETR, data science, lessons from best ball in 2024, ultra running, the Buffalo Bills and more!

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00:00 Michael Leone From Establish The Run Introduction

2:30 What is it like to have such a huge impact on the market in fantasy sports and prop betting?

10:00 Leone’s history of daily fantasy sims

20:30 ETR’s role in Battle Royale on Underdog

27:25 How does Michael Leone play DFS now?

31:00 Michael Leone’s takeaways from best ball in 2024

51:00 Running as a hobby

1:07:00 Does Leone hate the Chiefs as much as he hated the Patriots?

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Davis Mattek is joined by Pat Mayo ( @MayoMediaNetwork  ) to discuss creating on Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Instagram Reels, fixing NBA rating, Brain Rot, short attention spans, Super Teams, World War 2 and much more

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00:00 Pat Mayo Introduction

2:00 Why do people want to hear us not talk about football (or golf)

8:11 Optimizing For TikTok/Instagram Reels/YouTube Shorts

16:00 Why we are never leaving Twitter

22:55 Avoiding Brain Rot On TikTok

29:12 Is there any way to fix NBA television ratings?

36:00 Tim Duncan Was Better Than Kobe Bryant

39:45 Super teams are great for every sports league

44:40 Americans do not like French people (Wemby has no chance)

52:30 We are far enough removed from World War 2 that it is not in the cultural conscious

55:00 Is life bad now or are we just much more aware of it?

1:01:00 No One Wants To Play A Game That Rewards Perfect Strategy

1:05:00 How To Win At PGA Best Ball

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Davis Mattek is joined by Socrdave (David Kitchen) to discuss their mutual history, Fantasy Insiders, RotoGrinders, David's personal organization, Elon Musk and much more.

00:00 David Kitchen X Introduction

2:30 How did David Kitchen find daily fantasy sports?

8:30 Life before Rotogrinders for David

12:45 Grinders live….with Socrdave

17:00 Reading DMs from 2013 between David and Davis

23:50 The Legend Of Basketball Monster

29:01 The End Of Fantasy Insiders

36:04 DFS Communities

40:03 Notion, Trello, Asana, Basecamp… David can never find the perfect program to get organized

48:00 The Hollowness of SEO

55:20 David Kitchen and Late Round QB

1:01:00 David loves Elon Musk

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Davis Mattek welcomes Kevin Cole from Unexpected Points for an in-depth discussion about football analysis and data analytics. Using python and sports analytics tools, they explore the intersection of statistical modeling and football strategy. They use these tools to discuss who should win NFL MVP, Coach Of The Year, Offensive Rookie of the year and more! The conversation delves into data science applications in sports, making this football podcast episode essential for anyone interested in the analytical side of the game. 🏈📊

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00:00 Taekcast Kevin Cole Unexpected Points Introduction

2:01 Who Will Win 2024 NFL MVP ?

5:45 Is it okay for Saquon Barkley to win NFL MVP?

13:03 Are Lamar Jackson’s bad games worse than a normal QBs bad games

14:30 Caleb Williams learned the wrong lesson Patrick mahomes on the sideline scramble

16:04 What is Jared Goff’s NFL MVP case?

21:45 Are the Chiefs bad or just unserious? Why is Andy Reid not pressing the edges?

31:30 It Always Comes Back To Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan

35:30 What do the Panthers and Dave Canales do with Bryce Young?

43:30 2024 Offensive Rookie Of The Year

52:01 Jayden Daniels vs Drake Maye

55:02 2024 NFL Coach Of The Year: Who should we bet?

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Davis Mattek is joined by former top-level DFS professional and high-stakes poker player Ryan Daut to discuss his retirement from gambling, realizing he had a 160+ IQ, taking the official IQ test and much more.

00:00 Ryan Daut Taekcast Introduction

1:27 Ryan’s DeFi Realization: What is wealth?

4:45 No One Really Retires From Gambling; how did Ryan?

11:00 Gambling as someone who hates losing

12:10 We need ambitious people on this earth

17:02 Is Davis Mattek an NPC?

23:01 Ryan Daut Decides To Take An Official IQ Test: Why?

27:58 The Mega Test???

32:02 Ryan Breaks Davis’ Brain With A Math Problem

35:21 The Actual Reasons To Take An IQ Test

40:30 What was the IQ test actually like?

49:50 How To Measure Memory For IQ

56:35 What do you feel when you realize you’re a genius?

1:01:01 What does any of this matter? Why should anyone care about being intelligent?

1:09:50 Microstrategy Blowup, when?

1:12:01 Social Media Response To Posting Ryan’s IQ Test

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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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