It’s almost here, fellas.
NFL week 1 is right around the bend and I can almost hear the 32 hopeful fan bases across the league collectively declaring this year “their year.”
Hope. It’s what drives Eagles fans to believe that Tebow can still be a serviceable player in the NFL. It’s what motivates Redskins fans to bet the family farm on RGIII’s bionic knee. It’s what causes Eli Manning to seek to become the NFL’s highest paid player.
It’s what drives you to sign up for DraftKings enormous Week One Contest.
DraftKings is giving away a total prize pool of $10 MILLION, $2 million of which goes to the first place winner, and the top 125,700 scores win money guaranteed.
For just $20, you are allotted $50,000 to enter into a salary cap draft, selecting 9 spots: 8 players and 1 defense.
The roster format is as follows: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex and 1 Defense.
The contest starts in congruence with the beginning of the season, September 13th at 1:00 PM EST.
And remember, bros: As Andy Dufresne so eloquently put it after successfully escaping the Shawshank prison, “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.” I’m pretty sure he was talking to Aaron Hernandez. Pretty sure.