Post-mortem · October 9, 2026 CT
Thursday Night Football recap: first place in the $12K Safety
First place and $1,036 in the $12K Safety, by 0.25 points.
After the game
NFL post-mortems
NFL Showdown and Classic post-mortems: the slate summary and headline findings are free. Lineups and our results are for subscribers.
A DraftEdge.io post-mortem is the note we publish after an NFL slate locks and scores: Showdown first, Classic when we played it. It is not a projection dump. It is a recap of the cash line, the lineup that actually cashed, and whether our process matched that result.
The free half is the slate summary and the headline findings, plus one chart when we have one. Below the paywall we show what the winning and cash-line lineups looked like, what we got right and wrong, and any rule we are changing before the next week. Those sections are subscriber-only. They are not in the public HTML, the RSS item, or the share card.
Slugs look like nfl-showdown-post-mortem-phi-chi-2026-09-28: format, teams, and the game date. Monday Night Football Showdown recaps use the same pattern and also appear on the Monday Night Football page.
Questions
What is in a DraftEdge.io NFL post-mortem?
The public part is the slate summary and the headline findings. Subscribers also get the winning and cash-line lineups, what we got right and wrong, and any process rule that changes for the next slate.
When do Showdown post-mortems go up?
After the game is final and we have the standings we trust. A note can be scheduled ahead of that time. It stays off the site, the sitemap, and the feed until the publish time.
More questions and answers: Showdown, double-ups and golf DFS
Notes
Post-mortem · October 2, 2026 CT
Thursday Night Football Showdown recap: cash rate and the game-script lesson
Both Showdown builds cashed and tied for first. The lesson was a single game script.
Post-mortem · September 29, 2026 CT
Case Keenum, Kalif Raymond and a Double-Up That Split in Two: PHI @ CHI Showdown Takeaways
Two near-identical chalk builds split every PHI @ CHI double-up room — and only one was the cash line.
Subscribe for the builds.
Research notes open with the matchup and the method. The builds come with a subscription. No free picks. Checkout does not require an account.