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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for DraftKings contests this weekend.
*Updated 9/18*
Quarterback
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Alexander | Cummins | Parsons | Howe | Settle | Brimacombe | Roberts | Haseley |
Tom Brady | 6900 | TB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Dak Prescott | 6800 | DAL | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Justin Herbert | 6700 | LAC | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Josh Allen | 7200 | BUF | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Jalen Hurts | 6500 | PHI | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Kyler Murray | 8200 | ARI | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||
Russell Wilson | 7500 | SEA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||
Matthew Stafford | 6400 | LAR | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||
Tua Tagovailoa | 5500 | MIA | 9 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
Teddy Bridgewater | 5400 | DEN | 10 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
Tyrod Taylor | 5500 | HOU | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |||||
Jameis Winston | 6100 | NO | 12 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
Baker Mayfield | 6000 | CLE | 13 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
Derek Carr | 5300 | LV | 13 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Joe Burrow | 5800 | CIN | 15 | 6 | |||||||
Matt Ryan | 5600 | ATL | 15 | 6 |
Running Back
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Alexander | Cummins | Parsons | Howe | Settle | Brimacombe | Roberts | Haseley |
Chris Carson | 6100 | SEA | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Najee Harris | 6300 | PIT | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
Alvin Kamara | 8800 | NO | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
Nick Chubb | 7800 | CLE | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
David Montgomery | 6100 | CHI | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |
Austin Ekeler | 7300 | LAC | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
Ezekiel Elliott | 6200 | DAL | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
Joe Mixon | 7000 | CIN | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |
Christian McCaffrey | 9900 | CAR | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |||
Darrell Henderson Jr. | 5700 | LAR | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||
Damien Harris | 5400 | NE | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | ||
Chase Edmonds | 4900 | ARI | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | ||||
Dalvin Cook | 9100 | MIN | 13 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |||||
Mike Davis | 5500 | ATL | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |||||
Jonathan Taylor | 7200 | IND | 15 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
Derrick Henry | 8300 | TEN | 16 | 4 | 12 | ||||||
Kareem Hunt | 5800 | CLE | 17 | 11 | 9 | ||||||
Javonte Williams | 4400 | DEN | 17 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
Devin Singletary | 4900 | BUF | 19 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
Leonard Fournette | 5100 | TB | 20 | 11 | |||||||
Eli Mitchell | 5000 | SF | 20 | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Miles Sanders | 6900 | PHI | 22 | 12 |
Wide Receiver
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Alexander | Cummins | Parsons | Howe | Settle | Brimacombe | Roberts | Haseley |
CeeDee Lamb | 6400 | DAL | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Cooper Kupp | 6000 | LAR | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Amari Cooper | 6800 | DAL | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
Stefon Diggs | 7700 | BUF | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |
Keenan Allen | 7000 | LAC | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
A.J. Brown | 6900 | TEN | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Cole Beasley | 4600 | BUF | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |||||
Antonio Brown | 6000 | TB | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||
Allen Robinson II | 6200 | CHI | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | ||||
Chris Godwin | 6600 | TB | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | |||
Jarvis Landry | 6300 | CLE | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |||||
Ja'Marr Chase | 5000 | CIN | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | ||||
DeAndre Hopkins | 8000 | ARI | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | ||||
Emmanuel Sanders | 4000 | BUF | 14 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
Tyler Lockett | 7200 | SEA | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
DK Metcalf | 7600 | SEA | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |||||
Marquez Callaway | 4200 | NO | 16 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
Elijah Moore | 3500 | NYJ | 16 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
Mike Evans | 6100 | TB | 19 | 11 | 5 | ||||||
Deebo Samuel | 6700 | SF | 20 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
Tee Higgins | 5400 | CIN | 21 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
Adam Thielen | 7100 | MIN | 21 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
DeVonta Smith | 5400 | PHI | 23 | 7 | |||||||
Corey Davis | 5300 | NYJ | 24 | 8 | |||||||
Tyler Boyd | 4700 | CIN | 24 | 8 | |||||||
Calvin Ridley | 7500 | ATL | 26 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
Mike Williams | 6100 | LAC | 27 | 10 | |||||||
Robert Woods | 5700 | LAR | 28 | 11 | |||||||
Chase Claypool | 5600 | PIT | 29 | 12 | |||||||
Tim Patrick | 4600 | DEN | 29 | 12 |
Tight End
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Alexander | Cummins | Parsons | Howe | Settle | Brimacombe | Roberts | Haseley |
Noah Fant | 4200 | DEN | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Tyler Higbee | 4100 | LAR | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
George Kittle | 6400 | SF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Darren Waller | 7600 | LV | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Dallas Goedert | 4600 | PHI | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Jared Cook | 3900 | LAC | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
Kyle Pitts | 5200 | ATL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
Rob Gronkowski | 4700 | TB | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Cole Kmet | 3700 | CHI | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||
James O'Shaughnessy | 2700 | JAX | 10 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Gerald Everett | 3600 | SEA | 11 | 6 |
Defense/Special Teams
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Alexander | Cummins | Parsons | Howe | Settle | Brimacombe | Roberts | Haseley |
Browns | 3500 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Steelers | 3000 | PIT | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Patriots | 3700 | NE | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Broncos | 3800 | DEN | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Cardinals | 2900 | ARI | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Jets | 2200 | NYJ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Bears | 2800 | CHI | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Saints | 3100 | NO | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Buccaneers | 4100 | TB | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||
Eagles | 2400 | PHI | 10 | 1 | |||||||
Bills | 3300 | BUF | 11 | 4 | |||||||
Bengals | 2900 | CIN | 11 | 4 | |||||||
Panthers | 2700 | CAR | 13 | 5 |