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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for DraftKings contests this weekend.
*Updated 10-9-21*
Quarterback
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Keith Roberts |
Jeff Haseley |
| Kyler Murray | 8000 | ARI | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dak Prescott | 6900 | DAL | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Daniel Jones | 6000 | NYG | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Justin Herbert | 6800 | LAC | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Trey Lance | 5700 | SF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Jalen Hurts | 7000 | PHI | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Jacoby Brissett | 5200 | MIA | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Kirk Cousins | 6500 | MIN | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Brady | 7400 | TB | 9 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Joe Burrow | 6100 | CIN | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Aaron Rodgers | 7100 | GB | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Derek Carr | 6100 | LV | 12 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Justin Fields | 5200 | CHI | 13 | 1 | |||||||
| Taylor Heinicke | 5900 | WAS | 14 | 4 | |||||||
| Jameis Winston | 5600 | NO | 14 | 4 | |||||||
| Ryan Tannehill | 6400 | TEN | 16 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| Jared Goff | 5300 | DET | 16 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Sam Darnold | 6600 | CAR | 18 | 7 | |||||||
| Trevor Lawrence | 5800 | JAX | 18 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Mac Jones | 5300 | NE | 20 | 8 |
Running Back
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Keith Roberts |
Jeff Haseley |
| Derrick Henry | 9000 | TEN | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Leonard Fournette | 5200 | TB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| James Robinson | 6000 | JAX | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 7000 | DAL | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| Damien Williams | 5600 | CHI | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Najee Harris | 6900 | PIT | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Damien Harris | 5500 | NE | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 8600 | NO | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Austin Ekeler | 7600 | LAC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| Saquon Barkley | 7300 | NYG | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||
| D'Andre Swift | 6100 | DET | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Aaron Jones | 7900 | GB | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | |||
| Chase Edmonds | 5900 | ARI | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Samaje Perine | 4000 | CIN | 14 | 11 | 7 | 9 | |||||
| James Conner | 5600 | ARI | 15 | 2 | |||||||
| Nick Chubb | 6700 | CLE | 16 | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 8700 | CAR | 17 | 5 | |||||||
| Alexander Mattison | 5500 | MIN | 17 | 5 | |||||||
| Dalvin Cook | 8400 | MIN | 19 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| Josh Jacobs | 5900 | LV | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | |||||
| Antonio Gibson | 6400 | WAS | 21 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Kareem Hunt | 5800 | CLE | 22 | 11 |
Wide Receiver
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Keith Roberts |
Jeff Haseley |
| Davante Adams | 8200 | GB | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Deebo Samuel | 7100 | SF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| DJ Moore | 7500 | CAR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Antonio Brown | 5200 | TB | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Jakobi Meyers | 5600 | NE | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | ||
| CeeDee Lamb | 6200 | DAL | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Terry McLaurin | 7400 | WAS | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Keenan Allen | 6500 | LAC | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Amari Cooper | 6100 | DAL | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Curtis Samuel | 3000 | WAS | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Justin Jefferson | 7700 | MIN | 11 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| Brandin Cooks | 6100 | HOU | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Jaylen Waddle | 4800 | MIA | 13 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Tee Higgins | 5000 | CIN | 14 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Chris Godwin | 6300 | TB | 15 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Ja'Marr Chase | 5800 | CIN | 15 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| Courtland Sutton | 5500 | DEN | 17 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Marvin Jones Jr. | 5700 | JAX | 18 | 2 | |||||||
| K.J. Osborn | 3800 | MIN | 19 | 8 | 12 | 9 | |||||
| Mike Williams | 7200 | LAC | 20 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Evans | 6800 | TB | 20 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| Diontae Johnson | 6500 | PIT | 20 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| Adam Thielen | 6600 | MIN | 23 | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| Brandon Aiyuk | 4500 | SF | 23 | 9 | |||||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 7600 | ARI | 25 | 11 | |||||||
| Allen Robinson II | 5500 | CHI | 25 | 11 | |||||||
| DeVonta Smith | 5900 | PHI | 27 | 12 | |||||||
| DeVante Parker | 5400 | MIA | 27 | 12 | |||||||
| Laviska Shenault Jr. | 4800 | JAX | 27 | 12 |
Tight End
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Keith Roberts |
Jeff Haseley |
| Darren Waller | 7300 | LV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Cook | 3600 | LAC | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Dalton Schultz | 4400 | DAL | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Noah Fant | 4900 | DEN | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mike Gesicki | 4200 | MIA | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| T.J. Hockenson | 5500 | DET | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tyler Conklin | 3500 | MIN | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| Cole Kmet | 2700 | CHI | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| C.J. Uzomah | 3000 | CIN | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Zach Ertz | 3400 | PHI | 10 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Evan Engram | 3200 | NYG | 11 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Dallas Goedert | 5100 | PHI | 12 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Robert Tonyan | 4300 | GB | 13 | 4 | 8 |
Defense/Special Teams
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Keith Roberts |
Jeff Haseley |
| Raiders | 2900 | LV | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steelers | 3300 | PIT | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Vikings | 3000 | MIN | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Cowboys | 2800 | DAL | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| WAS Football Team | 2300 | WAS | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Texans | 2300 | HOU | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Eagles | 2200 | PHI | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Patriots | 4900 | NE | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Titans | 3800 | TEN | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| Chargers | 2700 | LAC | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Buccaneers | 4700 | TB | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| Panthers | 3400 | CAR | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| Broncos | 4200 | DEN | 13 | 5 | |||||||
| Jaguars | 2100 | JAX | 13 | 5 |
