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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for DraftKings contests this weekend.
*Updated 10-16-21*
Quarterback
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
| Lamar Jackson | 7400 | BAL | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Patrick Mahomes | 8300 | KC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Justin Herbert | 7300 | LAC | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Matthew Stafford | 6700 | LAR | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Taylor Heinicke | 5800 | WAS | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Carson Wentz | 5400 | IND | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
| Dak Prescott | 7100 | DAL | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Kyler Murray | 7900 | ARI | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Daniel Jones | 5500 | NYG | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Joe Burrow | 6300 | CIN | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Derek Carr | 5600 | LV | 11 | 5 | ||||||
| Mac Jones | 5200 | NE | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| Jared Goff | 5100 | DET | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| Aaron Rodgers | 7200 | GB | 14 | 8 |
Running Back
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
| Austin Ekeler | 7900 | LAC | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Darrell Henderson Jr. | 6000 | LAR | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Jonathan Taylor | 6600 | IND | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Kareem Hunt | 6200 | CLE | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| D'Andre Swift | 6300 | DET | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Aaron Jones | 7300 | GB | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Darrel Williams | 4900 | KC | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 7100 | DAL | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Joe Mixon | 6400 | CIN | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Antonio Gibson | 6500 | WAS | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Josh Jacobs | 5900 | LV | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Dalvin Cook | 7700 | MIN | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Khalil Herbert | 4600 | CHI | 13 | 2 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Nick Chubb | 7200 | CLE | 14 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 5900 | CAR | 14 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| Devontae Booker | 5400 | NYG | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | |||
| Chase Edmonds | 5600 | ARI | 17 | 12 |
Wide Receiver
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
| Davante Adams | 9000 | GB | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Terry McLaurin | 7100 | WAS | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| Cooper Kupp | 7900 | LAR | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Tyreek Hill | 8500 | KC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Keenan Allen | 6400 | LAC | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
| Ja'Marr Chase | 6700 | CIN | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||
| DJ Moore | 7300 | CAR | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 6500 | DAL | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Amari Cooper | 6000 | DAL | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Courtland Sutton | 6200 | DEN | 10 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Jakobi Meyers | 5500 | NE | 11 | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Brandin Cooks | 5800 | HOU | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Michael Pittman Jr. | 5500 | IND | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||
| Justin Jefferson | 8000 | MIN | 14 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Marquise Brown | 5900 | BAL | 14 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Robert Woods | 6100 | LAR | 16 | 11 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Tee Higgins | 5300 | CIN | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Robby Anderson | 4800 | CAR | 18 | 2 | ||||||
| Darnell Mooney | 4300 | CHI | 19 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| Mike Williams | 8100 | LAC | 20 | 7 | ||||||
| Adam Thielen | 5800 | MIN | 20 | 7 | ||||||
| Mecole Hardman | 4200 | KC | 22 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Tyler Boyd | 5400 | CIN | 23 | 12 |
Tight End
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
| Travis Kelce | 7000 | KC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Andrews | 5200 | BAL | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ricky Seals-Jones | 3000 | WAS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Darren Waller | 6600 | LV | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Dalton Schultz | 4900 | DAL | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jared Cook | 3200 | LAC | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Noah Fant | 4800 | DEN | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| T.J. Hockenson | 5000 | DET | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Hunter Henry | 3900 | NE | 9 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Tyler Higbee | 4400 | LAR | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Evan Engram | 3400 | NYG | 10 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| Cole Kmet | 2800 | CHI | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| David Njoku | 3700 | CLE | 13 | 8 |
Defense/Special Teams
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
| Colts | 3500 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cowboys | 3200 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Rams | 4700 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Broncos | 3900 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Browns | 2600 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Lions | 2100 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Packers | 3600 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Bengals | 3400 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Vikings | 2900 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Ravens | 2300 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
| Cardinals | 2700 | 11 | 5 | |||||||
| Panthers | 2900 | 11 | 5 |