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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for DraftKings contests this weekend.
*Updated 1-1-22*
Quarterback
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
| Josh Allen | 8000 | BUF | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Trey Lance | 4800 | SF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Jalen Hurts | 6600 | PHI | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Dak Prescott | 6700 | DAL | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Matthew Stafford | 7100 | LAR | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Justin Herbert | 6800 | LAC | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Tom Brady | 7600 | TB | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Tyler Huntley | 5600 | BAL | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Patrick Mahomes | 7800 | KC | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Taysom Hill | 6000 | NO | 10 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Joe Burrow | 6900 | CIN | 11 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Derek Carr | 5800 | LV | 11 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Kyler Murray | 7300 | ARI | 13 | 7 | |||||
| Sam Ehlinger | 4500 | IND | 14 | 8 |
Running Back
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
| Jonathan Taylor | 9000 | IND | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Austin Ekeler | 8200 | LAC | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Darrel Williams | 5800 | KC | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ronald Jones II | 6300 | TB | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Sony Michel | 5800 | LAR | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |
| Josh Jacobs | 6200 | LV | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| David Montgomery | 6500 | CHI | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
| Damien Harris | 6600 | NE | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Devin Singletary | 5400 | BUF | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Joe Mixon | 7500 | CIN | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Boston Scott | 4900 | PHI | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Alvin Kamara | 7900 | NO | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Michael Carter | 5100 | NYJ | 13 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Javonte Williams | 6400 | DEN | 14 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Rashaad Penny | 6100 | SEA | 14 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Antonio Gibson | 5900 | WAS | 14 | 2 | |||||
| D'Andre Swift | 6000 | DET | 17 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 6900 | ATL | 18 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Chase Edmonds | 5700 | ARI | 19 | 7 | |||||
| Jordan Howard | 5200 | PHI | 19 | 7 | |||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 7100 | DAL | 21 | 10 | 12 | 12 | |||
| D'Onta Foreman | 5300 | TEN | 22 | 9 | |||||
| Rex Burkhead | 5000 | HOU | 23 | 12 |
Wide Receiver
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
| Antonio Brown | 6100 | TB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cooper Kupp | 9500 | LAR | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Stefon Diggs | 7900 | BUF | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Tyreek Hill | 8300 | KC | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| A.J. Brown | 7200 | TEN | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 6700 | MIA | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| Hunter Renfrow | 6500 | LV | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tee Higgins | 6900 | CIN | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
| CeeDee Lamb | 7100 | DAL | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | |
| Keenan Allen | 7500 | LAC | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Amari Cooper | 6600 | DAL | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | |
| Tyler Lockett | 6400 | SEA | 12 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Ja'Marr Chase | 7600 | CIN | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Deebo Samuel | 8700 | SF | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Michael Pittman Jr. | 5800 | IND | 15 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Christian Kirk | 5800 | ARI | 16 | 5 | |||||
| Braxton Berrios | 3700 | NYJ | 17 | 6 | |||||
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 6000 | DET | 18 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| Joshua Palmer | 3600 | LAC | 19 | 10 | |||||
| Deonte Harris | 3000 | NO | 19 | 10 |
Tight End
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
| Dallas Goedert | 5100 | PHI | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Travis Kelce | 7300 | KC | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Dalton Schultz | 5000 | DAL | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Mark Andrews | 7400 | BAL | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rob Gronkowski | 6200 | TB | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Zach Ertz | 5200 | ARI | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Kyle Pitts | 5900 | ATL | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Jared Cook | 3700 | LAC | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| George Kittle | 7100 | SF | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Cole Kmet | 3400 | CHI | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Dawson Knox | 5500 | BUF | 11 | 6 | |||||
| Gerald Everett | 4100 | SEA | 11 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Hunter Henry | 4200 | NE | 13 | 8 | |||||
| Foster Moreau | 3800 | LV | 13 | 8 | |||||
| C.J. Uzomah | 3300 | CIN | 13 | 8 |
Defense/Special Teams
| Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
| Patriots | 3900 | NE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Buccaneers | 4300 | TB | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Saints | 3400 | NO | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bills | 3500 | BUF | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Chargers | 3100 | LAC | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 49ers | 3800 | SF | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Eagles | 3700 | PHI | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Bears | 3200 | CHI | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Dolphins | 2800 | MIA | 9 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Chiefs | 3000 | KC | 10 | 4 | |||||
| Rams | 3600 | LAR | 11 | 5 | |||||
| Broncos | 2600 | DEN | 11 | 5 |