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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for FanDuel 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 |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Kyler Murray | 8500 | ARI | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dak Prescott | 8100 | DAL | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Daniel Jones | 7400 | NYG | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
Jalen Hurts | 8100 | PHI | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
Trey Lance | 6900 | SF | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Justin Herbert | 7700 | LAC | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||
Joe Burrow | 7000 | CIN | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Ryan Tannehill | 7200 | TEN | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Kirk Cousins | 7500 | MIN | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Jacoby Brissett | 6300 | MIA | 9 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Tom Brady | 8400 | TB | 11 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
Aaron Rodgers | 8000 | GB | 11 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Trevor Lawrence | 6500 | JAC | 13 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
Justin Fields | 6400 | CHI | 13 | 1 | |||||||
Derek Carr | 7100 | LV | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Sam Darnold | 7600 | CAR | 16 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Jameis Winston | 7000 | NO | 16 | 5 |
Running Back
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Alvin Kamara | 8600 | NO | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Derrick Henry | 10400 | TEN | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
Leonard Fournette | 6400 | TB | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Damien Williams | 5800 | CHI | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
James Robinson | 7400 | JAC | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
Ezekiel Elliott | 8000 | DAL | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
Najee Harris | 7300 | PIT | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||
Austin Ekeler | 7700 | LAC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
Saquon Barkley | 7800 | NYG | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ||
Damien Harris | 6500 | NE | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||
D'Andre Swift | 6900 | DET | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |||
Chase Edmonds | 6200 | ARI | 12 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||
Antonio Gibson | 6600 | WAS | 13 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | |||
Samaje Perine | 5600 | CIN | 14 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | ||||
Nick Chubb | 7500 | CLE | 15 | 8 | 11 | 6 | |||||
Aaron Jones | 8400 | GB | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | ||||
James Conner | 6300 | ARI | 17 | 2 | |||||||
Alexander Mattison | 6500 | MIN | 18 | 7 | |||||||
Dalvin Cook | 9000 | MIN | 19 | 9 | |||||||
Josh Jacobs | 7200 | LV | 19 | 9 |
Wide Receiver
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Davante Adams | 8200 | GB | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Deebo Samuel | 7700 | SF | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
DJ Moore | 7900 | CAR | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | |
Justin Jefferson | 8000 | MIN | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | |
Jakobi Meyers | 5900 | NE | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | |||
CeeDee Lamb | 6900 | DAL | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||
Brandin Cooks | 6300 | HOU | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Terry McLaurin | 7400 | WAS | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Keenan Allen | 7200 | LAC | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | |||
DeVante Parker | 5700 | MIA | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 4 | ||||
Jaylen Waddle | 5400 | MIA | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Brandon Aiyuk | 5300 | SF | 12 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
Antonio Brown | 6500 | TB | 13 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
Mike Evans | 7000 | TB | 14 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
Marvin Jones Jr. | 6600 | JAC | 15 | 2 | |||||||
Darnell Mooney | 5600 | CHI | 15 | 2 | |||||||
Kenny Golladay | 6200 | NYG | 17 | 12 | 5 | 12 | |||||
Courtland Sutton | 6100 | DEN | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Hunter Renfrow | 5800 | LV | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
DeAndre Hopkins | 7500 | ARI | 20 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
Robby Anderson | 5600 | CAR | 20 | 4 | |||||||
Adam Thielen | 7500 | MIN | 22 | 8 | 11 | ||||||
Diontae Johnson | 7000 | PIT | 23 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
Ja'Marr Chase | 7300 | CIN | 24 | 9 | |||||||
Amari Cooper | 7100 | DAL | 24 | 9 | |||||||
Laviska Shenault Jr. | 5800 | JAC | 24 | 12 | 10 | ||||||
Allen Robinson II | 6100 | CHI | 27 | 10 | |||||||
Chris Godwin | 7600 | TB | 28 | 11 | |||||||
DeVonta Smith | 6000 | PHI | 28 | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Tyler Boyd | 6300 | CIN | 30 | 12 |
Tight End
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Darren Waller | 7400 | LV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Jared Cook | 5200 | LAC | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Noah Fant | 5900 | DEN | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
T.J. Hockenson | 6400 | DET | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Dalton Schultz | 6200 | DAL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
Mike Gesicki | 5600 | MIA | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
Tyler Conklin | 5100 | MIN | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||
Robert Tonyan | 5300 | GB | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Dallas Goedert | 6100 | PHI | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
Evan Engram | 5300 | NYG | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
C.J. Uzomah | 5500 | CIN | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
Jonnu Smith | 4900 | NE | 11 | 2 | |||||||
Zach Ertz | 5000 | PHI | 13 | 3 | |||||||
Anthony Firkser | 4700 | TEN | 14 | 6 | |||||||
Ricky Seals-Jones | 4900 | WAS | 15 | 7 |
Defense/Special Teams
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
James Brimacombe |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 4000 | PIT | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Dallas Cowboys | 4000 | DAL | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
New England Patriots | 5000 | NE | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
Minnesota Vikings | 3900 | MIN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Houston Texans | 3200 | HOU | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Denver Broncos | 4400 | DEN | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Carolina Panthers | 3800 | CAR | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Philadelphia Eagles | 3500 | PHI | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Los Angeles Chargers | 3700 | LAC | 9 | 1 | |||||||
Las Vegas Raiders | 4500 | LV | 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
Tennessee Titans | 4200 | TEN | 10 | 2 | |||||||
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4800 | TB | 12 | 4 | |||||||
Jacksonville Jaguars | 3300 | JAC | 13 | 5 |