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The Footballguys Staff has provided their best value-based selections for FanDuel 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 |
Dan Hindery |
Josh Allen | 8800 | BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Jalen Hurts | 7900 | PHI | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Trey Lance | 6400 | SF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
Dak Prescott | 7400 | DAL | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Patrick Mahomes | 8500 | KC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Matthew Stafford | 7600 | LAR | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
Tom Brady | 8300 | TB | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||
Justin Herbert | 8200 | LAC | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||
Kyler Murray | 8200 | ARI | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | ||||
Tyler Huntley | 7500 | BAL | 9 | 2 | ||||||
Joe Burrow | 7700 | CIN | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Taysom Hill | 7700 | NO | 12 | 6 |
Running Back
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Jonathan Taylor | 10000 | IND | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Darrel Williams | 6200 | KC | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
Austin Ekeler | 9000 | LAC | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
Sony Michel | 7100 | LAR | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
Ronald Jones II | 7000 | TB | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
David Montgomery | 7200 | CHI | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | |
Damien Harris | 7400 | NE | 7 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
Ezekiel Elliott | 7500 | DAL | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||
Josh Jacobs | 6600 | LV | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
Devin Singletary | 6000 | BUF | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Javonte Williams | 6100 | DEN | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | ||
Chase Edmonds | 6500 | ARI | 12 | 7 | 1 | |||||
Joe Mixon | 8500 | CIN | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | ||||
Antonio Gibson | 6800 | WAS | 14 | 2 | ||||||
Michael Carter | 5700 | NYJ | 14 | 3 | 12 | |||||
Rashaad Penny | 6900 | SEA | 16 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Rex Burkhead | 5600 | HOU | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | ||||
Alvin Kamara | 9200 | NO | 18 | 6 | ||||||
Jordan Howard | 6000 | PHI | 18 | 7 | 12 | |||||
D'Andre Swift | 7700 | DET | 20 | 10 | 10 | |||||
Dare Ogunbowale | 5500 | JAC | 20 | 7 | ||||||
D'Onta Foreman | 5800 | TEN | 22 | 9 | ||||||
Boston Scott | 6000 | PHI | 23 | 12 | 12 |
Wide Receiver
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Tyreek Hill | 8200 | KC | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Stefon Diggs | 8000 | BUF | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Cooper Kupp | 10200 | LAR | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
Antonio Brown | 8500 | TB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
A.J. Brown | 7500 | TEN | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Tee Higgins | 7000 | CIN | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
CeeDee Lamb | 7200 | DAL | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
Keenan Allen | 7300 | LAC | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |
Hunter Renfrow | 6900 | LV | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | |||
Jaylen Waddle | 7000 | MIA | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | ||
Amari Cooper | 6700 | DAL | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | |
Deebo Samuel | 9000 | SF | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | ||||
Ja'Marr Chase | 7600 | CIN | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | |||
Christian Kirk | 6400 | ARI | 14 | 10 | 6 | |||||
Tyler Lockett | 7100 | SEA | 15 | 5 | ||||||
Michael Pittman Jr. | 6500 | IND | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | ||||
Breshad Perriman | 4700 | TB | 17 | 8 | ||||||
DeVonta Smith | 6100 | PHI | 18 | 9 |
Tight End
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
Dallas Goedert | 5800 | PHI | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Travis Kelce | 8200 | KC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Rob Gronkowski | 6700 | TB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Zach Ertz | 5500 | ARI | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Mark Andrews | 8700 | BAL | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
Kyle Pitts | 6000 | ATL | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
Dalton Schultz | 5900 | DAL | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
George Kittle | 7300 | SF | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
Dawson Knox | 6200 | BUF | 9 | 6 | 5 | |||||
Cole Kmet | 5000 | CHI | 10 | 7 | 6 | |||||
Jared Cook | 4900 | LAC | 11 | 7 | ||||||
Hunter Henry | 5700 | NE | 12 | 8 | ||||||
Foster Moreau | 5200 | LV | 12 | 8 |
Defense/Special Teams
Name | Salary | Team | Consensus Rank |
Phil Alexander |
Ben Cummins |
Chad Parsons |
Justin Howe |
Sean Settle |
Jeff Haseley |
Dan Hindery |
New England Patriots | 5000 | NE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4900 | TB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
New Orleans Saints | 4700 | NO | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
Buffalo Bills | 4500 | BUF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
San Francisco 49ers | 4600 | SF | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
Philadelphia Eagles | 4300 | PHI | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Los Angeles Chargers | 4000 | LAC | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Chicago Bears | 4800 | CHI | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Indianapolis Colts | 3900 | IND | 9 | 2 | ||||||
Miami Dolphins | 3600 | MIA | 10 | 5 | 5 |