If you're playing Daily Fantasy NFL contests, you might find these top-value players helpful for building your lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings and FanDuel contests, based on multiple top projection sources and a "Blend" lineup that uses all sources together. These aren't necessarily the players that will score the most points, but represent the most value (points/salary) as part of an ideal lineup calculation.

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Here is a top-value quarterback and skill-position player from each projection source for each of the three DFS platforms:

Projections listed as of 2:01 PM ET on Oct. 25.

Yahoo

  • Blend: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 22.4 for $26; RB Lamar Miller, Hou, 13.1 for $15
  • numberFire: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 22.2 for $26; RB Lamar Miller, Hou, 13.4 for $15
  • CBS Sports: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 24.5 for $26; RB Lamar Miller, Hou, 12.8 for $15
  • RotoGrinders: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 20.5 for $26; RB James White, NE, 17.1 for $21

FanDuel

  • Blend: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 22.4 for $7,600; RB Saquon Barkley, NYG, 20.8 for $8,900
  • numberFire: QB Jameis Winston, TB, 22.9 for $7,800; RB Kareem Hunt, KC, 20.1 for $8,100
  • CBS Sports: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 24.5 for $7,600; RB Phillip Lindsay, Den, 17.4 for $6,500
  • RotoGrinders: QB Patrick Mahomes, KC, 25.3 for $9,200; RB James White, NE, 17.1 for $7,300
  • Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Andy Dalton, Cin, 18.2 for $7,800; RB Alvin Kamara, NO, 18.8 for $8,000

DraftKings

  • Blend: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 23.6 for $6,000; WR DeAndre Hopkins, Hou, 24.8 for $7,600
  • numberFire: QB Drew Brees, NO, 26.5 for $5,600; TE Kyle Rudolph, Min, 13.8 for $3,600
  • CBS Sports: QB Deshaun Watson, Hou, 27.8 for $6,000; WR DeAndre Hopkins, Hou, 29.1 for $7,600
  • RotoGrinders: QB Patrick Mahomes, KC, 25.3 for $7,000; RB Isaiah Crowell, NYJ, 12.3 for $3,700
  • Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Patrick Mahomes, KC, 21.3 for $7,000; RB Kareem Hunt, KC, 21.6 for $7,100

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