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, FanDuel and Yahoo 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 Thursday, 11:35 AM ET.

DraftKings

• Blend: QB Philip Rivers, LAC, 23.4 for $6,000; RB Todd Gurley, LAR, 26.8 for $9,400
• numberFire: QB Tom Brady, NE, 27.4 for $6,000; TE Evan Engram, NYG, 11.5 for $3,600
• CBS Sports: QB Philip Rivers, LAC, 27.1 for $6,000; WR Davante Adams, GB, 26.6 for $7,800
• RotoGrinders: QB Carson Wentz, Phi, 21.4 for $5,700; RB Wendell Smallwood, Phi, 11.7 for $3,400
• Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Patrick Mahomes, KC, 22.1 for $7,200; TE Eric Ebron, Ind, 10.6 for $3,500

FanDuel

• Blend: QB Nick Mullens, SF, 16.3 for $6,000; RB Melvin Gordon, LAC, 22.6 for $8,900
• numberFire: QB Tom Brady, NE, 24.2 for $8,300; RB James Conner, Pit, 20.7 for $8,200
• CBS Sports: QB Philip Rivers, LAC, 24.0 for $8,200; RB Saquon Barkley, NYG, 23.1 for $8,600
• RotoGrinders: QB Nick Mullens, SF, 17.6 for $6,000; RB James Conner, Pit, 21.3 for $8,000
• Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Nick Mullens, SF, 15.5 for $6,000; RB Melvin Gordon, LAC, 21.8 for $8,900

FanDuel-SF

• Blend: QB Nick Mullens, SF, 15.9 for $6,000; RB Melvin Gordon, LAC, 22.2 for $8,900
• numberFire: QB Tom Brady, NE, 24.2 for $8,300; RB James Conner, Pit, 20.7 for $8,200
• CBS Sports: QB Philip Rivers, LAC, 24.0 for $8,200; RB Saquon Barkley, NYG, 23.1 for $8,600
• Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Nick Mullens, SF, 15.5 for $6,000; RB Melvin Gordon, LAC, 21.8 for $8,900

Yahoo

• Blend: QB Josh McCown, NYJ, 14.4 for $20; WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB, 10.6 for $16
• numberFire: QB Tom Brady, NE, 24.2 for $34; WR Golden Tate, Phi, 11.3 for $16
• CBS Sports: QB Aaron Rodgers, GB, 24.1 for $35; WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB, 12.7 for $16
• Daily Fantasy Fuel: QB Jared Goff, LAR, 18.2 for $31; WR Torrey Smith, Car, 6.9 for $10

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