You might find these top-value players helpful for building your Daily Fantasy NFL lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo contests, and is giving you three players that represent the most value (points/salary) as part of an ideal lineup calculation.

Here are a top-value quarterback and two skill-position players for each of the three DFS platforms:

Projections listed as of Sat 1:37 AM ET.

DraftKings (Sun-Mon)

  • QB Marcus Mariota, Wsh, 18.0 for $4,000
  • DST New Orleans Saints, NO, 7.8 for $2,300
  • RB Christian McCaffrey, SF, 23.8 for $8,200

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FanDuel (Sun-Mon)

  • QB Lamar Jackson, Bal, 23.7 for $8,700
  • DST New Orleans Saints, NO, 7.8 for $3,200
  • RB Christian McCaffrey, SF, 20.4 for $9,100

Yahoo (NFL Sunday Main Week 3 2025)

  • QB Marcus Mariota, Wsh, 16.8 for $20
  • RB Jordan Mason, Min, 14.2 for $18
  • TE Jake Ferguson, Dal, 8.6 for $12