FanDuel NFL Snake Draft Rankings: Week 3
Fantasy sports have come a long way since their inception.
Gathering with friends and drafting the perfect team was -- and still is -- a big part of fantasy sports. But FanDuel has done its part in changing how we play and think about a particular slate of sports games.
And guess what? They’re going back to the classics and bringing snake drafts to the forefront of the daily fantasy scene.
Each week, you can hop into a live fantasy football draft and pick your six-player team against the rest of your league. No salary cap involved. Just draft.
You can read more about the strategy behind daily fantasy NFL snake drafts, but here’s a jumpstart for the upcoming slate.
Daily Fantasy Football Snake Draft Rankings
Here’s how numberFire’s projections rank the field in a head-to-head, three-entry, and six-entry draft. (Be sure to check the projections throughout the week for updates.)
These rankings compare each player’s projection to the replacement level of his position. In a head-to-head draft, no more than two quarterbacks can be drafted, so every passer is compared to the QB2 in terms of weekly projections. For running backs, up to six running backs can be drafted in a two-entry draft, so they're all compared to the RB6 in projections to see the biggest gaps in value.
Here's how the Week 3 rankings look across various draft sizes. (Snake draft position rank refers to a player's raw projection rank, so the RB3 is expected for the third-most FanDuel points among running backs.)
Player | Snake Draft Position Rank |
Head-to-Head Rank |
3-Entry Rank |
6-Entry Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
DeAndre Hopkins | WR/TE1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Derrick Henry | RB1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Kyler Murray | QB1 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
Dalvin Cook | RB2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Russell Wilson | QB2 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
Ezekiel Elliott | RB4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Miles Sanders | RB5 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Tyler Lockett | WR/TE2 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
Julio Jones | WR/TE3 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
Kenyan Drake | RB6 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
DK Metcalf | WR/TE4 | 10 | 12 | 21 |
Kenny Golladay | WR/TE5 | 11 | 13 | 22 |
Chris Carson | RB7 | 18 | 14 | 9 |
DJ Moore | WR/TE6 | 12 | 15 | 23 |
Amari Cooper | WR/TE7 | 15 | 16 | 24 |
Josh Jacobs | RB8 | 19 | 17 | 10 |
Adam Thielen | WR/TE8 | 16 | 18 | 25 |
Dak Prescott | QB3 | 38 | 19 | 27 |
Austin Ekeler | RB9 | 21 | 19 | 11 |
Calvin Ridley | WR/TE9 | 17 | 19 | 26 |
Melvin Gordon III | RB10 | 22 | 22 | 12 |
Cam Newton | QB4 | 39 | 23 | 28 |
Jerick McKinnon | RB11 | 25 | 24 | 14 |
Nick Chubb | RB12 | 26 | 25 | 15 |
T.Y. Hilton | WR/TE10 | 20 | 26 | 30 |
Stefon Diggs | WR/TE11 | 23 | 27 | 31 |
Chris Godwin | WR/TE12 | 24 | 28 | 32 |
Todd Gurley II | RB13 | 29 | 29 | 17 |
James Conner | RB14 | 31 | 30 | 18 |
Josh Allen | QB5 | 49 | 31 | 37 |
Joe Mixon | RB15 | 34 | 32 | 19 |
Robert Woods | WR/TE13 | 27 | 33 | 33 |
Allen Robinson II | WR/TE14 | 28 | 34 | 34 |
Mike Evans | WR/TE15 | 30 | 35 | 36 |
Matthew Stafford | QB6 | 53 | 36 | 40 |
Terry McLaurin | WR/TE16 | 32 | 37 | 38 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR/TE17 | 33 | 38 | 39 |
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR/TE18 | 35 | 39 | 40 |
Cooper Kupp | WR/TE19 | 36 | 40 | 43 |
Matt Ryan | QB7 | 61 | 41 | 46 |
Keenan Allen | WR/TE20 | 37 | 42 | 45 |
Deshaun Watson | QB8 | 72 | 43 | 52 |
Darren Waller | WR/TE21 | 40 | 44 | 48 |
Diontae Johnson | WR/TE22 | 41 | 45 | 49 |
David Johnson | RB16 | 47 | 46 | 29 |
Michael Gallup | WR/TE23 | 42 | 47 | 50 |
Julian Edelman | WR/TE24 | 43 | 48 | 53 |
Marvin Jones Jr. | WR/TE25 | 44 | 49 | 54 |
Ben Roethlisberger | QB9 | 82 | 50 | 59 |
A.J. Green | WR/TE26 | 45 | 51 | 55 |
A.J. Green | WR/TE26 | 45 | 51 | 55 |
Jared Goff | QB10 | 83 | 53 | 60 |
Carson Wentz | QB11 | 84 | 54 | 61 |
CeeDee Lamb | WR/TE28 | 48 | 55 | 57 |
Ryan Tannehill | QB12 | 86 | 56 | 64 |
Kareem Hunt | RB17 | 59 | 57 | 35 |
Robby Anderson | WR/TE29 | 50 | 58 | 62 |
Darius Slayton | WR/TE30 | 51 | 59 | 63 |
Tyler Boyd | WR/TE31 | 52 | 60 | 65 |
Jarvis Landry | WR/TE32 | 54 | 61 | 66 |
Curtis Samuel | WR/TE33 | 55 | 62 | 68 |
Christian Kirk | WR/TE34 | 56 | 63 | 71 |
Corey Davis | WR/TE35 | 57 | 64 | 72 |
Devin Singletary | RB18 | 64 | 65 | 40 |
Zach Ertz | WR/TE36 | 58 | 66 | 73 |
Evan Engram | WR/TE37 | 60 | 67 | 74 |
David Montgomery | RB19 | 67 | 68 | 44 |
Kirk Cousins | QB13 | 97 | 69 | 76 |
Joe Burrow | QB14 | 99 | 70 | 78 |
Philip Rivers | QB15 | 101 | 71 | 83 |
Jonnu Smith | WR/TE38 | 62 | 72 | 77 |
Golden Tate | WR/TE39 | 63 | 73 | 79 |
Antonio Gibson | RB20 | 76 | 74 | 47 |
Dallas Goedert | WR/TE40 | 65 | 75 | 80 |
Brandin Cooks | WR/TE41 | 66 | 76 | 81 |
Tyler Higbee | WR/TE42 | 68 | 77 | 84 |
Baker Mayfield | QB16 | 112 | 78 | 92 |
N'Keal Harry | WR/TE43 | 69 | 79 | 85 |
Adam Humphries | WR/TE44 | 70 | 80 | 86 |