FanDuel NFL Snake Draft Rankings: Week 8
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 8 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Derrick Henry | RB1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alvin Kamara | RB2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Kareem Hunt | RB3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Davante Adams | WR/TE1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Patrick Mahomes | QB1 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Josh Jacobs | RB5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Russell Wilson | QB2 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
Tyreek Hill | WR/TE2 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
DK Metcalf | WR/TE3 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
George Kittle | WR/TE4 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
James Conner | RB6 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
Stefon Diggs | WR/TE5 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
Tyler Lockett | WR/TE6 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
Myles Gaskin | RB7 | 18 | 15 | 11 |
Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB8 | 19 | 16 | 12 |
Travis Kelce | WR/TE7 | 15 | 17 | 20 |
Keenan Allen | WR/TE8 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
Lamar Jackson | QB3 | 30 | 19 | 28 |
Allen Robinson II | WR/TE9 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
Melvin Gordon III | RB9 | 21 | 19 | 15 |
A.J. Brown | WR/TE10 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
Jamaal Williams | RB10 | 24 | 23 | 18 |
David Montgomery | RB11 | 26 | 24 | 19 |
Adam Thielen | WR/TE11 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
Kenny Golladay | WR/TE12 | 23 | 26 | 27 |
Darren Waller | WR/TE13 | 25 | 27 | 29 |
Jerick McKinnon | RB12 | 28 | 28 | 23 |
Tyler Boyd | WR/TE14 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
Josh Allen | QB4 | 39 | 30 | 38 |
Justin Jefferson | WR/TE15 | 29 | 31 | 32 |
Aaron Rodgers | QB5 | 41 | 32 | 39 |
Joe Burrow | QB6 | 43 | 33 | 40 |
Joshua Kelley | RB13 | 33 | 34 | 26 |
Ryan Tannehill | QB7 | 45 | 35 | 45 |
Cooper Kupp | WR/TE16 | 31 | 36 | 33 |
Robert Woods | WR/TE17 | 32 | 37 | 35 |
Devin Singletary | RB14 | 37 | 38 | 31 |
Marquise Brown | WR/TE18 | 34 | 39 | 40 |
Brandon Aiyuk | WR/TE19 | 35 | 40 | 43 |
Mark Andrews | WR/TE20 | 36 | 41 | 44 |
Derek Carr | QB8 | 52 | 42 | 48 |
D'Andre Swift | RB15 | 40 | 43 | 34 |
Carlos Hyde | RB16 | 42 | 44 | 36 |
Aaron Jones | RB17 | 44 | 45 | 37 |
Tee Higgins | WR/TE21 | 38 | 46 | 47 |
Le'Veon Bell | RB18 | 47 | 47 | 40 |
Justin Herbert | QB9 | 58 | 48 | 55 |
Matthew Stafford | QB10 | 59 | 49 | 56 |
Hunter Henry | WR/TE22 | 46 | 50 | 49 |
Dalvin Cook | RB19 | 50 | 51 | 46 |
T.Y. Hilton | WR/TE23 | 48 | 52 | 51 |
Mike Williams | WR/TE24 | 49 | 53 | 52 |
Chase Claypool | WR/TE25 | 51 | 54 | 54 |
Jarvis Landry | WR/TE26 | 53 | 55 | 58 |
Alexander Mattison | RB20 | 56 | 56 | 50 |
A.J. Green | WR/TE27 | 54 | 57 | 59 |
Baker Mayfield | QB11 | 73 | 58 | 72 |
DeVante Parker | WR/TE28 | 55 | 59 | 60 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | QB12 | 77 | 60 | 75 |
Giovani Bernard | RB21 | 64 | 61 | 53 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR/TE29 | 57 | 62 | 62 |
Cam Newton | QB13 | 84 | 63 | 79 |
Jared Goff | QB14 | 86 | 64 | 80 |
Marvin Jones Jr. | WR/TE30 | 60 | 65 | 63 |
Adrian Peterson | RB22 | 68 | 66 | 57 |
Jerry Jeudy | WR/TE31 | 61 | 67 | 65 |
Philip Rivers | QB15 | 89 | 68 | 83 |
Kendrick Bourne | WR/TE32 | 62 | 69 | 66 |
Hunter Renfrow | WR/TE33 | 63 | 70 | 67 |
Drew Brees | QB16 | 91 | 71 | 84 |
Trey Burton | WR/TE34 | 65 | 72 | 68 |
T.J. Hockenson | WR/TE35 | 66 | 73 | 71 |
Kirk Cousins | QB17 | 94 | 74 | 88 |
Zach Pascal | WR/TE36 | 67 | 75 | 74 |
J.K. Dobbins | RB23 | 72 | 76 | 61 |
Robert Tonyan | WR/TE37 | 69 | 77 | 76 |
Cole Beasley | WR/TE38 | 70 | 78 | 77 |
Ben Roethlisberger | QB18 | 98 | 79 | 94 |
Justin Jackson | RB24 | 78 | 80 | 64 |