FanDuel NFL Snake Draft Rankings: Week 6
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 6 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 |
Davante Adams | WR/TE1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Calvin Ridley | WR/TE2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Kareem Hunt | RB2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Aaron Jones | RB3 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Alexander Mattison | RB4 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Adam Thielen | WR/TE3 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB5 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Lamar Jackson | QB1 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
Mike Davis | RB6 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
Kenny Golladay | WR/TE4 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
Terry McLaurin | WR/TE5 | 11 | 12 | 20 |
Allen Robinson II | WR/TE6 | 12 | 13 | 22 |
Mike Evans | WR/TE7 | 15 | 14 | 23 |
Miles Sanders | RB7 | 19 | 15 | 8 |
James Robinson | RB8 | 20 | 16 | 9 |
A.J. Brown | WR/TE8 | 17 | 17 | 25 |
Matthew Stafford | QB2 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
Deshaun Watson | QB3 | 16 | 19 | 34 |
Joe Mixon | RB9 | 24 | 19 | 11 |
Jamison Crowder | WR/TE9 | 21 | 19 | 26 |
Cam Newton | QB4 | 18 | 22 | 36 |
James Conner | RB10 | 28 | 23 | 13 |
Marquise Brown | WR/TE10 | 25 | 24 | 27 |
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR/TE11 | 26 | 25 | 28 |
Gardner Minshew II | QB5 | 22 | 26 | 39 |
Todd Gurley II | RB11 | 32 | 27 | 14 |
DJ Moore | WR/TE12 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
Myles Gaskin | RB12 | 34 | 29 | 15 |
Ryan Tannehill | QB6 | 23 | 30 | 40 |
Robby Anderson | WR/TE13 | 29 | 31 | 31 |
Tyler Boyd | WR/TE14 | 32 | 32 | 33 |
David Johnson | RB13 | 37 | 33 | 16 |
Ronald Jones II | RB14 | 38 | 34 | 17 |
Mark Andrews | WR/TE15 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick | QB7 | 30 | 36 | 50 |
Kirk Cousins | QB8 | 31 | 37 | 52 |
David Montgomery | RB15 | 43 | 38 | 19 |
Antonio Gibson | RB16 | 45 | 39 | 21 |
Zach Ertz | WR/TE16 | 40 | 40 | 37 |
Will Fuller V | WR/TE17 | 41 | 41 | 38 |
Ben Roethlisberger | QB9 | 36 | 42 | 55 |
Justin Jefferson | WR/TE18 | 42 | 43 | 40 |
Tee Higgins | WR/TE19 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
Julian Edelman | WR/TE20 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
DJ Chark Jr. | WR/TE21 | 47 | 46 | 45 |
Jonnu Smith | WR/TE22 | 48 | 47 | 46 |
T.Y. Hilton | WR/TE23 | 51 | 48 | 47 |
Aaron Rodgers | QB10 | 39 | 49 | 59 |
Darius Slayton | WR/TE24 | 52 | 50 | 48 |
DeVante Parker | WR/TE25 | 54 | 51 | 49 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR/TE26 | 55 | 52 | 51 |
Matt Ryan | QB11 | 49 | 53 | 65 |
Tom Brady | QB12 | 50 | 54 | 66 |
Chase Claypool | WR/TE27 | 56 | 55 | 53 |
Jerry Jeudy | WR/TE28 | 57 | 56 | 54 |
Daniel Jones | QB13 | 53 | 57 | 71 |
Melvin Gordon III | RB17 | 63 | 58 | 29 |
Evan Engram | WR/TE29 | 58 | 59 | 56 |
Marvin Jones Jr. | WR/TE30 | 59 | 60 | 58 |
Brandin Cooks | WR/TE31 | 61 | 61 | 60 |
Jarvis Landry | WR/TE32 | 62 | 62 | 61 |
Golden Tate | WR/TE33 | 64 | 63 | 62 |
N'Keal Harry | WR/TE34 | 65 | 64 | 63 |
Teddy Bridgewater | QB14 | 60 | 65 | 83 |
Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR/TE35 | 68 | 66 | 67 |
Curtis Samuel | WR/TE36 | 69 | 67 | 69 |
T.J. Hockenson | WR/TE37 | 71 | 68 | 70 |
Joe Burrow | QB15 | 66 | 69 | 89 |
Adrian Peterson | RB18 | 82 | 70 | 40 |
Carson Wentz | QB16 | 67 | 71 | 91 |
Danny Amendola | WR/TE38 | 73 | 72 | 73 |
Breshad Perriman | WR/TE39 | 74 | 73 | 74 |
Tim Patrick | WR/TE40 | 76 | 74 | 75 |
Preston Williams | WR/TE41 | 77 | 75 | 76 |
Philip Rivers | QB17 | 70 | 76 | 96 |
Austin Hooper | WR/TE42 | 78 | 77 | 77 |
Mike Gesicki | WR/TE43 | 79 | 78 | 78 |
Randall Cobb | WR/TE44 | 80 | 79 | 79 |
James Washington | WR/TE45 | 81 | 80 | 80 |