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FanDuel NFL Snake Draft Rankings: Week 7

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 7 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
Aaron Jones RB1 1 1 1
Alvin Kamara RB2 2 2 2
Derrick Henry RB3 4 3 3
Michael Thomas WR/TE1 3 4 6
Kareem Hunt RB4 7 5 4
DeAndre Hopkins WR/TE2 5 6 8
Davante Adams WR/TE3 6 7 9
Calvin Ridley WR/TE4 8 8 11
Ezekiel Elliott RB5 9 9 5
Josh Allen QB1 10 10 12
Chris Carson RB6 12 11 7
Russell Wilson QB2 12 12 15
Stefon Diggs WR/TE5 11 13 17
DK Metcalf WR/TE6 12 14 19
Joe Mixon RB7 16 15 10
Kenny Golladay WR/TE7 15 16 20
Terry McLaurin WR/TE8 17 17 24
Antonio Gibson RB8 24 18 13
Deshaun Watson QB3 23 19 22
Tyler Lockett WR/TE9 18 19 25
Todd Gurley II RB9 25 19 14
Travis Kelce WR/TE10 19 22 26
George Kittle WR/TE11 20 23 27
Tyreek Hill WR/TE12 21 24 29
Julio Jones WR/TE13 22 25 30
James Conner RB10 31 26 16
Patrick Mahomes QB4 27 27 31
James Robinson RB11 34 28 18
Will Fuller V WR/TE14 26 29 34
Kyler Murray QB5 33 30 32
Robby Anderson WR/TE15 28 31 36
Deebo Samuel WR/TE16 29 32 37
DJ Moore WR/TE17 30 33 38
Devin Singletary RB12 37 34 21
Keenan Allen WR/TE18 32 35 40
Matthew Stafford QB6 38 36 40
A.J. Brown WR/TE19 35 37 44
David Johnson RB13 43 38 23
Jamison Crowder WR/TE20 36 39 47
Tee Higgins WR/TE21 39 40 48
Odell Beckham Jr. WR/TE22 40 41 49
Matt Ryan QB7 44 42 45
Kenyan Drake RB14 46 43 28
Amari Cooper WR/TE23 41 44 50
Tyler Boyd WR/TE24 42 45 52
Justin Herbert QB8 47 46 51
Le'Veon Bell RB15 48 47 33
Chase Claypool WR/TE25 45 48 53
Jerick McKinnon RB16 51 49 35
Christian McCaffrey RB17 55 50 39
Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB18 56 51 40
Melvin Gordon III RB19 57 52 43
Mike Williams WR/TE26 49 53 56
Drew Brees QB9 58 54 54
Aaron Rodgers QB10 60 55 55
Brandin Cooks WR/TE27 50 56 59
DJ Chark Jr. WR/TE28 52 57 61
Cam Newton QB11 61 58 57
Jerry Jeudy WR/TE29 53 59 63
Justin Jackson RB20 63 60 46
Hunter Henry WR/TE30 54 61 64
Ryan Tannehill QB12 62 62 60
CeeDee Lamb WR/TE31 59 63 65
Joe Burrow QB13 69 64 67
Marvin Jones Jr. WR/TE32 64 65 69
Laviska Shenault Jr. WR/TE33 65 66 70
Diontae Johnson WR/TE34 66 67 73
Michael Gallup WR/TE35 67 68 75
Julian Edelman WR/TE36 68 69 76
Teddy Bridgewater QB14 72 70 71
Jimmy Garoppolo QB15 75 71 72
Ben Roethlisberger QB16 76 72 74
T.J. Hockenson WR/TE37 70 73 78
Tim Patrick WR/TE38 71 74 79
Emmanuel Sanders WR/TE39 73 75 81
Cole Beasley WR/TE40 74 76 82
Gardner Minshew II QB17 85 77 80
D'Andre Swift RB21 90 78 58
Christian Kirk WR/TE41 77 79 83
A.J. Green WR/TE42 78 80 84