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 1 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 | Overall Snake Draft PositionRank | Head-to-Head Rank | 3-Entry Rank | 6-Entry Rank |
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Christian McCaffrey | RB1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lamar Jackson | QB1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Dalvin Cook | RB2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Michael Thomas | WR/TE1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Alvin Kamara | RB3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Josh Jacobs | RB4 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Davante Adams | WR/TE2 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
George Kittle | WR/TE3 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Julio Jones | WR/TE4 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
Austin Ekeler | RB5 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
Russell Wilson | QB2 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
Joe Mixon | RB6 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
DeAndre Hopkins | WR/TE5 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
DJ Moore | WR/TE6 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
Chris Godwin | WR/TE7 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
Kenny Golladay | WR/TE8 | 16 | 16 | 22 |
Miles Sanders | RB7 | 18 | 17 | 9 |
Aaron Jones | RB8 | 20 | 18 | 10 |
Kenyan Drake | RB9 | 21 | 19 | 11 |
Mike Evans | WR/TE9 | 17 | 19 | 24 |
Matt Ryan | QB3 | 22 | 19 | 30 |
Josh Allen | QB4 | 24 | 22 | 31 |
Allen Robinson II | WR/TE10 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
Calvin Ridley | WR/TE11 | 23 | 24 | 26 |
Adam Thielen | WR/TE12 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
Chris Carson | RB10 | 30 | 26 | 13 |
Nick Chubb | RB11 | 31 | 27 | 14 |
Cam Newton | QB5 | 32 | 28 | 39 |
Kyler Murray | QB6 | 33 | 29 | 40 |
Tyler Lockett | WR/TE13 | 26 | 30 | 32 |
DJ Chark Jr. | WR/TE14 | 27 | 31 | 33 |
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR/TE15 | 28 | 32 | 34 |
Todd Gurley II | RB12 | 34 | 33 | 15 |
Keenan Allen | WR/TE16 | 29 | 34 | 35 |
Terry McLaurin | WR/TE17 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | QB7 | 39 | 36 | 49 |
DK Metcalf | WR/TE18 | 36 | 37 | 40 |
Mark Andrews | WR/TE19 | 37 | 38 | 43 |
Zach Ertz | WR/TE20 | 38 | 39 | 45 |
Matthew Stafford | QB8 | 42 | 40 | 52 |
Carson Wentz | QB9 | 44 | 41 | 53 |
Teddy Bridgewater | QB10 | 45 | 42 | 54 |
Marlon Mack | RB13 | 43 | 43 | 19 |
T.Y. Hilton | WR/TE21 | 40 | 44 | 46 |
Stefon Diggs | WR/TE22 | 41 | 45 | 47 |
DeSean Jackson | WR/TE23 | 46 | 47 | 51 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB14 | 68 | 64 | 28 |
Raheem Mostert | RB15 | 69 | 65 | 29 |
Le'Veon Bell | RB16 | 73 | 73 | 36 |
Mark Ingram II | RB17 | 79 | 75 | 38 |
Sony Michel | RB18 | 80 | 76 | 40 |
Kareem Hunt | RB19 | 83 | 81 | 44 |
Devin Singletary | RB20 | 90 | 84 | 48 |
Kerryon Johnson | RB21 | 91 | 86 | 50 |