The 2021 fantasy football regular season rolls on with Week 16. Trends are becoming clear, but so is confidence in the chalk plays each week in DFS. Using PFF metrics, we can exploit the projected rostership numbers to identify value for DFS lineups.
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This report helps identify pivot players to target if you are looking to avoid highly rostered players in GPP tournaments. Optimizing cost and rostership percentage is what creates strong yet unique lineups crucial to winning large-field tournaments.
DraftKings Top 20 Players in Projected Rostership
Player | Team | OPP | POS | Salary | Rostership% |
Cooper Kupp | LAR | MIN | WR | 9100 | 24.4 |
Austin Ekeler | LAC | HOU | RB | 8100 | 19.8 |
Tyreek Hill | KC | PIT | WR | 8400 | 19.8 |
Justin Herbert | LAC | HOU | QB | 7200 | 17.6 |
Keenan Allen | LAC | HOU | WR | 7700 | 17.4 |
Patrick Mahomes | KC | PIT | QB | 7700 | 15.2 |
Matthew Stafford | LAR | MIN | QB | 6700 | 15.2 |
D.J. Moore | CAR | TB | WR | 5700 | 14.2 |
Justin Jefferson | MIN | LAR | WR | 8100 | 13.4 |
Dalvin Cook | MIN | LAR | RB | 8300 | 13.4 |
Ronald Jones | TB | CAR | RB | 5100 | 11.9 |
Joe Mixon | CIN | BAL | RB | 6900 | 11.3 |
James Robinson | JAC | NYJ | RB | 5900 | 11.3 |
David Montgomery | CHI | SEA | RB | 5700 | 11.3 |
Tyler Lockett | SEA | CHI | WR | 6700 | 11.2 |
Travis Kelce | KC | PIT | TE | 7300 | 10.7 |
Mike Williams | LAC | HOU | WR | 6100 | 10.4 |
Josh Jacobs | LV | DEN | RB | 6000 | 10.4 |
Miles Sanders | PHI | NYG | RB | 5600 | 9.9 |
Stefon Diggs | BUF | NE | WR | 7600 | 9.6 |
FanDuel Top 20 Players in Projected Rostership
Player | Team | OPP | POS | Salary | Rostership% |
Cooper Kupp | LAR | MIN | WR | 9800 | 24.4 |
Austin Ekeler | LAC | HOU | RB | 9400 | 21.2 |
Tyreek Hill | KC | PIT | WR | 8700 | 21.2 |
Keenan Allen | LAC | HOU | WR | 7700 | 18.9 |
Justin Herbert | LAC | HOU | QB | 8400 | 17.8 |
Dalvin Cook | MIN | LAR | RB | 8800 | 15.8 |
Patrick Mahomes | KC | PIT | QB | 8700 | 15.7 |
Matthew Stafford | LAR | MIN | QB | 7900 | 15 |
Ronald Jones | TB | CAR | RB | 5400 | 14.4 |
Justin Jefferson | MIN | LAR | WR | 8400 | 14 |
D.J. Moore | CAR | TB | WR | 6400 | 13.5 |
Joe Mixon | CIN | BAL | RB | 7500 | 13.4 |
David Montgomery | CHI | SEA | RB | 6600 | 12.3 |
Josh Jacobs | LV | DEN | RB | 6800 | 11.4 |
Travis Kelce | KC | PIT | TE | 7800 | 11.3 |
Tyler Lockett | SEA | CHI | WR | 7300 | 11.3 |
Miles Sanders | PHI | NYG | RB | 6400 | 11.1 |
Mike Williams | LAC | HOU | WR | 6600 | 10.9 |
Stefon Diggs | BUF | NE | WR | 7500 | 10.5 |
James Robinson | JAC | NYJ | RB | 8200 | 10.3 |
Pivot Plays for Week 16
QB LAMAR JACKSON, BALTIMORE RAVENS
Platform | Salary | Rostership |
DraftKings | $6,900 | 6.1% |
FanDuel | $7,800 | 6.3% |
With Jackson out, Ravens backup quarterback Tyler Huntley absolutely exploded, finishing as the QB1 on the week. We'll need to pay attention to practice reports this week — Jackson did not practice on Wednesday. If Jackson does start, he’s set up for a solid outing against the Bengals. Last time these two teams squared up, Jackson passed for 257 and a touchdown with 88 rushing yards.
The Bengals have given up passing touchdowns quite a bit lately. They have allowed at least one passing touchdown each of their last six games and a total of 10 touchdowns over that period. Jackson's season has overall been a bit lackluster, but his rostership percentage is dipping into positive EV territory.
QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS