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Fantasy Football: Rostership report and pivot plays from the highest-owned DFS targets in Week 6

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We are now more than a quarter of the way through the 2021 fantasy football season. 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%
Tyreek Hill KC WAS WR 8500 22.38%
Travis Kelce KC WAS TE 7000 18.71%
Cooper Kupp LAR NYG WR 7900 17.45%
Patrick Mahomes KC WAS QB 8300 16.47%
Darrell Henderson Jr. LAR NYG RB 6000 15.77%
Lamar Jackson BAL LAC QB 7400 15.44%
Ezekiel Elliott DAL NE RB 7100 15.42%
Mark Andrews BAL LAC TE 5200 14.55%
D.J. Moore CAR MIN WR 7300 13.96%
Indianapolis Colts IND HOU D 3500 13.49%
Terry McLaurin WAS KC WR 7100 13.48%
CeeDee Lamb DAL NE WR 6500 13.48%
Devontae Booker NYG LAR RB 5400 13.39%
Christian McCaffrey CAR MIN RB 8800 13.33%
Davante Adams GB CHI WR 9000 13.10%
Austin Ekeler LAC BAL RB 7900 12.62%
Dalvin Cook MIN CAR RB 7700 12.50%
Nick Chubb CLE ARI RB 7200 11.71%
Robert Woods LAR NYG WR 6100 11.63%
Jonathan Taylor IND HOU RB 6600 11.61%
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Fanduel Top 20 Players in Projected Rostership

Player Team OPP POS Salary Rostership%
Tyreek Hill KC WAS WR 8700 24.51%
Davante Adams GB CHI WR 8500 18.41%
Travis Kelce KC WAS TE 8500 18.28%
Cooper Kupp LAR NYG WR 8200 18.24%
Christian McCaffrey CAR MIN RB 10000 17.42%
Austin Ekeler LAC BAL RB 8400 17.32%
Patrick Mahomes KC WAS QB 9000 17.29%
Ezekiel Elliott DAL NE RB 8300 16.35%
Darrell Henderson Jr. LAR NYG RB 7300 15.86%
Lamar Jackson BAL LAC QB 8200 15.64%
D.J. Moore CAR MIN WR 7600 14.83%
Devontae Booker NYG LAR RB 5900 14.56%
Mark Andrews BAL LAC TE 6300 14.26%
Terry McLaurin WAS KC WR 7400 14.12%
Indianapolis Colts IND HOU D 4700 13.91%
CeeDee Lamb DAL NE WR 7000 13.82%
Darrel Williams KC WAS RB 5200 13.06%
Nick Chubb CLE ARI RB 8100 13.03%
Dalvin Cook MIN CAR RB 8800 12.87%
Jonathan Taylor IND HOU RB 7500 12.66%

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