FanDuel NFL Snake Draft Rankings: Week 4
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 4 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.)
Editor's note: The Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots game has been postponed and is expected to be played on Monday or Tuesday. Cam Newton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play this week.
Player | Snake Draft Position Rank |
Head-to-Head Rank |
3-Entry Rank |
6-Entry Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ezekiel Elliott | RB1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alvin Kamara | RB2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
DeAndre Hopkins | WR/TE1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Dalvin Cook | RB3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Travis Kelce | WR/TE2 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
Lamar Jackson | QB1 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Tyreek Hill | WR/TE3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Josh Jacobs | RB4 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB5 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
Derrick Henry | RB6 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
Tyler Lockett | WR/TE4 | 9 | 11 | 19 |
Kenyan Drake | RB7 | 15 | 12 | 8 |
Dak Prescott | QB2 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
Allen Robinson II | WR/TE5 | 11 | 14 | 22 |
DJ Moore | WR/TE6 | 12 | 15 | 23 |
David Johnson | RB8 | 20 | 16 | 9 |
Mike Evans | WR/TE7 | 16 | 17 | 26 |
DK Metcalf | WR/TE8 | 17 | 18 | 27 |
Russell Wilson | QB3 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
Joe Mixon | RB9 | 23 | 19 | 10 |
Adam Thielen | WR/TE9 | 18 | 19 | 29 |
Kenny Golladay | WR/TE10 | 19 | 22 | 30 |
Stefon Diggs | WR/TE11 | 22 | 23 | 31 |
Patrick Mahomes | QB4 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
Robert Woods | WR/TE12 | 25 | 25 | 32 |
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR/TE13 | 26 | 26 | 33 |
Josh Allen | QB5 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
Keenan Allen | WR/TE14 | 28 | 28 | 34 |
Jonathan Taylor | RB10 | 31 | 29 | 12 |
Amari Cooper | WR/TE15 | 29 | 30 | 35 |
Chris Carson | RB11 | 32 | 31 | 13 |
Mark Andrews | WR/TE16 | 30 | 32 | 36 |
Cooper Kupp | WR/TE17 | 33 | 33 | 39 |
Tyler Boyd | WR/TE18 | 34 | 34 | 40 |
Austin Ekeler | RB12 | 37 | 35 | 15 |
Terry McLaurin | WR/TE19 | 35 | 36 | 44 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR/TE20 | 36 | 37 | 45 |
Julian Edelman | WR/TE21 | 38 | 38 | 47 |
Robby Anderson | WR/TE22 | 39 | 39 | 49 |
Kyler Murray | QB6 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Deshaun Watson | QB7 | 41 | 41 | 43 |
James Conner | RB13 | 45 | 42 | 20 |
Darren Waller | WR/TE23 | 42 | 43 | 52 |
DeVante Parker | WR/TE24 | 43 | 44 | 53 |
James Robinson | RB14 | 47 | 45 | 25 |
Will Fuller V | WR/TE25 | 44 | 46 | 54 |
T.Y. Hilton | WR/TE26 | 46 | 47 | 55 |
Nick Chubb | RB15 | 52 | 48 | 28 |
Jarvis Landry | WR/TE27 | 48 | 49 | 58 |
A.J. Green | WR/TE28 | 49 | 50 | 59 |
Marquise Brown | WR/TE29 | 50 | 51 | 60 |
DJ Chark Jr. | WR/TE30 | 51 | 52 | 61 |
Mike Gesicki | WR/TE31 | 53 | 53 | 62 |
Marvin Jones Jr. | WR/TE32 | 54 | 54 | 64 |
Jared Goff | QB8 | 55 | 55 | 56 |
Cam Newton | QB9 | 56 | 56 | 57 |
Mike Davis | RB16 | 61 | 57 | 37 |
Michael Gallup | WR/TE33 | 57 | 58 | 65 |
Curtis Samuel | WR/TE34 | 58 | 59 | 66 |
Kareem Hunt | RB17 | 63 | 60 | 38 |
Preston Williams | WR/TE35 | 59 | 61 | 67 |
David Montgomery | RB18 | 66 | 62 | 40 |
Michael Thomas | WR/TE36 | 60 | 63 | 68 |
CeeDee Lamb | WR/TE37 | 62 | 64 | 71 |
Justin Jefferson | WR/TE38 | 64 | 65 | 72 |
Darius Slayton | WR/TE39 | 65 | 66 | 73 |
Myles Gaskin | RB19 | 68 | 67 | 46 |
Joe Burrow | QB10 | 67 | 68 | 63 |
Mark Ingram II | RB20 | 75 | 69 | 48 |
Golden Tate | WR/TE40 | 69 | 70 | 78 |
Devin Singletary | RB21 | 77 | 71 | 50 |
Evan Engram | WR/TE41 | 70 | 72 | 80 |
John Brown | WR/TE42 | 71 | 73 | 82 |
Jonnu Smith | WR/TE43 | 72 | 74 | 83 |
Cole Beasley | WR/TE44 | 73 | 75 | 84 |
Ronald Jones II | RB22 | 80 | 76 | 51 |
Matthew Stafford | QB11 | 74 | 77 | 69 |
Emmanuel Sanders | WR/TE45 | 76 | 78 | 86 |
Tre'Quan Smith | WR/TE46 | 78 | 79 | 87 |
James Washington | WR/TE47 | 79 | 80 | 88 |