Adam Levitan projects ownership for every NFL DFS player each week in the FantasyLabs Player Models. Gauging ownership is important when it comes to tournaments so you can try to gain leverage on the field. You don’t need a team of 1%-owned players to win a tournament, but it’s also unlikely you’ll win a tournament with an abundance of highly-owned players.
The goal of this article is to give a brief rundown of the players we project to be the highest owned heading into the week, along with how they can affect roster construction.
Be sure to check the ownership projections throughout the week, as breaking news can cause these to fluctuate.
Note: Ownership percentages as of Friday morning.
Quarterbacks
As usual, the quarterback position has relatively flat ownership projections. Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff are all projected for 9-16% ownership.
Of this group, Stafford offers the most leverage with his +2.0 Leverage Plus/Minus. He’s the only quarterback with a positive Leverage Plus/Minus of this group on DraftKings.
On FanDuel, however, Watson is projected for 17-20% ownership, while Josh Allen also finds himself in the ix at 9-12%. On that particular site, Wilson offers some leverage with a Leverage Plus/Minus of +1.0. This makes sense since Wilson costs $200 more than Watson on FanDuel and people would rather take a slight discount with Watson, further boosting Watson’s ownership.
Running Backs
