What is a Q-Score again?
A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article about Q-Score. This has been a very effective tool for me in GPPs over the past three weeks. Last week it yielded me Matt Jones, and I played him in roughly 20% of my lineups. Two weeks ago I finished 16th in the Sunday Million, and all of my lineups had one of Emmanuel Sanders, Randall Cobb, DeMarco Murray, LeSean McCoy, all who all ended up being solid tournament plays. It is a very simple calculation where I take Fantasy Labs’ ceiling projection of a player and apply the percentage ownership from the FanDuel Thursday Contests.
One quick note: I modified the Q-Score equation slightly. I won’t bore you with the exact changes, but just know that ownership doesn’t have as drastic of an effect on the score. Below are players to look at for tournaments this week. Please remember – these are only GPP plays. That is why ceiling projections are used – we are looking for max upside at low ownership. It doesn’t always work out that the best tournament plays fit exactly into that classification.
A reminder from my first article: players like Devonta Freeman and Charcandrick West are not in the top five in terms of Q-Scores. These are the types of players where ownership might not necessarily matter. High ownership results in a lower Q-Score. You could miss the boat in tournaments if you do not have players like that in your lineup. I say it over and over again, but nothing I give is ever finite. These scores are meant to highlight some ideas for you, and not be your final decision rule.
Note: These are tournament percentages from FanDuel’s Thursday Contest only, however, ownership percentages on DraftKings will for the most part be very similar.
QB Q-Scores for Week 11
RB Q-Scores for Week 11
WR Q-Scores for Week 11
TE Q-Scores for Week 11
