NFL 2013: Optimal Lineups by Week
The regular season has come to an end and while the playoffs offer a small selection of games to choose from, the hectic Sunday afternoon regimen we’ve come accustomed to is all but finished. It was a pretty wild year in daily fantasy and we were fortunate enough to watch three different DFS players pick up checks for $1 million. And the game itself didn’t disappoint either. Jamaal Charles posting the highest fantasy total I can ever remember, Peyton Manning shattering records, etc. It’s time to let 2013 go, but before we do let’s take a look back at the season that was by going through the optimal lineups on a few sites, week by week.
Recapping Optimal Lineups
Let’s take a look back at the optimal lineups, week to week.
FanDuel Optimals
Below are the optimal lineups for Weeks 1-17 on FanDuel.
| POS | WEEK 1 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 2 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 3 | SALARY | FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Peyton Manning | $9,300 | 46.28 | QB | Philip Rivers | $6,900 | 29.86 | QB | Drew Brees | $9,500 | 32.78 |
| RB | Adrian Peterson | $9,500 | 31.10 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | $6,500 | 24.20 | RB | DeMarco Murray | $7,300 | 27.80 |
| RB | Joique Bell | $4,600 | 23.70 | RB | Marshawn Lynch | $8,300 | 33.00 | RB | Joique Bell | $6,500 | 21.20 |
| WR | A.J. Green | $8,100 | 32.70 | WR | Calvin Johnson | $8,800 | 26.60 | WR | Josh Gordon | $5,500 | 27.80 |
| WR | Anquan Boldin | $6,000 | 33.30 | WR | DeSean Jackson | $5,700 | 29.80 | WR | Antonio Brown | $6,500 | 36.10 |
| WR | Victor Cruz | $7,000 | 32.30 | WR | Eddie Royal | $4,500 | 30.50 | WR | Eric Decker | $6,200 | 23.30 |
| TE | Jared Cook | $5,500 | 27.60 | TE | Jimmy Graham | $7,800 | 28.90 | TE | Jimmy Graham | $8,000 | 29.90 |
| K | Greg Zuerlein | $5,000 | 13.00 | K | Nick Novak | $5,000 | 15.00 | K | Ryan Succop | $5,000 | 14.00 |
| DEF | Dallas | $5,000 | 28.00 | DEF | Seattle | $5,700 | 23.00 | DEF | Chicago | $5,500 | 29.00 |
| Totals | $60,000 | 267.98 | Totals | $59,200 | 240.86 | Totals | $60,000 | 241.88 | |||
| POS | WEEK 4 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 5 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 6 | SALARY | FP |
| QB | Drew Brees | $9,700 | 32.72 | QB | Tony Romo | $8,200 | 41.94 | QB | Nick Foles | $6,500 | 30.04 |
| RB | Reggie Bush | $8,500 | 25.30 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | $6,600 | 23.50 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | $7,000 | 31.90 |
| RB | Darren Sproles | $7,000 | 27.70 | RB | Pierre Thomas | $5,400 | 25.60 | RB | Marshawn Lynch | $8,400 | 29.50 |
| WR | Alshon Jeffery | $5,000 | 23.90 | WR | Dez Bryant | $8,900 | 27.10 | WR | Brandon Marshall | $8,000 | 25.20 |
| WR | Victor Cruz | $7,000 | 27.40 | WR | Alshon Jeffery | $5,300 | 32.80 | WR | Vincent Jackson | $7,200 | 27.90 |
| WR | Nate Washington | $5,200 | 24.50 | WR | T.Y. Hilton | $5,500 | 28.50 | WR | Keenan Allen | $4,500 | 21.20 |
| TE | Tony Gonzalez | $6,300 | 32.90 | TE | Julius Thomas | $6,400 | 28.70 | TE | Vernon Davis | $6,900 | 34.00 |
| K | David Akers | $5,300 | 16.00 | K | Alex Henery | $5,200 | 18.00 | K | Shaun Suisham | $5,000 | 13.00 |
| DEF | Indianapolis | $5,000 | 26.00 | DEF | Arizona | $5,200 | 25.00 | DEF | St. Louis | $5,200 | 32.00 |
| Totals | $59,000 | 236.42 | Totals | $56,700 | 251.14 | Totals | $58,700 | 244.74 | |||
| POS | WEEK 7 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 8 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 9 | SALARY | FP |
| QB | Andrew Luck | $8,700 | 30.02 | QB | Drew Brees | $9,600 | 33.18 | QB | Nick Foles | $6,800 | 45.64 |
| RB | Matt Forte | $8,500 | 29.90 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | $7,700 | 22.30 | RB | Chris Johnson | $7,000 | 30.50 |
| RB | Frank Gore | $6,800 | 23.40 | RB | Andre Ellington | $5,200 | 23.20 | RB | Zac Stacy | $5,800 | 32.80 |
| WR | Calvin Johnson | $8,500 | 32.00 | WR | Calvin Johnson | $9,200 | 43.90 | WR | Andre Johnson | $6,900 | 45.40 |
| WR | Vincent Jackson | $7,600 | 30.80 | WR | Jordy Nelson | $7,800 | 27.80 | WR | T.Y. Hilton | $6,000 | 33.60 |
| WR | Harry Douglas | $4,800 | 24.40 | WR | Marvin Jones | $4,900 | 40.20 | WR | Riley Cooper | $4,500 | 36.20 |
| TE | Delanie Walker | $4,500 | 12.70 | TE | Timothy Wright | $4,500 | 13.30 | TE | Jimmy Graham | $8,100 | 28.10 |
| K | Adam Vinatieri | $5,200 | 13.00 | K | Josh Brown | $5,000 | 15.00 | K | Nick Folk | $5,500 | 14.00 |
| DEF | Carolina | $5,400 | 23.00 | DEF | Cincinnati | $5,300 | 30.00 | DEF | Kansas City | $5,800 | 25.00 |
| Totals | $60,000 | 219.22 | Totals | $59,200 | 248.88 | Totals | $56,400 | 291.24 | |||
| POS | WEEK 10 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 11 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 12 | SALARY | FP |
| QB | Drew Brees | $10,200 | 31.68 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger | $7,300 | 31.88 | QB | Philip Rivers | $7,900 | 27.78 |
| RB | Pierre Thomas | $5,600 | 26.60 | RB | LeSean McCoy | $8,700 | 29.00 | RB | Jamaal Charles | $8,800 | 29.70 |
| RB | Darren Sproles | $5,100 | 22.30 | RB | Ray Rice | $6,400 | 22.30 | RB | Knowshon Moreno | $8,300 | 29.50 |
| WR | Brandon Marshall | $8,200 | 29.40 | WR | Calvin Johnson | $10,200 | 32.90 | WR | Josh Gordon | $7,300 | 36.70 |
| WR | Demaryius Thomas | $8,300 | 32.30 | WR | Antonio Brown | $6,900 | 29.40 | WR | Anquan Boldin | $5,900 | 23.90 |
| WR | Tavon Austin | $4,500 | 27.20 | WR | Michael Floyd | $5,200 | 28.30 | WR | Julian Edelman | $4,500 | 27.50 |
| TE | Julius Thomas | $6,500 | 17.10 | TE | Garrett Graham | $4,700 | 21.10 | TE | Jason Witten | $6,500 | 17.70 |
| K | Steven Hauschka | $5,300 | 15.00 | K | Dan Carpenter | $5,000 | 13.00 | K | Jay Feely | $5,000 | 16.00 |
| DEF | St. Louis | $5,200 | 23.00 | DEF | Cincinnati | $5,600 | 25.00 | DEF | Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 23.00 |
| Totals | $58,900 | 224.58 | Totals | $60,000 | 232.88 | Totals | $59,200 | 231.78 | |||
| POS | WEEK 13 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 14 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 15 | SALARY | FP |
| QB | Peyton Manning | $11,000 | 33.82 | QB | Jason Campbell | $5,800 | 30.34 | QB | Nick Foles | $9,200 | 34.22 |
| RB | DeMarco Murray | $7,100 | 30.70 | RB | Jamaal Charles | $9,600 | 28.90 | RB | Jamaal Charles | $10,300 | 55.50 |
| RB | Ben Tate | $6,200 | 28.20 | RB | LeSean McCoy | $9,200 | 34.60 | RB | Eddie Lacy | $7,200 | 25.10 |
| WR | Josh Gordon | $8,400 | 43.10 | WR | Josh Gordon | $9,200 | 28.00 | WR | DeSean Jackson | $6,900 | 30.50 |
| WR | Alshon Jeffery | $6,200 | 42.90 | WR | Marques Colston | $5,700 | 29.00 | WR | Julian Edelman | $5,500 | 26.40 |
| WR | Eric Decker | $5,800 | 45.40 | WR | Cordarrelle Patterson | $4,500 | 23.20 | WR | Greg Jennings | $5,100 | 27.80 |
| TE | Zach Miller | $4,600 | 17.10 | TE | Charles Clay | $5,000 | 25.20 | TE | Timothy Wright | $4,500 | 17.70 |
| K | Adam Vinatieri | $5,000 | 16.00 | K | Matt Prater | $5,000 | 15.00 | K | Dan Bailey | $5,000 | 18.00 |
| DEF | Detroit | $5,000 | 23.00 | DEF | Tampa Bay | $5,300 | 27.00 | DEF | Seattle | $5,700 | 24.00 |
| Totals | $59,300 | 280.22 | Totals | $59,300 | 241.24 | Totals | $59,400 | 259.22 | |||
| POS | WEEK 16 | SALARY | FP | POS | WEEK 17 | SALARY | FP | ||||
| QB | Andy Dalton | $8,400 | 31.64 | QB | Drew Brees | $10,000 | 38.04 | ||||
| RB | LeSean McCoy | $9,700 | 31.20 | RB | Matt Forte | $8,500 | 35.70 | ||||
| RB | Donald Brown | $5,000 | 24.00 | RB | Knile Davis | $4,500 | 21.60 | ||||
| WR | Eric Decker | $7,200 | 30.10 | WR | Demaryius Thomas | $8,700 | 26.30 | ||||
| WR | Pierre Garcon | $7,300 | 25.90 | WR | Anquan Boldin | $5,700 | 26.50 | ||||
| WR | Roddy White | $5,900 | 26.10 | WR | Jerrel Jernigan | $5,200 | 29.70 | ||||
| TE | Tony Gonzalez | $5,600 | 16.30 | TE | Jason Witten | $5,800 | 19.50 | ||||
| K | Nick Novak | $5,200 | 14.00 | K | Stephen Gostkowski | $5,600 | 14.00 | ||||
| DEF | New England | $5,200 | 31.00 | DEF | NY Giants | $5,400 | 21.00 | ||||
| Totals | $59,500 | 230.24 | Totals | $59,400 | 232.34 |