The NFL Field Report: Week 3

by Andrew Cook (louiescards) Last Updated 2015-09-28 17:51:04

The Field Report is designed to give you a look into the most popular plays from FanDuel’s Thursday Night action.

In order to truly separate your entry from the rest of the field, you need to create a very unique roster. In GPPs especially, playing along with the rest of your opponents won’t get you very far. The rules are much different in H2Hs and 50/50s, but in tournaments where you need to beat ALL of your opponents (e.g. major qualifiers), you need to take risks and use a player or two that you know will be lightly owned.

The percentages in the tables below come from the FanDuel $1 Dive, which has 4,597 entries. The listed players are ones that I have identified for a variety of reasons, but if you don’t see “your guy” here, post below in the comments and I will do my best to get you a percentage.

Quarterbacks

Seeing Tom Brady with the highest ownership percentage for the week should not be a surprise, but what is surprising is the gap between Brady and the group just below him. What this does is opens up a number of options in GPP this weekend, including Carson Palmer at home against San Francisco, who just got shredded by Big Ben and the Steelers. Getting a low owned Aaron Rodgers is never a bad idea especially when the Packers are at home. If you are looking for a younger arm to lead you to the promised land, Marcus Marriota is the guy you want to take a look at against a Colts defense that has looked less than stellar to this point.

Running Backs

I expected the top to be bunched up a bit more than we see here and a key name that is missing from the guys greater than 10% is Marshawn Lynch at home against the Bears. Woodhead continues to surge each week and is up to just under 9% at a pretty solid $6.4K salary tag. With Tevin Coleman likely on the shelf, Devonta Freeman is a player that stands out as a possible overlooked play sitting at 5.5% owned.

Wide Receivers

With all due respect to Travis Benjamin and his unsustainable production, there is absolutely no reason for him to ever have a higher ownership percentage than Julio Jones. Even at 16.7% Marshall is a guy that I wouldn’t shy away from in any format this weekend lined up opposite Byron Maxwell, who has been one of the most friendly corners in the league to this point. In terms of top tier WR that have been completely overlooked by the field, it has to be A.J. Green this weekend sitting under 2%, which is a clear green light for GPP.

Tight Ends

In Gronk we trust, and people are right back to their old ways after experimenting with other options last week. I think after the week one craziness at TE people were more willing to move away from Gronk and many got bit. As the season goes on he will likely be the highest owned TE every week and with good reason. If you are looking to go away from the crowd, Jared Cook and Martellus Bennett are players I have my eye on for GPP this weekend in possible pass heavy situations.

Kickers

Josh Brown was very highly owned in Thursday night games and that will have a pretty sizable impact on ownership for the weekend. I expect the top players here to remain with a bit more spread in the middle tier. I am not going to give you advice on a kicker other than to say that if you want to roll with the crowd then Gostkowski is your guy.

Defenses

A couple things stood out to me here. First was that I expected the Seahawks to be the highest owned team by a wide margin and second the Texans seem to be a great option if you are looking for a lower owned team.