NFL Best Ball Top Plays for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

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This data is intended to help draft exceptional fantasy football teams for Best Ball on sites like Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.

Best Ball is a popular form of fantasy football with no need to update or manage rosters. You can join a tournament or league on Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings and draft your best 18 to 20 players per team. The platform will automatically construct your top available lineup each week of the season. The champions of each league in the regular season will advance to the playoffs in tournament formats to compete for huge cash prizes.

Top Plays are curated and crafted by our team of fantasy football and data science experts. The fantasy football draft cheat sheet below represents key players to target based on our best ball models. Some factors that we considered in making our selections include (but not limited to):

  • Overall projections including floor and ceiling
  • Average draft position (ADP) vs. Performance expectations
  • Best Ball format and prize award structure
  • Opponent expected behaviors and tendency
  • Playoff schedule and end game strategy

We offer up the player to target, expected range of the draft to target them, and a brief explanation of the recommendation. Use this cheat sheet to quickly identify who to target in this seasons best ball drafts.

Our strategy has a few basic principles you should be aware of:

  • We favor upside, which sometimes means additional risk.
  • We favor a WR early strategy in 2025, driven by the market.
  • We favor investment at the QB (at least 1) and TE position.
  • By necessity of the above, we recommend limiting middle round RBs.
  • We do not fear ambiguous situations, and often attack them.
PICK POS TEAMS STAGE RANGE ANALYSIS
Lamar Jackson QB BAL Early 22-46 Elite efficiency should persist. Stacking BAL is almost too easy.
Josh Allen QB BUF Early 19-43 Criminal price tags on stacks here offer the chance at massive upside.
Jalen Hurts QB PHI Early 34-58 Like a luxury vehicle, the Eagles stack is premium priced for a reason.
Caleb Williams QB CHI Mid 97-121 Ben Johnson puts us on board. There are issues, but weapons galore to fix them.
Drake Maye QB NEP Mid 103-127 Unseen rushing potential offers a discount we don't deserve and upside on the price.
Brock Purdy QB SFO Mid 91-115 Balanced profile with efficiency that is stickier than expected. WR stacks are cheap.

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