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 2024, 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
Josh Allen QB BUF Early 24-48 Stacking the projected QB1 - with unique builds - will never be this easy again.
Patrick Mahomes QB KCC Early 32-56 New weapons could restore the fantasy production to hall of fame level.
Anthony Richardson QB IND Early 50-74 Coach, roster, and fantasy profile provide him explosive upside.
Joe Burrow QB CIN Mid 78-102 Underpriced due to '23 bust. Expected to be pass reliant in '24.
Jayden Daniels QB WAS Mid 82-106 The market has not yet fully priced in the upside here, and you may never get him cheaper.
Trevor Lawrence QB JAC Mid 105-129 Undervalued. Jaguars have a high PROE team under current regime & he adds some value rushing.

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