Graded · 2 contests · 197,337 entries

NFL Week 5 DraftKings ownership: BAL @ ATL Showdown

What the field actually played on the NFL Week 5 DraftKings BAL @ ATL Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 11, 2026 · Updated October 12, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NFL
Week
Week 5
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
ATL, BAL
First lock
Sun Oct 11, 8:20 PM ET
Player pool
29 players
Projections
Captured Sun Oct 11, 7:08 PM ET, before lock

Top 12 by real ownership

The chalk: who the field played most

Field ownership is the share of lineups that used each player, from 2 large-field tournament contests, 197,337 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Some field numbers read low. Part of the real ownership here comes from a results source that counts each player in one roster slot only, so a player the field used in more than one slot can show less ownership than he really had.

Ours vs the field, 2 large-field tournament contests, 197,337 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Bijan RobinsonATLRB58.1%78.5%+20.4
Drake LondonATLWR41.3%60.0%+18.7
Tyler HuntleyBALQB43.2%49.6%+6.4
Derrick HenryBALRB59.6%47.1%−12.5
Michael Penix Jr.ATLQB47.0%41.9%−5.1
Zay FlowersBALWR42.1%37.1%−5.0
Mark AndrewsBALTE33.5%34.3%+0.8
Tyler LoopBALK40.8%27.4%−13.4
Nick FolkATLK43.0%23.6%−19.4
Jahan DotsonATLWR22.3%23.1%+0.8
FalconsATLDST38.5%21.9%−16.6
Kyle Pitts Sr.ATLTE35.5%21.9%−13.6

10 players where we were furthest off

Our biggest misses

We publish these on purpose. The players the field played far more than we expected, and the ones it passed on.

The field played him more than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Bijan RobinsonATLRB58.1%78.5%+20.4
Drake LondonATLWR41.3%60.0%+18.7
Matt HibnerBALTE0.1%14.0%+13.9
Austin HooperATLTE1.7%13.6%+11.9
Justice HillBALRB6.8%17.0%+10.2
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Nick FolkATLK43.0%23.6%−19.4
FalconsATLDST38.5%21.9%−16.6
RavensBALDST26.0%12.0%−14.0
Kyle Pitts Sr.ATLTE35.5%21.9%−13.6
Tyler LoopBALK40.8%27.4%−13.4

Large-field tournament contests · n = 29 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 29 players across 2 large-field tournament contests (197,337 entries). On average our number was 7.4 percentage points away from the field's. On the 18 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 10.7 points. Across the board the field owned these players 0.1 points less than we projected, on average.

7.4 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (29 players)
0.88correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 29)
10.7 ptsaverage gap on the 18 players at 10%+
2large-field tournament contests, 197,337 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Large-field tournament2197,337297.40.88

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests. Cash games are not used to grade tournament ownership.

What these numbers mean

Average gap is how far our projected ownership sat from the real field, in percentage points, averaged over every player compared. If we had a player at 20% and the field played him at 26%, that player adds a 6-point gap.

Correlation measures whether we had the order right: who the field would play most and least. 1.00 would be a perfect match and 0 would be no relationship at all.

Players compared covers our whole player pool plus anyone the field used that we did not have in it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
NFL Showdown $50K mini-MAX [150 Entry Max] (BAL @ ATL)large-field tournament118,906$0.50150
NFL Showdown $1M Sunday Night Showdown [$250K to 1st] (BAL @ ATL)large-field tournament78,431$15-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 29 players, our point projections missed by 3.2 fantasy points on average (4.5 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.85 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Tyler HuntleyBAL13.124.0+10.9
Kyle Pitts Sr.ATL7.315.2+7.9
Justice HillBAL2.09.8+7.8
Drake LondonATL14.121.8+7.7
Devontez WalkerBAL1.38.9+7.6
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
DST22.1+2.1
K24.5+4.5
QB25.6+5.3
RB54.7−0.1
TE82.2+1.3
WR102.9+2.3

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