Graded · 2 contests · 48,742 entries
NFL Week 8 DraftKings ownership: Early Only slate
What the field actually played on the NFL Week 8 DraftKings Early Only slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.
8 games · classic
The slate at a glance
- Sport
- NFL
- Week
- Week 8
- Site
- DraftKings
- Format
- Classic
- Games
- 8
- Teams
- ARI, ATL, BAL, BUF, CIN, CLE, DAL, DET, IND, JAX, LV, MIN, NYJ, PIT, TB, TEN
- First lock
- Sun Nov 1, 1:00 PM ET
- Player pool
- 123 players
- Projections
- Captured Sun Nov 1, 12:37 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, 48,742 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.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zay FlowersBAL | WR | 46.7% | 32.8% | −14.0 |
| Braelon AllenNYJ | RB | 76.2% | 31.0% | −45.2 |
| Bhayshul TutenJAX | RB | 13.3% | 27.5% | +14.2 |
| Chase BrownCIN | RB | 11.6% | 27.2% | +15.6 |
| Bucky IrvingTB | RB | 25.3% | 24.5% | −0.8 |
| Wan'Dale RobinsonTEN | WR | 25.0% | 24.3% | −0.6 |
| CeeDee LambDAL | WR | 25.4% | 23.2% | −2.2 |
| Ja'Marr ChaseCIN | WR | 16.6% | 22.6% | +6.0 |
| Brenton StrangeJAX | TE | 17.2% | 19.9% | +2.7 |
| Tee HigginsCIN | WR | 21.1% | 19.8% | −1.3 |
| Dak PrescottDAL | QB | 14.7% | 18.9% | +4.2 |
| Bijan RobinsonATL | RB | 7.6% | 17.8% | +10.1 |
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.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase BrownCIN | RB | 11.6% | 27.2% | +15.6 |
| Bhayshul TutenJAX | RB | 13.3% | 27.5% | +14.2 |
| Elic AyomanorTEN | WR | 2.8% | 15.2% | +12.4 |
| Bijan RobinsonATL | RB | 7.6% | 17.8% | +10.1 |
| Trey McBrideARI | TE | 7.4% | 17.6% | +10.1 |
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braelon AllenNYJ | RB | 76.2% | 31.0% | −45.2 |
| Chris Godwin Jr.TB | WR | 38.6% | 10.6% | −28.0 |
| Javonte WilliamsDAL | RB | 40.0% | 17.1% | −22.9 |
| Mason TaylorNYJ | TE | 26.8% | 5.1% | −21.6 |
| Jeremiyah LoveARI | RB | 23.8% | 6.6% | −17.1 |
Large-field tournament contests · n = 128 players
How our projections held up
We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 128 players across 2 large-field tournament contests (48,742 entries). On average our number was 4.1 percentage points away from the field's. On the 36 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 7.9 points.
The grade by contest type
| Contest type | Contests | Players | Avg gap | Corr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-field tournament | 2 | 128 | 4.1 | 0.71 |
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
| Contest | Entries | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| NFL $15K mini-MAX [150 Entry Max] (Early Only) | 35,671 | $0.50 |
| NFL $200K Early Only Rush [$50K to 1st] (Early Only) | 13,071 | $18 |
How our fantasy point projections held up
Across 123 players, our point projections missed by 7.1 fantasy points on average (7.0 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.41 against what they actually scored.
| Player | Ours | Actual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler AllgeierARI | 5.5 | 39.1 | +33.6 |
| Tee HigginsCIN | 14.8 | 40.5 | +25.7 |
| Adonai MitchellNYJ | 5.3 | 30.2 | +24.9 |
| Joe BurrowCIN | 23.2 | 45.5 | +22.3 |
| Lamar JacksonBAL | 20.4 | 0.0 | −20.4 |
| Pos | Players | Avg miss | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| DST | 16 | 5.3 | +1.6 |
| QB | 16 | 9.3 | −0.5 |
| RB | 29 | 7.6 | +3.1 |
| TE | 19 | 6.9 | +2.5 |
| WR | 43 | 6.8 | +0.1 |
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