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NFL Week 5 FanDuel ownership: Late Sun-Mon slate

What the field actually played on the NFL Week 5 FanDuel Late Sun-Mon slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

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

5 games · classic

The slate at a glance

Sport
NFL
Week
Week 5
Site
FanDuel
Format
Classic
Games
5
Teams
ARI, ATL, BAL, BUF, DEN, DET, LAC, LAR, SEA, SF
First lock
Sun Oct 11, 4:05 PM ET
Player pool
73 players
Projections
Captured Sun Oct 11, 1:07 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 1 large-field tournament contest, 5,748 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Ours vs the field, 1 large-field tournament contest, 5,748 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Michael WilsonARIWR45.6%64.5%+18.9
Emanuel WilsonSEARB21.5%44.8%+23.3
Bijan RobinsonATLRB38.7%41.4%+2.7
Atlanta FalconsATLDST41.5%37.3%−4.2
Jahmyr GibbsDETRB23.3%37.3%+14.0
Trey McBrideARITE11.4%36.9%+25.4
Jacoby BrissettARIQB15.8%30.9%+15.1
Kyren WilliamsLARRB26.2%29.2%+3.0
Sam LaPortaDETTE23.7%24.8%+1.1
Drake LondonATLWR11.8%23.6%+11.8
Puka NacuaLARWR14.6%22.1%+7.5
Keon ColemanBUFWR6.4%21.7%+15.3

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
Trey McBrideARITE11.4%36.9%+25.4
Emanuel WilsonSEARB21.5%44.8%+23.3
Michael WilsonARIWR45.6%64.5%+18.9
Keon ColemanBUFWR6.4%21.7%+15.3
Jacoby BrissettARIQB15.8%30.9%+15.1
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Zay FlowersBALWR27.1%7.6%−19.5
James Cook IIIBUFRB27.5%8.1%−19.4
Omarion HamptonLACRB22.2%5.2%−17.0
Ladd McConkeyLACWR17.6%0.9%−16.8
Jaylen WaddleDENWR30.8%15.0%−15.8

1 contest · not enough to grade

Why there is no grade

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests behind it. This slate has results from one large-field tournament contest (5,748 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
$1.2K Sun NFL Hail Mary (Only $0.25 to Enter)large-field tournament5,748$0.25-
$2.5K Sun NFL Rush ($500 to 1st)small-field or limited-entry tournament744$4-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 73 players, our point projections missed by 5.4 fantasy points on average (5.3 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.74 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Puka NacuaLAR15.232.2+17.0
Jahmyr GibbsDET21.538.2+16.7
Mike EvansSF10.725.8+15.1
Matthew StaffordLAR17.430.3+12.9
Josh AllenBUF22.834.5+11.7
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
DST103.2+0.4
QB107.5+3.3
RB185.4+1.1
TE114.9+0.2
WR245.6+1.1

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