Graded · 2 contests · 205,362 entries

NFL Week 7 FanDuel ownership: NE @ CHI Single Game

What the field actually played on the NFL Week 7 FanDuel NE @ CHI Single Game, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 22, 2026 · Updated October 23, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NFL
Week
Week 7
Site
FanDuel
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
CHI, NE
First lock
Thu Oct 22, 8:15 PM ET
Player pool
28 players
Projections
Captured Thu Oct 22, 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, 205,362 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Ours vs the field, 2 large-field tournament contests, 205,362 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Drake MayeNEQB78.6%88.4%+9.8
Caleb WilliamsCHIQB82.6%87.4%+4.8
D'Andre SwiftCHIRB70.5%70.3%−0.3
Luther Burden IIICHIWR36.7%44.3%+7.6
DeMario DouglasNEWR31.0%43.9%+12.9
A.J. BrownNEWR32.9%43.7%+10.8
Colston LovelandCHITE30.5%28.8%−1.7
Hunter HenryNETE27.6%27.9%+0.3
Rhamondre StevensonNERB37.8%24.8%−13.1
Roschon JohnsonCHIRB4.6%24.3%+19.7
Cairo SantosCHIK33.4%20.8%−12.6
Rome OdunzeCHIWR24.9%19.9%−5.0

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
Roschon JohnsonCHIRB4.6%24.3%+19.7
DeMario DouglasNEWR31.0%43.9%+12.9
A.J. BrownNEWR32.9%43.7%+10.8
Drake MayeNEQB78.6%88.4%+9.8
Luther Burden IIICHIWR36.7%44.3%+7.6
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Andy BorregalesNEK30.1%15.7%−14.4
Rhamondre StevensonNERB37.8%24.8%−13.1
Cairo SantosCHIK33.4%20.8%−12.6
Chicago BearsCHIDST20.6%10.3%−10.3
New England PatriotsNEDST14.4%6.3%−8.1

Large-field tournament contests · n = 28 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 28 players across 2 large-field tournament contests (205,362 entries). On average our number was 5.7 percentage points away from the field's. On the 14 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 8.8 points. Across the board the field owned these players 0.3 points less than we projected, on average.

5.7 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (28 players)
0.95correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 28)
8.8 ptsaverage gap on the 14 players at 10%+
2large-field tournament contests, 205,362 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Large-field tournament2205,362285.70.95

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
$7K Thu NFL Pooch Punt (150 Entries Max)large-field tournament167,664$0.05150
$475K NFL Thursday Night Special ($100K to 1st)large-field tournament37,698$15-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 28 players, our point projections missed by 3.5 fantasy points on average (4.6 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.86 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Luther Burden IIICHI10.124.7+14.6
Drake MayeNE19.731.4+11.7
Eli RaridonNE1.413.1+11.7
Rhamondre StevensonNE11.120.0+8.9
Colston LovelandCHI8.316.4+8.1
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
DST22.5−2.5
K23.7+2.9
QB28.5+8.5
RB52.5+1.5
TE73.8+3.8
WR103.0+0.2

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