Fantasy Football: Rostership report and pivot plays from the highest-owned DFS targets in Week 17

Week 17 of the 2021 fantasy football is upon us. Most redraft leagues are hosting their fantasy championships, but there is still data to sift through for the full DFS slate on Sunday and Monday. Using PFF metrics, we can exploit the projected rostership numbers to identify value for DFS lineups.

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This report helps identify pivot players to target if you are looking to avoid highly rostered players in GPP tournaments. Optimizing cost and rostership percentage is what creates strong yet unique lineups crucial to winning large-field tournaments.

DraftKings Top 20 Players in Projected Rostership

Player	Team	OPP	POS	Salary	Rostership%
Antonio Brown	TB	NYJ	WR	6100	34.2
Jonathan Taylor	IND	LV	RB	9000	25.7
Josh Allen	BUF	ATL	QB	8000	19.8
David Montgomery	CHI	NYG	RB	6500	16.6
Tyreek Hill	KC	CIN	WR	8300	14.5
Cooper Kupp	LAR	BAL	WR	9500	14.1
A.J. Brown	TEN	MIA	WR	7200	13.7
Tom Brady	TB	NYJ	QB	7600	13.5
Sony Michel	LAR	BAL	RB	5800	13.3
Stefon Diggs	BUF	ATL	WR	7900	12.8
Patrick Mahomes	KC	CIN	QB	7800	12.6
Deebo Samuel	SF	HOU	WR	8700	11.8
Austin Ekeler	LAC	DEN	RB	8200	11.7
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	ARI	RB	7100	10.9
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	ARI	WR	7100	10.1
Amari Cooper	DAL	ARI	WR	6600	10.1
D'Andre Swift	DET	SEA	RB	6000	9.9
Ronald Jones	TB	NYJ	RB	6300	9.9
Keenan Allen	LAC	DEN	WR	7500	9.2
Rob Gronkowski	TB	NYJ	TE	6200	8.4

FanDuel Top 20 Players in Projected Rostership

Player	Team	OPP	POS	Salary	Rostership%
Jonathan Taylor	IND	LV	RB	10000	28.9
Antonio Brown	TB	NYJ	WR	8500	27.3
Josh Allen	BUF	ATL	QB	8800	20.4
David Montgomery	CHI	NYG	RB	7200	18.2
Tyreek Hill	KC	CIN	WR	8200	16.3
A.J. Brown	TEN	MIA	WR	7500	14.5
Cooper Kupp	LAR	BAL	WR	10200	14.1
Tom Brady	TB	NYJ	QB	8300	13.9
Stefon Diggs	BUF	ATL	WR	8000	13.8
Sony Michel	LAR	BAL	RB	7100	13.7
Deebo Samuel	SF	HOU	WR	9000	13.4
Austin Ekeler	LAC	DEN	RB	9000	13
Patrick Mahomes	KC	CIN	QB	8500	12.9
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	ARI	RB	7500	12.8
Ronald Jones	TB	NYJ	RB	7000	11.3
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	ARI	WR	7200	11
Amari Cooper	DAL	ARI	WR	6700	11
Keenan Allen	LAC	DEN	WR	7300	10.3
Damien Harris	NE	JAC	RB	7400	9.3
D'Andre Swift	DET	SEA	RB	7700	9.3

Pivot Plays for Week 17

QB: MATTHEW STAFFORD, LOS ANGELES RAMS

Platform	Salary	Rostership
DraftKings	$7,100	4.3%
FanDuel	$7,600	4.6%

Last week was the first time in over a month that Stafford didn’t throw two or more touchdowns in a game. Instead, he was picked off three times by the Minnesota Vikings defense. This was a shake up compared to the rest of his performances in the month of December when he averaged 275 passing yards and 2.7 touchdowns per game in three other contests. Stafford has been running hot lately, so it’s pretty safe to call the Vikings game a blip.

This week Stafford takes on a Baltimore Ravens defense that has been stomped recently by opposing passing offenses. Joe Burrow and the Bengals steamrolled them to the tune of 525 passing yards and four touchdowns in Week 16. Even prior to that, opposing quarterbacks posted more than 235 passing yards or at least two touchdowns in each of their last five games. Stafford is going to ball out.