DAILY FANTASY VALUE (FANDUEL & DRAFTKINGS)

This is an unusual case where a player is worth more than their salary ($8.7K on FanDuel) but also have a projected rank (#6 running back) that is worse than their salary based rank (#3). He hit this expected level of performance in 44% of games. He is 16-25 reaching his projected point total of 19.2. With a lower than expected projection rank there are other running backs that are projected for more points with the same or lower salary. David Johnson (19.8 FP), Ezekiel Elliott (19.6 FP), and Christian McCaffrey (19.4 FP) are all better options. Based on salary ($8.9K) he is expected to put up around 24 fantasy points, but his latest DraftKings projection is for 21.6 points (a -1053 dollar value). He hit this expected level of performance in 24% of games. He is 18-23 reaching his projected point total of 21.6. With a lower than expected projection rank there are other running backs that are projected for more points with the same or lower salary. David Johnson (22.9 FP), Ezekiel Elliott (23.4 FP), Kareem Hunt (22.4 FP), Christian McCaffrey (23.2 FP), and Alvin Kamara (24.8 FP) are all better options.

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WEEKLY FANTASY VALUE

We are projecting a below average week for Melvin Gordon where he is projected to be the #7 running back, well under his rest of season ranking of #2. He is not projected to live up to his market expectation where he is the #3 running back based on ownership. Most fantasy players have roughly 30% of their weekly projections deviate significantly from their season average, but he is projected to be more volatile than most. He is projected for 2 good weeks versus one really underperforming week.

EXPERT RANKINGS (WEEK)

The Scout projections have a lower ranking than the market, and the 3 experts rank him better than the market. The expert consensus rank is #6. The experts rank him above Saquon Barkley but the projections disagree. His expert consensus rank is #6 in PPR leagues.

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REST OF SEASON FANTASY VALUE

The market (owners) expects him to be the #3 best fantasy running back and our projection model has him slightly better (#2). Owned in 100% of CBS Fantasy leagues he is projected to average 18.3 fantasy points per week. Even though his projected rank is better than his ownership based rank there are running backs projected for more points with the same or lower expectation. Todd Gurley (137 FP), for example, is a better option owners may want to target. Melvin Gordon is not as good an option in PPR leagues where he is the #4 projected running back with 18.3 FP per week average.

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PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2016 TO 2018)

With 8 games played this season Gordon is the #5 ranked RB. He is trending up based on improved per game fantasy ranking vs 2017. He is relatively weaker than stronger in more categories. The strengths are bolded below.