REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

You can expect Patrick Laird to be a good bench player who will start in certain weeks the rest of the season. His 7 projected fantasy points puts him at #38 behind Royce Freeman and ahead of Peyton Barber. He is more valuable in PPR leagues where he is the #33 ranked running back. He is underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 52%, he is the #42 most highly owned running back. Patrick Laird is expected to improve on this season-to-date's #70 fantasy position rank.

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WEEKLY FANTASY PERFORMANCE

Week 13 was his best week where he put up 12.8 FPs and was the #16 running back. Patrick Laird had more below average weeks than above average weeks. The table below has his weekly games played, fantasy points and weekly position rank.

PATRICK LAIRD IS A BETTER VALUE ON DRAFTKINGS AT $4.3K THAN ON FANDUEL AT $5.1

For each platform we calculate a position specific points per dollar and our projection says he is a better value on DraftKings than on FanDuel. He is projected for 8.3 FD points and is worth -$284 less than $5.1K on FD. On DK he is projected for 10.1 points and is worth +$118 more than $4.3K. Below are how he ranks based on projected fantasy points on both DFS platforms. Look for players with more FPs at lower salaries.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and current week. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.