Tuesday's Madden showdown on DraftKings is a single game, BUF @ DAL, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Tue 10/27 at 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT).
Our projections are not built for this slate, so there is no model lineup or ownership data to share. What we can offer is the DraftKings averages for the top names, and those are a record of past scoring, not a forecast.
Javonte Williams (DAL, RB) tops the board at $8,400 with a DraftKings average of 19.6. Josh Allen (BUF, QB) is close behind at 19.4, though his $11,400 salary is the highest on the list. Dak Prescott (DAL, QB) averages 18.8 at $10,200. James Cook III (BUF, RB) averages 15.7 at $10,600, a steep price for that production.
The value argument runs through the mid-tier. Jake Ferguson (DAL, TE) averages 15.8 at $7,800, nearly matching Cook at a much lower salary. Khalil Shakir (BUF, WR) averages 15.0 at $7,200. DJ Moore (BUF, WR) comes in at 11.8 for $7,000, and George Pickens (DAL, WR) at 10.9 for $6,800. Williams' average sits above both quarterbacks' at a lower price, which makes him the most efficient name here.
Captain pricing is worth keeping in mind. Because the slot costs 1.5x salary, a quarterback like Allen takes a far bigger bite out of the $50,000 cap than Williams or Ferguson would, leaving less room to fill the rest of the lineup.
We have no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Check the DraftKings lobby before lock to see how the field is leaning.
Rosters need to be set by 12:00 p.m. ET on Tue 10/27.
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