Tuesday's Madden showdown is a single game, ARI @ DEN, with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary under a $50,000 cap. The slate locks Tue 10/27 at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top-ranked play is Troy Franklin of DEN. At $4,400 he carries a ceiling of 34.8, the highest on the board, against a DraftKings average of 10.0. Evan Engram is next from DEN at $6,400 with a 30.6 ceiling. Bo Nix costs $9,800 and tops out at 28.9, which is solid but gives up a lot of salary for it. On the ARI side, Marvin Harrison Jr. at $8,000 has a 28.3 ceiling, and Trey McBride at $8,400 sits at 27.6.
The value conversation starts and ends with the cheap pass catchers. Franklin's 34.8 ceiling at $4,400 is the best price-to-upside ratio on the sheet. Kendrick Bourne of ARI is another, at $4,600 with a 30.8 ceiling, even though his DraftKings average is only 6.2. Both are cheap enough to open room for the expensive captain options.
The crowd is heading toward ARI's quarterback. Jacoby Brissett is projected at 68% ownership at $9,200 with a 25.3 ceiling, the lowest of the top-ranked group, which makes that chalk look pricey. Nix follows at 54% and Jeremiyah Love at 48%. Against that, Franklin at 13% and Bourne at 18% offer far less popular routes to upside.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It captains Jeremiyah Love at $15,900, then fills the FLEX spots with J.K. Dobbins at $8,800, Trey McBride at $8,400, Evan Engram at $6,400, Gardner Minshew II at $6,000 and Troy Franklin at $4,400.
Lineups lock Tue 10/27 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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