Tuesday's Madden showdown is a one-game slate, WAS @ CIN, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock comes Tue 10/27 at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT).
Joe Burrow tops our model's board at $11,000, with a ceiling of 44.7 against a DraftKings average of 23.7. That ceiling is the highest on the slate by a wide margin. Jayden Daniels is next at $9,000 with a 34.3 ceiling, and Ja'Marr Chase follows at $10,800 with a 32.8 ceiling. Terry McLaurin ($9,400, ceiling 27.4) and Chase Brown ($8,800, ceiling 27.5) round out the pricier tier.
The value plays are Mike Gesicki and Andrei Iosivas. Gesicki costs $6,200 and carries a 31.1 ceiling, well above his 11.7 DraftKings average, which marks him as a pure upside piece. Iosivas, at $6,400, has a 27.3 ceiling and a 13.6 average. Tee Higgins sits in between at $8,200 with a 26.4 ceiling.
The crowd is headed to the same spots. Burrow is projected at 68% ownership, Daniels at 54%, and Brown at 48%. Chase also checks in at 48%, while Gesicki is projected at 33% and Iosivas at only 18%. In a one-game showdown, that makes Iosivas the cheapest way to stand apart from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000. It puts Chig Okonkwo in the captain slot at $6,600, then fills the FLEX spots with Burrow ($11,000), Chase ($10,800), Daniels ($9,000), Iosivas ($6,400) and Gesicki ($6,200). The build pairs the slate's biggest names with two lower-owned, lower-priced pieces and a captain choice that cuts against the chalk.
Lock is Tue 10/27 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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