The Monday 11/02 main slate is a three-game card: HOU @ SEA, ATL @ NYJ and CHI @ NO. It locks Mon 11/2 at 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT), and the $50,000 cap makes the price tags matter.
Our model's top play is Bijan Robinson (ATL) at $7,900. He carries a ceiling of 44.1 and a DraftKings average of 24.5, the highest ceiling on the board. D'Andre Swift (CHI) is next at $6,700 with a 39.3 ceiling, which is a lot of upside for a back priced below Robinson, Breece Hall and Travis Etienne Jr.
At quarterback, Tyler Shough (NO) stands out. He costs $5,900 and has a 36.4 ceiling, tied with Tua Tagovailoa (ATL) at $6,100, while Caleb Williams (CHI) costs $7,000 with a 32.9 ceiling. Shough is the cheapest of the three, and that savings helps fund the expensive backs. Juwan Johnson (NO) is a value at tight end. At $5,100 he has a 36.0 ceiling, the best number at his position on our list.
Ownership will cluster heavily. Robinson is projected at 71%, Hall at 59% and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 58%. Fading Robinson is a real gamble given his ceiling, but the field will be stacked with him. Lower-owned routes to the same upside include Shough at 16% and Tagovailoa at 26%, both on the quarterback board with ceilings above 36. Swift at 30% offers a similar contrarian angle at running back.
Our model's top lineup uses all $50,000 of the cap. It starts with Shough at QB ($5,900), then runs Robinson ($7,900) and Etienne ($7,200) at RB. The receivers are Rome Odunze ($5,800), Jordyn Tyson ($4,200) and Kayshon Boutte ($3,600). Johnson fills the TE spot ($5,100), Hall takes the FLEX ($7,000) and the Seahawks DST ($3,300) rounds it out.
Lineups lock Mon 11/2 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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