Tuesday's DraftKings Madden showdown is a single game, PHI @ WAS, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Tue 11/3 at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT).
Saquon Barkley of PHI sits at the top of our model's ranking at $9,800. His ceiling is 39.2, the highest of any player on the board, against a DraftKings average of 20.6. Jayden Daniels of WAS is the other headline name at $10,800 with a ceiling of 35.9 and an average of 19.0. Jalen Hurts costs $10,400 and carries a ceiling of 28.5, while Terry McLaurin at $8,800 tops out at 26.2.
The value plays come from the WAS side. Luke McCaffrey is just $4,600 with a ceiling of 30.4, which is a big gap from his DraftKings average of 6.0. Chig Okonkwo is $4,800 with a ceiling of 26.8 and the same average of 6.0. Stefon Diggs at $7,400 has a ceiling of 19.9, and PHI's Makai Lemon at $6,200 reaches 18.8.
The crowd will pile onto the stars. Daniels is projected at 67% ownership, Hurts at 54% and Barkley at 47%. McLaurin also checks in at 47%. Okonkwo is projected at 20% and McCaffrey at just 13%, so cheap WAS pieces offer a way to separate from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,700 of the $50,000 cap. Barkley takes the captain slot at $14,700, with Hurts ($10,400), Dallas Goedert ($7,000), Hollywood Brown ($6,600), Lemon ($6,200) and Okonkwo ($4,800) in the flex spots. It leans PHI-heavy at the top, then drops down to a low-owned WAS tight end for savings.
Lineups lock Tue 11/3 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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