The Mon 11/09 main slate for Madden on DraftKings classic is a three-game card: HOU @ LAR, SEA @ LAC and TB @ ARI. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks Mon 11/9 at 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT).
Our model's top plays lean on ceiling. Kyren Williams (LAR, RB/FLEX) at $6,500 has the highest ceiling among them at 39.9, with a DraftKings average of 16.4. Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARI, WR/FLEX) is close behind at 39.2 for $5,400, though his DraftKings average is 12.4. C.J. Stroud (HOU, QB) tops the quarterbacks at 37.5 for just $5,300, while Matthew Stafford (LAR, QB) sits at 36.3 for $7,100.
The value plays are where the salary savings show up. Stroud is the clearest one, posting a higher ceiling than Stafford at a much lower salary. Davante Adams (LAR, WR/FLEX) is $5,300 with a 36.5 ceiling, and Harrison at $5,400 offers a ceiling higher than Puka Nacua (LAR, WR/FLEX), who costs $7,900 and carries a 36.0 ceiling. Justin Herbert (LAC, QB) at $5,900 and a 35.2 ceiling rounds out the cheaper quarterback options.
The crowd will be heavy on the LAR backfield. Kyren Williams leads projected ownership at 72%, followed by Zach Charbonnet at 59% and Nacua at 58%. Trey McBride (ARI, TE/FLEX) is projected at 39% and Stafford at 37%. By contrast, Stroud is projected at just 8% and Herbert at 16%, which makes the cheaper quarterbacks the lower-owned way to build.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,400 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Stroud at QB for $5,300, then goes Jeremiyah Love ($6,400) and Omarion Hampton ($6,100) at RB, with Ladd McConkey ($6,700), Chris Godwin Jr. ($6,600) and Kayshon Boutte ($3,800) at WR. McBride fills TE at $5,500, David Montgomery takes the FLEX at $5,600, and the Seahawks are the DST at $3,400.
Lineups lock Mon 11/9 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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