Tuesday's Madden showdown has a single game, NYJ @ DAL, with a $50,000 salary cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Tue 11/10 at 2:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking is Breece Hall of NYJ at $9,600. He carries a ceiling of 38.3 and a DraftKings average of 20.3, the highest ceiling on the board. Dak Prescott of DAL is right behind at $10,000 with a 37.1 ceiling and a 19.8 average. Javonte Williams of DAL ranks third at $9,200, with a 31.2 ceiling and the same 19.8 average as Prescott, for a lower price.
Value is thinner on a slate this compact, but a few names stand out. Adonai Mitchell of NYJ costs just $7,000 and carries a 27.7 ceiling, matching CeeDee Lamb's ceiling at a much lower salary than Lamb's $9,800. Jake Ferguson of DAL is $8,400 with a 29.8 ceiling, which tops Geno Smith's 28.6 at $9,400. George Pickens of DAL sits at $7,800 with a 19.5 ceiling, a more modest upside play.
The crowd is leaning heavily on quarterbacks and the lead back. Prescott is projected at 67% ownership, Smith at 54% and Hall at 47%. Lamb also projects at 47%. Williams and Mitchell both come in at 30%, and Ferguson at 33%, so those three offer a way to separate from the field without giving up much ceiling.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,200 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Prescott in the captain slot at $15,000, then fills the flex spots with Lamb at $9,800, Williams at $9,200, Ferguson at $8,400, Brandon Aubrey at $4,200 and Mason Taylor at $2,600. It leans on the DAL side and pairs a popular captain with lower-owned pieces around him.
Rosters lock Tue 11/10 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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