Tuesday's Madden showdown is a single game, CHI @ WAS, on DraftKings with a $50,000 cap. The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Tue 11/10 at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top plays start with Jayden Daniels (WAS) at $9,000, with a ceiling of 34.1, the highest on the board. His DraftKings average is 18.2. D'Andre Swift (CHI) costs $10,200 and carries a 30.5 ceiling, while Caleb Williams (CHI) is $10,600 with a 30.1 ceiling. Terry McLaurin (WAS) rounds out the premium group at $9,400 with a 25.7 ceiling.
The value plays are where the upside gets cheap. Luke McCaffrey (WAS) is $4,400 with a 29.4 ceiling, far above his 5.5 DraftKings average. Chig Okonkwo (WAS) is $4,600 with a 26.7 ceiling against a 6.1 average. Those ceilings sit close to what the stars offer at roughly half the price. Stefon Diggs (WAS) at $7,600 and Colston Loveland (CHI) at $7,200 are mid-priced options, each averaging 10.4 for DraftKings.
The crowd will gather around the big names. Williams is projected at 67% ownership, Daniels at 54%, and Swift at 47%. McLaurin matches Swift at 47%, and Loveland sits at 33%. The cheaper ceiling plays are far less owned: Diggs is at 24%, Okonkwo at 20%, and McCaffrey at 18%. Lineups built around the value options will look different from most of the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It puts D'Andre Swift in the captain slot at $15,300, then fills the FLEX spots with Caleb Williams at $10,600, Luther Burden III at $8,000, Colston Loveland at $7,200, Kalif Raymond at $6,200, and Rachaad White at $2,600. Captaining Swift while taking the popular Williams keeps the build close to the chalk at the top, and the cheaper pieces fill out the rest.
Get your lineups set before the 6:00 p.m. ET lock.
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