The Tue 11/10 showdown is a single game, NYG @ DET, and it locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT). With one game and a $50,000 cap, the captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, so the roster comes down to a few expensive building blocks and cheap fills.
Jahmyr Gibbs tops our model's ranking. At $11,000 he carries a ceiling of 44.2 against a DraftKings average of 23.9, the highest ceiling on the board by a wide margin. Jaxson Dart is next at $9,800 with a ceiling of 32.0, followed by Sam LaPorta at $8,000 with a ceiling of 27.1. Jared Goff ($9,200, ceiling 22.5) and Malik Nabers ($9,600, ceiling 21.1) are priced like stars but carry lower ceilings than the cheaper options behind Gibbs.
The value plays are where our model finds its edge. Darius Slayton of NYG costs $4,600 and has a ceiling of 31.6 despite a DraftKings average of just 7.0. Isaac TeSlaa of DET is $4,400 with a ceiling of 31.3 against an average of 6.8. Those ceilings sit close to Dart's at roughly half the price or less, which is the kind of salary relief that lets a lineup afford Gibbs in the captain slot.
The crowd is leaning heavily on the quarterbacks. Dart is projected at 67% ownership and Goff at 54%, with Gibbs at 47%. Slayton (18%) and TeSlaa (24%) come in well below that, so they offer a way to separate from the field at a low cost.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,100 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Gibbs at captain for $16,500 and fills the flex spots with Goff ($9,200), LaPorta ($8,000), Darnell Mooney ($6,800), TeSlaa ($4,400) and Jake Bates ($4,200). It leans on Detroit and leaves Dart out entirely.
Lineups lock at 8:00 p.m. ET on Tue 11/10.
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