Tuesday's Madden showdown on DraftKings is a single game, IND @ CAR, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is Tue 11/10 at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT).
The top of our model's ranking runs through quarterbacks and backs. Bryce Young of CAR costs $9,800 and carries a ceiling of 30.8 against a DraftKings average of 15.7. Chuba Hubbard, also CAR, sits at $9,000 with a 30.7 ceiling. For IND, Daniel Jones at $9,400 has a 28.4 ceiling, while Jonathan Taylor costs $11,400 with a 26.2 ceiling, the lowest ceiling per dollar among the top group.
The value end belongs to Keenan Allen. At $4,600 for IND, he has a 32.9 ceiling, the highest on our list, against a DraftKings average of 7.9. That gap between price and upside is the biggest on the board. Darren Waller of CAR is another strong one at $7,000 with a 28.1 ceiling, and Jalen Coker at $6,800 offers a 21.3 ceiling for CAR.
The crowd is headed toward the quarterbacks. Young is projected at 67% ownership, Jones at 54%, and Taylor at 47%. Tetairoa McMillan, at $11,000 and a 21.9 ceiling, is also projected at 47%, which is a lot of popularity for the lowest ceiling among the top eight. Allen at 18% and Hubbard at 30% give a way to differentiate from the field.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Darren Waller in the captain slot at $10,500, then adds Bryce Young at $9,800, Daniel Jones at $9,400, Chuba Hubbard at $9,000, Jalen Coker at $6,800, and Xavier Legette at $4,400. It leans on both quarterbacks and keeps the build mostly on the CAR side.
Set your lineups before lock on Tue 11/10 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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