Chris Olave at $15,300. That's the build.
18 catches on 23 targets, 268 yards. Tyler Shough has thrown 90 passes in two games and a quarter of them have gone to Olave. His DraftKings average is 26.9, highest on the board. Everyone else in this game is splitting something. He isn't.
Shough is in the flex at $9,800. 662 passing yards, four touchdowns, two picks, and he's run one in. I'll take the interceptions for the volume.
Ashton Jeanty is the other captain. He has 150 yards on 44 carries, which isn't pretty. He's also caught 10 of 13 targets for two touchdowns, and that's what keeps his average at 23. $10,000 in the flex, and he's in mine.
Olave, Shough and Jeanty leave $14,900 for three. Devaughn Vele ($7,400, 12 catches), Michael Mayer ($4,000) and Jack Bech ($3,400) spend all but $100 of it.
Brock Bowers is the question. He's questionable with a knee, and he hasn't played a game this season. Kirk Cousins' 413 yards and six touchdowns all went to other people. Levi Edwards had Bowers limited Thursday ([Sept. 24](https://x.com/theleviedwards/status/2103237100279902717)). Field Yates said Friday it "still sounds like he has a shot at debuting" ([Sept. 25](https://x.com/FieldYates/status/2103561285879443709)). ESPN says Klint Kubiak called Friday's absence planned. Even if he's active, I don't know his snap count, and $9,600 is a lot to find out. Mayer is how I get Raiders tight end exposure. He has nine catches on 11 targets, and he gets the whole job if Bowers sits.
Tre Tucker at $8,000 is Cousins' big-play guy: seven catches, 146 yards, a 42-yard long. He's fine. He isn't the first Raider I click.
I'm leaving the New Orleans backfield. Travis Etienne is off the injury report, but it's a three-man committee with Alvin Kamara and CJ Donaldson. Kamara had 16 touches for 22 yards last week. $8,400 and $6,400 are both too much for a third of a backfield.
Juwan Johnson at $5,800 (120 yards and a score) is a fine pivot off Mayer if you want Saints on both ends.
The Raiders defense is my cheap spot at $3,600. It averages 12.5 on DraftKings, and Shough has thrown two picks. Kwity Paye leads them with two sacks and is questionable with an illness, so check him before lock.
Olave, and let the rest sort itself out.
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