Thursday brings a single-game DraftKings showdown with CAR visiting GB. Lineups lock at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT). The format has a $50,000 salary cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary.
One caveat up front: our model has not built projections for this slate. What we can offer are DraftKings averages, which show who has been producing and what each player costs.
Bryce Young (CAR, QB) leads the board at a 21.1 DraftKings average for $9,600. Jordan Love (GB, QB) follows at 20.3 for $10,000, so Young is both the higher scorer and the cheaper of the two quarterbacks. Josh Jacobs (GB, RB) averages 20.1 at $8,800, the best price among the top three skill players. Christian Watson (GB, WR) comes in at 19.4 for $9,800, and Chuba Hubbard (CAR, RB) averages 19.0 at $9,000.
Value is where the numbers get interesting. Jalen Coker (CAR, WR) averages 14.6 at just $7,800, the lowest salary among the eight players listed. Matthew Golden (GB, WR) averages 17.1 at $8,400, which looks appealing, though he carries a Q tag from DraftKings. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR, WR) sits at 17.4 for $9,400. Several others on the sheet carry an IR tag, including Jayden Reed (GB), Xavier Legette (CAR) and Jonathon Brooks (CAR), so the pool of usable skill players is thinner than usual.
We have no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Because our model has no lineup built for this game, we aren't posting a top lineup or a total salary. Check back if projections are added before the deadline.
Lock is Thursday at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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