Sunday's primetime slate is a compact two-game card: TB @ CHI and BUF @ MIN, with a $50,000 salary cap on DraftKings classic. It locks Sun 11/8 at 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT), so there is no room to wait on late decisions.
Josh Allen (BUF) tops our model's ranking at $7,400, with a ceiling of 41.5 and a DraftKings average of 28.5. That ceiling is the highest on the board by a wide margin. Caleb Williams (CHI) is the other quarterback to know at $6,300, with a 34.8 ceiling and a 20.9 average, which makes him the cheaper route to a big QB score.
At running back, D'Andre Swift (CHI) at $7,000 and Bucky Irving (TB) at $6,900 share a 31.4 ceiling. James Cook III (BUF) costs $7,400 with a 29.6 ceiling. Justin Jefferson (MIN) is the top wideout at $6,800 and a 26.8 ceiling.
The value plays sit at tight end and in the cheap corners of the lineup. Dalton Kincaid (BUF) at $5,400 carries a 24.2 ceiling, strong for the price. Luther Burden III (CHI) at $6,000 has a 24.0 ceiling and a 15.0 average. Our model also leans on Dawson Knox at $2,600 in the flex spot, a salary that frees up cash elsewhere. Note that several players are tagged, including Kyle Monangai (CHI) and Emeka Egbuka (TB) as Q, and Joshua Palmer (BUF), Jauan Jennings (MIN) and Kyler Murray (MIN) as OUT.
Ownership figures aren't available for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd lands.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000: Josh Allen at QB ($7,400), D'Andre Swift ($7,000) and Bucky Irving ($6,900) at RB, Justin Jefferson ($6,800), Luther Burden III ($6,000) and Khalil Shakir ($5,300) at WR, Colston Loveland ($4,800) at TE, Dawson Knox ($2,600) at FLEX and the Bears ($3,200) at DST. Get your lineups set before the 8:20 p.m. ET lock.
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