Sunday's one-game showdown puts DEN at CAR, and the slate locks at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT). It uses the standard captain format, where the captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and lineups work under a $50,000 cap.
Our model's top-ranked plays lean heavily toward CAR. Tetairoa McMillan leads at $10,800 with a ceiling of 33.8, though his DraftKings average is 16.6. Bryce Young costs $10,000 and carries a 31.3 ceiling alongside a 19.7 average. Chuba Hubbard, at $10,400, has the highest average of the group at 19.9 and a ceiling of 30.0. Jalen Coker rounds out the CAR core at $9,200, with a 32.3 ceiling and a 13.9 average.
On the DEN side, Bo Nix is the headliner at $9,800 with a 27.7 ceiling and a 15.0 average. Jonah Coleman ($8,400, 23.1 ceiling) and Jaylen Waddle ($8,800, 20.6 ceiling) follow, though both carry lower averages, at 11.0 and 10.2.
The clearest value on the board is Darren Waller. At $4,200, he has a 20.2 ceiling, a strong number for his price, even with a 7.7 average. In lineups built around expensive captains, that kind of salary relief is what makes the rest of the roster fit. Our model's lineup also finds room for Marvin Mims Jr. at $3,400 and Evan Engram at $2,800.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Several players are carrying DraftKings status tags. Sam Ehlinger, Lil'Jordan Humphrey and AJ Dillon are listed as OUT, along with Haynes King. Jonathon Brooks, Xavier Legette, RJ Harvey and Tyler Badie are tagged IR.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000. It puts McMillan at captain for $16,200, then fills the FLEX spots with Coleman ($8,400), Mims Jr. ($3,400), Coker ($9,200), Engram ($2,800) and Young ($10,000). Lock is 1:00 p.m. ET, so get your lineups set before then.
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