Sunday's DraftKings slate is a single-game showdown, DET @ MIA, and it locks at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT). The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and the cap is $50,000.
Our model's top play is Jahmyr Gibbs (DET) at $13,000, with a ceiling of 40.0 and a DraftKings average of 30.0. That is the highest ceiling on the board and the biggest gap over the next option. Behind him are Amon-Ra St. Brown at $11,000 (ceiling 34.7, average 21.0) and Jared Goff at $10,600 (ceiling 33.5, average 21.9). Malik Willis is the top MIA play at $9,200, with a ceiling of 30.2 and an average of 15.6.
The value plays are mostly on the cheaper side of the DET and MIA pass-catching groups. Sam LaPorta costs $7,000 and carries a ceiling of 23.4 against a 12.3 average. Caleb Douglas (MIA) is $6,200 with a ceiling of 18.8 and an 11.9 average, which is a modest salary for that upside. Jameson Williams at $9,000 has a ceiling of 23.7 and a 14.8 average, so he is priced closer to the stars than his numbers.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Several players carry DraftKings status tags, including Jaylen Wright (MIA) and Jalen Tolbert (MIA), both OUT, and De'Von Achane (MIA), who is on IR. Check the tags before you build.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,300 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Gibbs in the captain slot at $19,500 and pairs him with St. Brown ($11,000) and Willis ($9,200) in the FLEX spots. The rest of the roster is built from low-cost pieces: Greg Dulcich at $4,000, Will Kacmarek at $600 and Jake Bates at $5,000. That structure spends heavily on three players and fills out the lineup cheaply.
Lineups lock Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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