Monday's slate is a single-game showdown, BUF @ MIN, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that pays 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. It locks Mon 11/9 at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT). One note up front: our projections are not built for this slate, so the numbers below are DraftKings averages, not model output.
Josh Allen (BUF, QB) sits on top at $11,400 with a DraftKings average of 28.5. That is a wide gap over everyone else. James Cook III (BUF, RB) is next at $10,400 and 20.4, then Justin Jefferson (MIN, WR) at $9,800 and 14.4. Both Buffalo skill players outscore every Minnesota option on average, and Allen's number nearly doubles Jefferson's.
Value is harder to find. Aaron Jones Sr. (MIN, RB) costs $7,000 and averages 12.4, which is the cheapest of the top eight by average. Dalton Kincaid (BUF, TE) is $7,400 and 11.9. Will Reichard (MIN, K) is $5,000 and 11.7, a low salary for that output. Minnesota's quarterbacks are a different story: Kyler Murray carries a Q tag at $9,400 and Carson Wentz is $9,000, both averaging 12.8. Several other players carry tags too, with DJ Moore (BUF) and Joshua Palmer (BUF) listed Q, Josh Oliver (MIN) on IR and Tyrell Shavers (BUF) OUT.
We have no ownership figures for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land.
Our model's lineup for this slate is not available, so there is no top lineup or total salary to share. What the averages do suggest is that the captain slot is expensive, since it scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and with a $50,000 cap that leaves little room for the rest of the build.
Lock is Mon 11/9 at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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