This Thursday showdown has one game, WAS @ NYG, and it locks Thu 11/12 at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT). It uses captain scoring, where the captain slot earns 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, under a $50,000 cap.
One caution up front: our projections are not built for this slate, so there is no model lineup to offer. What follows leans on DraftKings averages alone, which describe past scoring and are not forecasts.
Jayden Daniels (WAS, QB) leads the board at $10,000 with a DraftKings average of 20.4. Malik Nabers (NYG, WR) comes next at 17.7, though his $11,000 salary is the highest listed. Isaiah Likely (NYG, TE) sits at $8,200 with an average of 16.1, which makes him the best points-for-price option among the top three.
For value, Jaxson Dart (NYG, QB) costs $6,000 and averages 13.7, but he carries an IR tag from DraftKings, so check his status before building around him. Athan Kaliakmanis (WAS, QB) and Marcus Mariota (WAS, QB) are also priced at $6,000, averaging 12.0 and 11.5. Both are cheaper than Jameis Winston (NYG, QB), who costs $8,400 for an 11.7 average. Stefon Diggs (WAS, WR) is $9,200 and averages 12.9.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we cannot say where the crowd will land. Plenty of tags across both rosters could shift late. Cam Skattebo, J.J. McCarthy, Darnell Mooney and Charlie Jones (all NYG) are marked Q, as are Chig Okonkwo and Treylon Burks (both WAS). Jacory Croskey-Merritt (WAS) is tagged IR. Lineups should stay flexible until news firms up.
With no projections for this slate, our model has no top lineup to share, and we won't invent a total salary. Lock is Thu 11/12 at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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