Sunday's NFL showdown is a single game, NE @ DET, with a $50,000 salary cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks Sunday, 11/15, at 9:30 a.m. ET (6:30 a.m. PT).
Our projections are not built for this slate, so there are no model numbers, ownership figures or lineup to share. What we can offer is the DraftKings average for each player, and those point to Jahmyr Gibbs. The DET back is priced at $12,400 with a DraftKings average of 27.9, the highest on the board by a wide margin. Drake Maye of NE follows at $10,800 and 22.0, then Amon-Ra St. Brown at $10,400 and 20.5. Jared Goff sits at $10,000 and 19.9.
Those salaries matter in a captain format. Putting Gibbs in the captain slot costs 1.5x his salary, which eats a big share of the cap, so the choice of captain shapes everything left over.
The best pricing relative to production sits a tier down. Jameson Williams is $8,000 with a 13.6 average, Sam LaPorta is $6,600 with 11.6, and DeMario Douglas is $6,800 with 11.2. Rhamondre Stevenson is $8,600 with a 12.9 average, but he carries a D tag from DraftKings. A.J. Brown and TreVeyon Henderson of NE are tagged Q, and Jacob Saylors of DET is tagged Q as well.
Since there is no ownership data for this slate, we won't guess where the crowd lands. Check the status tags before building, because several NE skill players are flagged.
Lock is Sunday, 11/15, at 9:30 a.m. ET.
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