Monday's DraftKings showdown is a single-game slate, BKH at PPW, and it locks at 2:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. PT). The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, so the $50,000 cap puts a premium on getting that one choice right.
The sheet ranks four PPW players and four from BKH at the top. Andrew Neal leads at $11,000 with a ceiling of 27.5, the highest on the slate. Hayden Turner is next at $10,600 and a 26.5 ceiling, and Henry Donovan sits at $9,600 with a 24.0 ceiling. On the BKH side, Ryan Blake ($9,800, 24.5 ceiling) and Jeffrey Sekyere ($9,200, 23.0) are the headliners.
Value is thin in the sheet's top group, which bottoms out at Michael McSorley ($8,200, 20.5 ceiling), Ricardo German ($8,400, 21.0) and Jonathan Lacey ($8,600, 21.5). Our model's lineup shows where the savings come from. It fills the back end with Will Sullivan at $5,000, Lewis Rolfe at $4,000 and Jack Brimming at $5,800, which frees up cap space for the expensive names.
Expect the crowd to gather around the same top three. Neal is projected at 42% ownership, Turner at 40% and Blake at 37%, with Donovan at 36% and Sekyere at 34% close behind. In a one-game contest, heavy overlap at the top is likely, so the cheaper pieces and the captain call are where lineups can separate.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000. Henry Donovan is the captain at $14,400, with Andrew Neal ($11,000), Ryan Blake ($9,800), Jack Brimming ($5,800), Will Sullivan ($5,000) and Lewis Rolfe ($4,000) in the FLEX spots. It pairs two of the three most popular players with a captain who is a bit less owned than the top two. Set your lineups before the 2:30 p.m. ET lock.
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