Eagles vs Commanders NFL DFS Showdown | SNF Week 8 Sunday Sweatdown | Picks, Plays & Process

Before we kind of talk about this game, we got something else here to kind of talk through. Our freaking guy over here, just the absolute stone crusher, our guy Rio.

Is I mean like a seventy percent chance to win the milli here the the twenty dollar milli um I mean what a just absolutely disgusting team right here by our guy rio um I know our guy uh Malik Willis is due for a pick six here, so that'll help him out with the Pats to kind of seal it up hopefully. Um, but yeah, just an absolute stone nut built here, um, in his hundred and fifty set for the twenty dollar million maker.

Just a disgusting Burrow double with the, with the min price, right? I know I hopped on the contrarianContrarianA contrarian play or lineup is one built around choices most of the field will not make, such as low-owned players, unpopular teams or an unusual salary structure.Pick one or two contrarian spots per lineup and ground each in a real reason. The rest of the roster can look like the field.Read the full definition of Contrarian construction show and, uh, started talking about Gunnar Helm there. $2,500. Um, I thought he was an amazing play there with no, uh, Tate, uh, obviously, uh, out there and, um, Tight ends, right? Cincinnati just can't cover the tight end. It's been an ongoing thing for multiple seasons.

He was still in minimum in the game that you needed someone to at least have some success to really push Burrow and the Chase Higgins stuff to kind of the top there. So I'll bring you in on your thoughts here as we kind of sweat it out as these afternoon three games that are kind of done so far, which is perfect, head to their second half overall. Yeah, second half. Chopper obviously looks like he's cutting up.

We're fading Malik Washington is what I'm seeing out there. But this team that Rio put together, pretty remarkable team. Like you said, Burrow double with Gunnar Helm, as you alluded to, at $2,500 stone men. And you came in there and said you liked him. Matt said, hey, if he gets me fifteen, you could almost lock him in. And I started laughing. I was like, heck, yeah. And lo and behold, he got near get you fifteen.

And then But I want to talk about, I mean, I was shocked when I saw that Allen was only twenty percent over on DraftKings. That was amazing. He's much higher on on FanDuel. So that was great. And then Tootin as well. I mean, Tootin was a smash spot today. And then his ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership, I felt like, came down a little bit as well at only twenty three. I mean, so I mean, this team, you got some home running backs that are, you know, favored at home.

Got to love that. And then Harold Fanon, hats off to Rio because he was not on my radar. And all he did was go out and get ten for one fifty. So, man, oh, man, that's a heck of a play, especially in the flexFlex and UTILA standard NFL FLEX accepts a running back, wide receiver or tight end. In DraftKings NFL Showdown, FLEX instead means a regular-scoring slot alongside Captain, with broader eligibility that includes quarterbacks.Before lock, identify affordable replacements for your latest starter. An open FLEX or UTIL slot helps only if suitable unlocked players remain within your budget.Read the full definition of Flex and UTIL at $4,200. So Rio Rio is looking good, if you will. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, no, I just wanted to pull a new feature here that isn't live yet at our DFSOS partner here. You see it up on the screen.

This is a screenshot from the owner and founder of DFSOS that sent it to us behind the scenes here. This is going to be coming live pretty quickly here. It is a full-on sweat station, so think of cut sweats like the – like the PGA cut sweats, right, where you have to pay a membership for that. DFS OS, I can't speak highly enough.

I've talked about a ton of times that just from the news, from the flashbacks, now they added a contest vault that has literally every contest that DraftKings, you can go in and analyzes the players, what percentage were dupes and stuff like that for showdownShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown and all of that, really kind of just as much information as you can. I mean, I truly do think it's a huge added benefit and an add-on for any serious DFS players out there.

And this sweat station that is right around the corner here, they're kind of debuting it on this slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate. You see the screenshot up here. It literally will be live for every single sport and contest. You see it up on the screen right now, the estimate, about a seventy four percent chance that Rio comes through and does ship it. Obviously, it's not a telltale sign yet as we try and sweat this down. But this is an absolutely amazing product here. And this is right around the corner.

So if you're not a member yet, At Shippenation, well, that's a good time to start, but we are partnered with DFS OS over there. And just from like the new standpoint here, you see you can literally type anyone. I know we're waiting on some news here tonight from what's his trail on Burks, right? So you can literally type in Burks. Right here is the latest update. Eight hours ago, listed questionable for Sunday's game is expected to play per Adam Schefter ESPN.

You can see all the injury designations. That's just one thing. Talk about the contest vault here, right? You can go through and look at every sport on here. And then obviously the sweat station, like you see here, the screenshot is coming shortly right around the corner. So if you use code SHIPIT on DFSOS.com, you do get...

Um the all-access pass which will have all of these features included um for thirty dollars a month uh I mean just an absolutely incredible value there so I can't speak highly enough about this site in general and this sweat station is coming so um hats off to our guy rio hopefully uh hopefully it comes through as we look at it uh I think the the biggest sweats for sure are Hunter Henry which I know he's questionable uh romandre Stevenson is a big sweat and then Coleman as well, but he does have a pretty sizable lead.

He has about a sixteen point lead on the Broncos defense, the Dolphins defense, and Malik Washington is the main sweat right now. So Malik Washington is the main guy. He's got about a fourteen point lead over Malik Washington teams right now.

So hopefully this game kind of just fizzles out and Malik goes to the bench and just sits there and lets our guy come through for the shipper there but any thoughts and uh call outs on DFS os if you used it or anything there I think the sweat station is going to be absolutely incredible

Yeah no I just started using a couple weeks ago and yeah it's it's money you can go in there and check old contests you can go in there and do do what you guys do is like look at what the pros are doing seeing how they're playing uh slates as well look at previous slates how how you did personally how others did as well and kind of learn from the best in there it's a great tool to use and kind of dial in you set it thirty dollars a month less than a dollar a day or almost a dollar a day so I encourage you if you haven't done it yet, head over there now.

Hey, how, how, what about the, uh, what was it? The mid season, mid summer classic thing. How are we, um, can you pull that up or do we have any information? Yeah. The fifteen hundred dollar. Yeah. Um, real quick before I do. And then obviously we're going to jump in and talk about Sunday night football here as well.

We are waiting some inactive trail and Burks, which is pretty big to move the needle here, but didn't want to highlight DFS OS and our partnership there. And really, um, kind of sweat this out with our guy Rio, one of our own here. This is what the sweat dashboard will kind of look like here. As you see up on the screen, you can favorite whoever you want following. You can search, right? And this shows the entire leaderboard here, what you're looking at.

The guys in green are still going, right? So you can kind of see over on the left-hand side, right? What's your cash percentages, what your top ten, what your win rate is. Obviously, this was older. Now it's increased up from, About sixty percent, about seventy five percent now. But just I mean, this is going to be absolutely incredible when you're kind of sweating out. It'll be great to that. We'll be showcasing here on this stream as well.

And any of you in the chat, right, that have sweats or want us to kind of look at your lineups and give thoughts or anything like that. Definitely drop it in the comments here where we will be able to search your username up in the contest and stuff. But wanted to show off this tool that is right around the corner and going live.

On DFS os with all of the other stuff as well so um as we kind of sweat out this let's jump over here and let me go back to the lobby and I'm going to pull up the fifteen hundred dollar uh mid-season main event with one point five milli up top and just pull that up so we can kind of take a look at that and the difference there so This right here is the fifteen hundred dollar main event.

This new guy is also in the twenty dollar with the same team. He was shipping until Rio kind of overtook him in the twenty dollar. Now he's in currently still in second place in the twenty dollar for one hundred grand and first for this for one point five million. So huge shout out to him. But yeah, this is this is the fifteen hundred dollar up on the screen here. Oh, wow.

So he said, not only did I want one milli, I wanted almost one or two millis and a half. So, man, I can't believe he put it in both and is doing this well. That's pretty incredible. Anybody that we know that's sweating this or got any teams up there? Guy in the chat here, I rush. What what twenty maxTwenty-MaxA twenty-max contest lets each user enter up to 20 lineups. It sits between small-field formats like three-max and the largest 150-entry tournaments.Plan all 20 lineups before building any of them. Decide your stacks and exposure limits first, so the set works as a portfolio rather than 20 separate guesses.Read the full definition of Twenty-Max the three dollar twenty max rush? I'm assuming.

Let me let me take a look and I will pull that up here as I just go over to this and share this one while I go and pull the twenty dollar or the three dollar twenty max. Let's do live contest. DraftKings. And again, this is going to be super way easier to sweat out once this sweat station goes live on DFSOS.

So again, code SHIP, it does get you fifty percent off the monthly rate locked in as kind of a founder pricing. So that's that rate is still out there. So if you use that, definitely jump in there and check us out. The one dollar. OK, Rush, what is your what's your username? Let me let me pull it up here. The one dollar twenty max.

Anyone else out there in the chat, too, wants us to sweat out anything they got on or take a look at it, let us know, and we will pull it up on the screen here. All right, so got this one going right now. Nakua just scored, so we're not sweating Nacua at all. So... Let me refresh. Hold on. Let me refresh Rio. So Rio is still at two sixty. The next closest is at two forty six point eight. That's Malik Washington team.

And then there's no Nacua team. The next closest Nacua team is. I don't even see one. I mean, there's a Blake Corham team down at two forty. Yeah, I don't even see a Nacua team, so. Of course, that's not good though. If quorum could get another touchdown in a hundred yards, I mean that's possible. Yeah, I mean I guess, but yeah, it's looking pretty good as we sit right now. Our guide disciples in the chat here. Two forty.

Burrow, Allen, Tootin, Chase, Higgins, Io Manor, Gunner Helm. So I had that exact same setup in my fifty dollar single entrySingle-EntryA single-entry contest allows each user exactly one lineup. It can be a cash game or a tournament.In single-entry, one or two contrarian decisions are usually enough. Pair a strong, popular core with a lower-owned piece instead of fading everything the field likes.Read the full definition of Single-Entry team. I had Burrow, Chase Higgins, Io Manor, Gunner Helm, a three two. And then I had Raymond Dre. I had Ramondre, Lions defense with Bijan Robinson, who fucking destroys me again for the fourth week in a row. And who did I have? Braylon Allen. So that was my team. So this is a sick build here, Disciples. Great run at it.

Six hundred bucks on a twenty dollar entry. Even if you do drop a little bit, you should hold on to at least a top ten finish and turn twenty bucks into five hundred plus. So huge shout out to you. Great job. Great, great overall portfolio there. The Burrow stuff was was really intriguing, obviously, in this game. And if I was playing Burrow, I really wanted something on the other side. Right. Whether it was Iowa Manor, whether it was Wandale Robinson, Gunnar Helm, Pollard.

I wanted something to kind of push Burrow stuff to really get to the ultimate ceilingCeilingCeiling is the high end of a player's or lineup's realistic range of fantasy scores. It describes a big performance that could happen when things go well, not the expected score or an absolute maximum.Describe what must happen for each player to have a huge game. Then check whether those conditions help or hurt the other players in your lineup.Read the full definition of Ceiling. And that's really what you needed. Right. Obviously, Burrow doesn't go out and score forty five points. Chase doesn't get his seal up. Close to ceiling performance. Higgins doesn't get a ceiling performance if Tennessee goes out there and puts up six points.

So like I thought if going into a pretty chalkyChalkChalk is the most popular, highly owned play on a slate. The term comes from sports betting, where the favorite is called the chalk.Don't label chalk good or bad. Ask whether each popular play deserves its ownership, then decide which chalk you'll eat and which you'll fade.Read the full definition of Chalk game that people were on, I was mandating one or two runbacks or going in on this game completely instead of just kind of skinning it or doing a Burrow plus two and just going elsewhere. Is kind of how I played it. And that's how I also played the Titans cheap guys in Iowa Manor and Wandale Robinson, who were projected to be fairly popular for their price points in retrospect to the slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate there.

So any thoughts on that, Ham? Yeah, I mean, obviously you needed the Titans. I mean, you came in, like you said, on the construction show, talked about Hunter Henry, talked about Helm, and you had to have him. You had to have Chase. You had to have Burrow. You had to have Higgins, and then you had to have some form of a Titans run backBring-BackIn the NFL, a bring-back is usually a wide receiver, tight end or running back from the team facing your quarterback stack.Pick the bring-back who gains the most when his team falls behind. In football that's usually the opponent's top pass catcher, not a running back who loses carries in a comeback.Read the full definition of Bring-Back to help get you over the top for sure. Yeah, exactly.

And, Ham, I think this is a fifty percent success rate that we've had a sweat at the Mills, whether it was title, whether it was hoop, whether it was Rio, whether it was Tambo. We had some other guys in the Discord as well. Our other guy from Minnesota who was at the. Oh, my God, did Ramondre just. No, Tyler Williams fumbled it out of the end zone. So that's a touchback, right? Well, they're trying to decide. They don't know. Incomplete pass.

Oh, incomplete. Okay. But anyways, our guy in Minnesota who's at the Minnesota Wild Games, sweating out the – he was in the – what contest? It was a big contest that he won tickets for. Was it the five-fifty-five or something? Yeah, the five-fifty-five melee that he won three tickets for. Ended up cashing fifty grand. But just pretty amazing stuff over here at the Nation. Fifty percent success rate from someone. That's a touchdown.

Someone from the community having having a Milly sweat in these very top heavy massive tournaments. So pretty, pretty amazing stuff over there. Any additional thoughts here before we kind of jump in and start talking this Sunday night game here as we root on our guy Rio, as you see here on the screen down the stretch here? No, let's break it all down. That's a pretty cool tool.

I can't wait to – hopefully next week we can use it live and just watch all the cool stuff and it change in real time. Yeah, I'm super excited for this. Like I said, I can't talk enough about it. I mean, I'll just show off the contest vault here a little bit too, just so if anyone else is out there. This isn't meant to be – obviously, there is not DFS content on this website.

This is more of the review process, the kind of improving – your process kind of stuff, which obviously gets looked at and briefed over by much of the field, right? And I get it, revealing your process and things like that isn't for everyone out there, but I can guarantee you many of the top players are doing it and actually looking over it. And this tool just makes it super easy there.

But even like for the news, the sweat station alone for thirty bucks a month with code ship it over here. I mean, you really can't go wrong if you're playing any sort of serious DFS. But just I want to just pull up the last showdownShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown, the Dallas Philly showdown and kind of show you what the contest vault here shows. This goes back to pretty much every contest that you can find on the screen here.

Um the nice thing is you can see obviously the leaderboard here you can see how many duplicates what the lineup was um you can search in anyone you can kind of obviously see the winning score how much of the field all of this kind of stuff but like if you click over to construction and optimal this is what's interesting you can see how much of the field was four two versus three three versus five one of those how many duplicates were there so there was only there there was $5,000 entrance of uh of this $73,000 that had one dupe or or or or last there.

So you see like you can kind of see from a dupe standpoint, the salary distribution, you can kind of see all the optimals here, the top five optimals. You can go to a field analysis and take a look at what the ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership shook out and looked at and stuff. So just obviously really, really great stuff here from that.

And then in terms of the slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate review, you can do the same too, where you can actually click through and look at the overall, leaderboard themselves and click into and actually see people's player portfolios here. So you can see the last showdown, right, the Carolina Green Bay. You can click in, look at their overall portfolio, how many lineups they had, how they play, how they split it, who they're overweight on, underweightUnderweightYou are underweight in DFS when a player, team stack or lineup combination appears in a smaller percentage of your entries than in the contest field's entries.Compare the same contest, format and roster slot. Use projected ownership before lock, then check actual ownership afterward to see whether your intended underweight stance held.Read the full definition of Underweight on, right?

So overall, just amazing stuff and continue to get updated, continue to be improved on. So really, really great tool. And I can't speak highly enough about it, like I said. So go over there, DFS OS, use code SHIPIT and check it out for sure. Yeah, D. Davis, I know, bro. But we're also waiting on Traylon Burks, which does kind of move the needle here in terms of the showdown, because obviously Terry McLaurin is now on the I.L. For the Commanders here.

But you spoke, you asked it, and you're getting it. We're going to jump in and talk the showdown game here. Overall, Ham, this game, there's money to be made. Washington, six-point favorites here, forty-and-a-half-point total. There is a lot of injuries on this slate. So, obviously, the Philly side is riddled with injuries. Wicks, Covey, Davante Adams Smith, all injured. Damian Pierce, as well, is on the IR.

Two questionable tagsInjury NewsInjury news is information about a player's health that can change whether they compete, how much they play or how effectively they perform. In DFS, it also affects opportunities for teammates and opponents.Before an uncertain player's game locks, identify an alternative you can afford at each affected position. Check whether making that change would require another player whose game starts earlier.Read the full definition of Injury News, John Bates and Traylon Burks, which does move the needle overall on the – On the Washington side, because if Traylon Burks does miss, Antonia Williams, Stephon Diggs, who's back, do see a usage bump there. And then if John Bates misses as well, Chigukangwu, Sanat, those two tight ends there do get a little bit of a boost there. And then obviously Jalen Lane, Terry McLaurin are both on IR for the Washington side. There is some defensive injuries, though.

So Campbell from Philly, linebacker, is out there, which does – make their pass rush and the rush defense a little bit thinner there on the defensive front. And then pain is the D tackle for Washington is out, which also helps or hurts the rush. The pass rush and the run defense a little bit as well there. Jonathan Jones is out, but he's more of a depth guy.

And then Kinlaw as well, which is another big injury on the defensive line aspect from the Washington side. So talk about those injuries. I know they're starting the end, right? Charles, I'm not even going to Charles. I'll call him. I'm not even going to try and pronounce his last name is questionable as well. So there's decent amount of injuries on the slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate that which do impact the overall game.

But what's your kind of broad slate overview here as we jump in and start talking the showdownShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown? Yeah, my broadside overview, it's going to be – I'll call it a messy game. You've got a lot of injuries on both sides. You've got dudes retiring in the middle of the year. You've got starting running backs playing fifteen percent of the snaps last week. So, it's going to be very messy. Two teams heading in the opposite direction.

The last time we saw this Washington Commanders team was on a Monday night. I'd say they played okay. They came back and battled against the Niners. Almost had a chance to win or tie it, however you want to look at it. But then they had a week to rest. We saw this – We saw this Eagles team this past Monday night, and they were just flat-out putrid names, pretty bad all the way around.

Damian Pierce was the one bright spot against that putrid Dallas defense, and he's going to be on the shelf tonight, went on IR late in that game. So, to me, it's going to be a lower-scoring affair. I think you're going to have to find the kickers. Defenses are much more in play tonight than the studs. Someone said in the chat, J.D. Favre is going to be heavy on the captain spot, and I would agree to that.

He is by far and away – the most dynamic player in this game. He's going to have the ball in his hands a lot, obviously. Has the rushing upside as well. So looking forward to breaking it down position by position. Yeah, I think that's a great broad slate overview. Obviously, Traylon Burks, like I said, pretty big news there from the commander's side because a lot of the ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership on the slate is going to go heavy to the commander's side.

But, I mean, you've still got Makai Lemon, Darius Cooper, who now did get priced up finally. Hollywood Round was kind of more involved than I would have thought in their last game there. He's $4,800. And then the Commanders, right. Antonio Williams, right in that Mackay Lemon, Darius Cooper range. So it's kind of a three headed monster in that mid-tier. Traylon Burks in there as well, right in that.

So if he does sit, obviously that does help Stephon Diggs and Williams. Dynamo Brown comes into play a little bit as well. McCaffrey, things like that. So yeah. Definitely pay attention to that, but let's jump right in and talk captains here. As the chat had alluded to, Jayden Daniels is going to be hard to really ignore from the captain's spot. I mean, he's going to be the highest on captain by a wide margin here, probably twenty five to thirty percent, maybe even higher.

But I mean he is showing right now as it stands at twenty six and a half percent um captain ownershipShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown here uh positive leverageLeverageLeverage is the edge you gain by rostering a play the field is underweight on, compared with how often it ends up in winning lineups. When that play outscores the popular option most lineups chose instead, you gain ground on those lineups, though the rest of your roster still decides where you finish.Look for leverage on players connected to the chalk, like the other side of a popular game or a teammate who can steal the popular player's touches.Read the full definition of Leverage in the captain's spot from an optimal standpoint um so I do think this is more of uh when you're playing Jayden Daniels look at kind of the common roster constructionRoster ConstructionRoster construction is how you organize a DFS lineup within its salary cap and roster rules. It includes where you spend or save, which positions you prioritize, and how your players fit together.Build two versions around your biggest spending decision, then compare every player who changes. Revisit the comparison when injury news changes the available value.Read the full definition of Roster Construction see how it is and how can you kind of navigate that a little bit differently than just basically saying hey I'm not playing Jayden Daniels you can definitely do that but just know what you're doing when you're doing that so um probably tap into Rashad White a little bit more.

Maybe you're tapping into Tanner McKee and the Eagles stuff a little bit more up in the top of the captain spot and saying, hey, Jayden Daniels kind of just has a floor game. And one of these ceilings, whether it's Makai Lemon, Cooper, Barkley, something like that, Goedert kind of pops on the Eagles side to really make it more of a middling build than kind of a stars and scrubsStars and ScrubsStars and scrubs is a DFS lineup structure where you spend heavily on several expensive players and fill other roster spots with low-salary players. The cheap players free up salary for the stars; they are not necessarily bad players.Compare the points you gain by upgrading to a star with the points you sacrifice at the cheap spot. Check whether both players still fit your lineup's scoring scenario.Read the full definition of Stars and Scrubs build with Jayden Daniels up top.

So how do you see the captain position overall? Yeah. I mean, I think you have to have some interest in there's our guy Hebrew. I think you have to have some, you know, love for Jayden Daniels tonight. But I'm with you. Like, I do think it's probably fair if you did want to fadeFadeTo fade a player is to leave him out of your lineups on purpose, usually because you expect him to be popular or you think he is a poor play.Fade with a reason, not a feeling. If you can't say why a popular player will disappoint, you're probably just giving away points.Read the full definition of Fade him. But man, he's the he's. For like the high price guys, Nades, like he's the only one I'm interested in.

I don't, I have zero interest in Saquon Barkley at $14,700 after what we saw last night. I just don't see a scenario where he can come out and give you seventy, seventy five percent of the snaps. I mean, he just looked like he could barely walk. I mean, my hamstring was hurting just watching him run. So it's Jayden Daniels up top for me. Then I just have a plethora of guys. I'm going to be peppering in the the captain spot tonight.

I think it was my Tyler Lemon that was on that one five on Monday night. He's $10,500. He's he's running basically ninety plus percent of the routes. Same thing with Darius Cooper at nine nine. He would be kind of number two for me. Lemon, I think, has a little bit more pop and juice than Cooper. So give me some lemon. Give me some Cooper.

And then if I'm going off the wall, not off the wall, but to two other Commanders that I have the most interest in would be right below them. Chigga Kongo. I don't love Chica Conco, the player names, but he ran ninety two percent of the snaps last time out against the Niners. And then Antonio Williams, he's a rookie. He's starting to pick it up a little bit. Had a very good first game of the season.

They kind of got slow, but had four for fifty in his last time out. But he ran the second most route of this commander's team. He's me playing a bunch and I don't really love any running backs. I'm interested to get your take on Rashad White and Tanner McKee. But to me, it's just tough click on both of those guys. Yeah. So I'll start with Barkley. Barkley is a really tough click for me.

I mean, I just they said he's going to be on a pitch count, whatever that means. We don't really know. But I will say this is probably going to be the lowest zone. We're going to see a guy like Saquon Barkley where we have seen the talent be there. I mean, we got him at about five percent of the captain optimal at about an eight percent rate. So there's some pretty high leverage, positive leverage there in that regard.

So I think that's kind of interesting because he if people are spending upSpending UpSpending up means choosing a higher-priced player over a cheaper alternative, using more of your lineup's salary budget at that spot. You may also hear it called paying up.Build a version with your preferred expensive player and another without. Before choosing, check whether either version relies on a cheap player whose expected role still depends on unresolved injury news.Read the full definition of Spending Up in that range, they're very competitive. Much more just going to click Jayden Daniels, right? For, for nine hundred dollars more than Saquon Barkley there. So if the game does flip, you could see that. I don't love it, but I'm just saying, I'm just stating it that he is interesting for being only right around five percent.

I mean, you're talking Tanner McKee's projected to be higher owned in the captain spot right now than Saquon Barkley which hard to argue with but I didn't want to call that out for me Jayden Daniels I'm going to play a ton of him up top it's just really hard to get away from him to be honest I'm seeing kind of the chalkChalkChalk is the most popular, highly owned play on a slate. The term comes from sports betting, where the favorite is called the chalk.Don't label chalk good or bad. Ask whether each popular play deserves its ownership, then decide which chalk you'll eat and which you'll fade.Read the full definition of Chalk construction right now before to Washington so maybe I lean more into like a two four build with Jaden up top say he spreads it out enough maybe a pass catcher maybe a kick or something like that in the flexFlex and UTILA standard NFL FLEX accepts a running back, wide receiver or tight end. In DraftKings NFL Showdown, FLEX instead means a regular-scoring slot alongside Captain, with broader eligibility that includes quarterbacks.Before lock, identify affordable replacements for your latest starter. An open FLEX or UTIL slot helps only if suitable unlocked players remain within your budget.Read the full definition of Flex and UTIL and then going for Eagles on the other side especially in those mid-tier range right where you do have Cooper you Do have Makai Lemon right in that kind of Antonio Williams range.

Stephon Diggs is priced way up there, so he's pretty expensive. So I do like that kind of two-four Jayden Daniels build up top. It's not going to be contrarianContrarianA contrarian play or lineup is one built around choices most of the field will not make, such as low-owned players, unpopular teams or an unusual salary structure.Pick one or two contrarian spots per lineup and ground each in a real reason. The rest of the roster can look like the field.Read the full definition of Contrarian by any means, but it's just really hard to get away from him. Rashad White is pretty tough for me here. He is going to be fairly chalky here, but, I mean, this dude just – I don't know.

I mean, his snap rate, like he played finally got he finally played seventy percent of the snaps last game, sixty the game before that. But I mean, this dude is averaging about seven carries a game like there is still Austin Eckler in there. There is still. Jeremy McNichols in there. I know those guys don't play a ton, but I don't know. What's your thoughts on Rashad White? Because I'm seeing him as the second highest ownedOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership captain behind Jayden Daniels.

And I think if I'm picking one guy to fade, it'd be Rashad White for me personally. Yeah, so the thing, you know what it is with Rashad White, right? He's a running back that's listed as a wide receiver. So if you're playing White, you're hoping he gets five, six, seven, eight catches, which he obviously can do. Supreme, supreme pass catcher. I don't like him in the captain spot, Nades. I don't mind him in the flex.

My captain pool tonight is going to be very, very condensed. Of really just the guys I just alluded to with Jayden Daniels, as you said, leading the way. And then I'm going to play those, I don't know what you call them, second-tier wide receivers, Lemon, Cooper, Okonkwo, Williams. And then I want to run somebody by you as well. I saw it in the chat. He played pretty well the other night in his first game for the Eagles.

He didn't play a lot, but Hollywood Brown, like how are you treating Hollywood Brown tonight? Not a captain for me. So I'll run through my captain pool here. My captain pool is Jayden Daniels, number one for me. Number two is probably going to be Tanner McKee just because I think it's – He looks pretty good on our stone here. He's on the opposite side of the chalk captain. So he'd probably be two for me. And then it's probably Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, excuse me, as three and four.

And then probably a little bit of Saquon just because I think this is a pretty good buy low spot on. A guy like Saquon with all the talk and snap count and things like that. I mean, we're showing like thirty percent overall ownership on a guy like Saquon Barkley, which I get it right. It's scary. They got Elijah Mitchell in there, Jada Blue, things like that. And Barkley look like dust. But on a on a one game show showdown slate here.

I think taking a shot on a guy like that who does still have a ceiling, I think, overall, would be kind of the distant guy, more so than going to a guy like Dallas Goedert or Chigokonwu with the tight ends up there. I'm more wide receivers and quarterbacks, personally, myself, tonight in the captain spot than I am running backs overall, and that includes Rashad White. That includes the Eagles guys as well. So it's kind of how I see the captain spot.

Any additional points from you there on that? Yeah, no, nothing else. I think we broke it down pretty good. Awesome. Jumping over to the flex here. Tanner McKee, eight, eight hundred in the flag, super cheap price point for him. I'm going to have a ton of him. Just I think he's competent enough here to at least move the ball a little bit. I mean, check downs to Goedert, get the ball into playmakers like McKay Lemon, who is a stud. So I do like McKee quite a bit.

Jane and Daniels, you've got to have – I mean, he's got the highest ceiling on the slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate, probably one of the highest floors, if not the highest floor on the slate as well, just with his rushing upside alone. So talk to me on how you see those quarterbacks, preference of one over the other, and then take us into the running back position as well. Yeah, I mean, obviously you've got to go J.D. I mean, I think J.D.

Is, you know, pretty solid play when it comes to captain and the flex. I think you're going to want him. I mean, after we saw – After we saw Tanner McKee on Monday night, Nades, I'm kind of scared. I don't even know who their backup is in this contest, but if it gets to be like it was the other night, could they potentially yank him and put in the backup? But he's going to fling it around. I know he could spin it at Stafford.

I guess my boy Joe Milton would be the backup. But I don't love Tanner McKee, but I guess it's okay. And then going into the running backs, man, I would like to – I just can't click Saquon Barkley name. I mean, he played fifteen percent of the snaps. And you're talking about a guy that you're going to have to invest $9,000 eight hundred dollars in. That's just tough for me. Can he break off a tough one? I mean, normal Saquon, yes.

But in this contest, I just don't know. I'm kind of scared to click that name. And then Rashad White would be more of a flex playFlex and UTILA standard NFL FLEX accepts a running back, wide receiver or tight end. In DraftKings NFL Showdown, FLEX instead means a regular-scoring slot alongside Captain, with broader eligibility that includes quarterbacks.Before lock, identify affordable replacements for your latest starter. An open FLEX or UTIL slot helps only if suitable unlocked players remain within your budget.Read the full definition of Flex and UTIL than a than a captain play for me. And then one guy that I do want to touch on, because I do like him, I don't like the price tag, is Elijah Mitchell. Elijah Mitchell was good, I'll call it, or okay, three or four years ago for the Niners.

You mentioned earlier, and I don't want to skip over it, but the Ron Payne is out for the Commanders, and he's a run stuffer. He's big time. Stopping that run. He's played, you know, seventy five percent of the snaps this season for this commander's team. He's out. So I do think the run game is is in play tonight. I just don't think it's with Saquon. I think it's with Elijah Mitchell not getting to any of those other Commanders running backs. I think you said what's his name?

Dusty Austin Eckler played like fifteen, twenty percent of the snaps. And then who's their third running back? McNichols, more of a pass-catching guy, third-down guy. Yeah, Jeremy McNichols, that's right, former Titans great Jeremy McNichols. Yeah, not getting there. So for me, yeah, no Saquon. I mean, single-entrySingle-EntryA single-entry contest allows each user exactly one lineup. It can be a cash game or a tournament.In single-entry, one or two contrarian decisions are usually enough. Pair a strong, popular core with a lower-owned piece instead of fading everything the field likes.Read the full definition of Single-Entry, three-entry maxThree-MaxA three-max contest lets each user enter up to three lineups. It is a small step up from single-entry.Give each of your three lineups a clear role. Make sure they differ in at least one major decision, like the main stack or the most expensive player.Read the full definition of Three-Max. I'm X-ing him out. Interested to get your take on that. I think you like him a little bit more than I do. Elijah Mitchell, maybe. And then, so Jaden Blue.

Like, Jaden Blue is going to be active tonight, it sounds like? Yeah, I think so. At least that's what I'm seeing. I mean, I think Barkley more hurt than people think that they're elevating this guy. But I mean, it's really gross, number one, from the Philly side. But with those Commanders D tackles out, especially if that other what's-his-face is questionable, it does sit.

I do think this report card, so to speak, in terms of the rush matchup and the DVPDefense vs Position (DvP)In NFL DFS, DvP groups production allowed to quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers or tight ends. Running back production includes rushing and receiving, while quarterback production can include rushing as well as passing.Before comparing ranks, check which end means the easiest matchup and whether the table reports totals, points per game or production per opportunity.Read the full definition of Defense vs Position, quote unquote, because Washington been really good against the run, but If they're missing both those D tackles, I mean, that's a big loss to the rush defense right there. That's two big guys that stop the run. So I would take the rush matchup, right? Obviously, Washington has been really good against the rush as it stands today.

But with those guys out, I do think that does open up a little bit of that's kind of why I have a little interest in a guy like Saquon Barkley here. I'll talk about that in a little bit, but I do want to jump over and talk to quarterbacks. Jayden Daniels, very hard to get away from. I mean, the dude's got a thirty six and a half point, thirty six and a half yard rushing prop. You look at Rashad White, Rashad White's at forty and a half.

And Rashad White's going to be one of the highest on guys on the slate. I think if I'm playing Rashad White, I'm playing him up top and hoping he's getting two touchdowns. Then playing him in the flex at that price point personally is kind of how I see it. Could be wrong. Who knows? But at eight game, the flex. I'd rather have these wide receivers guys like lemon Cooper digs.

I'd rather find a thousand dollars and get up to a guy like digs who can just PPR his way there or just drop down and play a guy like Austin Eckler at $3,000 who's involved. He can catch passes. He's shifty. He can make guys miss even in his current state of his game. Or McNichols on the same team. So Rashad White, for me, is captain or bust. I don't really love him. He's the kind of guy that I'm selling on.

And he's going to be, I mean, we got him at about forty five percent of the flex and about fifteen percent up top. So you're talking about sixty percent total ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership on a guy like Rashad White, who's got four yard difference rushing prop from his own quarterback and Jada Daniels. So that's – and he's plus money to score, right? So that's the guy that I'm kind of selling on the most in this spot.

Looking at Saquon Barkley from a props standpoint here – He's got a forty four and a half rushing prop. So again, not great. I think if I'm playing Saquon Barkley, I'm playing him up top or nothing as well. Right. And just getting his five percent captain ownershipShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown and playing him for a ceiling that maybe they on the limited pitch count. Right. Limited snaps. They throw them out there. I think last week. Right. They threw him out when they got inside like the ten.

Right. And tried to get him. That's when they got him. I believe they got him as a touchdown, right, inside the ten or something like that. He really wasn't out there much. So if you see something like that and they kind of just feed their guy in Barkley in the red zone, something like that, I'd rather just play him up top.

So for me, the two main starting running backs, Rashad White and Saquon Barkley, it's captain or bust for me is kind of how I see it. I don't love them. Elijah Mitchell feels expensive to me, but if – If Barkley is truly on a pitch count like it seems like he is, I mean, he's the next guy up. He's the next guy, right?

I mean, in terms of do you have – obviously we only have one game Sample here in terms of Elijah Mitchell, but do you have – his rushing. Like, I mean, yeah, I mean, he, he wasn't even going to play in that game the other night. They were just getting beat so bad and Saquon got hurt. And your boy went on, uh, got hurt as well. So he got in at the end of the game and they were like rushing the ball.

So, I mean, do I have what is rushing yards or is snap counts or what? I got it all. Yeah, no, just like his snap counts and stuff. I mean, six to eight hundred feels pretty gross. Yeah, he played twenty percent of the snaps last week and that was literally all in the fourth quarter, like mop up duty. So I don't even think you can like. He's got twenty nine. I mean, he's got a twenty nine and a half rushing yard prop at $6,800.

Yeah, that's super high. What if you faded all the running backs? Ideally, I mean, that's not going to be a super contrarianContrarianA contrarian play or lineup is one built around choices most of the field will not make, such as low-owned players, unpopular teams or an unusual salary structure.Pick one or two contrarian spots per lineup and ground each in a real reason. The rest of the roster can look like the field.Read the full definition of Contrarian take, but Rashad White is a contrarian take for sure. I mean, the dude's going to be sixty percent overall ownership. So overall, I'm kind of with you in terms of running backs. I mean, all things considered, it's probably Austin Eckler is my favorite guy overall from all six of these running backs in general. And then probably.

Just because, I mean, it feels really, really gross that Jadon Blue is $5,800. This dude's been passed around like I mean, like some at a party. Right. Like and he's $5,800 on this team. It's not a great matchup overall. I know those D tackles, like I said. So, yeah, I mean, running backs is really gross in the slate. Eckler $3,000. But how much is he going to play with the spread indicating that Manders should control this game?

Right. So. I mean, I think we busted up the running backs pretty good. Say all things. The props are terrible on all these guys. And they are going to get played. I mean, Elijah Mitchell is going to be right around fifteen percent to twenty percent ownership. Barkley is going to get his thirty to thirty five. Rashad White, sixty percent, like I said. So that is a contrarian take. If you just kind of.

Be under on all the running backs, if not fadeFadeTo fade a player is to leave him out of your lineups on purpose, usually because you expect him to be popular or you think he is a poor play.Fade with a reason, not a feeling. If you can't say why a popular player will disappoint, you're probably just giving away points.Read the full definition of Fade them and just go into the passing games on both sides. I mean, I don't think it's the, it's the craziest. Both these teams are at almost a seventy thirty split in terms of pass runner anyways. Right. So what any additional thoughts from the. Yeah, nothing else to add there. Drake May with a rushing touchdown that does help our guy Rio with no remandre. So that is good there.

I do like to see that as we're still sweating it out. He's still got about a fourteen point lead over Malik Washington there. So hopefully that third quarter trickles down like like it's about to. And we see Malik Washington just take a seat and let our guy get home to the finish line there. But wide receivers, right? We talked about being under on the running backs here. Wide receivers, Makai Lemon, Darius Cooper, the two main guys for the Eagles with all the injuries that they have.

Commanders do get Stephon Diggs back. He is $9,000 in the flexFlex and UTILA standard NFL FLEX accepts a running back, wide receiver or tight end. In DraftKings NFL Showdown, FLEX instead means a regular-scoring slot alongside Captain, with broader eligibility that includes quarterbacks.Before lock, identify affordable replacements for your latest starter. An open FLEX or UTIL slot helps only if suitable unlocked players remain within your budget.Read the full definition of Flex and UTIL, um, pretty hefty price point to pay there. Um, but I think there is, um, some value to play. Obviously we've got guys like Eli Stowers, um, so not might come into play as well. So there is ways to get him, um, at $9,000, but talk about this wide receiver position. Really it's Makai Lemon Cooper and Antonio Williams are the three guys that I'm looking at.

Deami Brown would be kind of the contrarianContrarianA contrarian play or lineup is one built around choices most of the field will not make, such as low-owned players, unpopular teams or an unusual salary structure.Pick one or two contrarian spots per lineup and ground each in a real reason. The rest of the roster can look like the field.Read the full definition of Contrarian guy, especially in Jayden Daniels. Like you could go like a Jayden Daniels, uh, Diami Brown, um, kicker or something like that. Right. And do like a Jaden plus one. And it's a guy that it's not a dig. It's not Antonio Williams. It's not Chig. How many teams are going to look like that? Right.

So that's just one easy variation that you could do with, with Jayden Daniels up top to get a little different, but talk about this wide receiver room. Yeah. While receivers interested to me, let's just go, I'll go team, you know, team by team, but it's lemon and Cooper for me on the Eagles side, they kind of lead the, lead the way for me. And the reason is, is that they're going to be playing from behind.

You would suspect they both ran ninety percent of the routes last week and at $7,000 and $6,600. I think they can pay off that tag. So it's limited. Cooper are my two favorite ones for the Eagles. I do think like if you're getting up to, say, ten plus teams that Hollywood Brown comes into play. Um, it was his, I think it was his second game of the season that he played for the Eagles.

He didn't play a whole lot of, uh, snaps, but he did get five targets. So maybe they're easing him back in. He's a home run threat or been a home run threat over his career. Obviously he's getting older, but he's $4,800 bucks. Maybe he gets some more routes tonight. So give me some Hollywood Brown and I would probably cut it off there as far as Eagles. Receivers go.

Nate, it's interesting to get your take on this commander wide receiver room, but there's so many dudes they have. And I think you're right that that Traylon Burks news is going to be important. But if I had to, let's just say pick one, it's going to be the rookie out of Clemson. Antonio Williams, I mentioned him earlier, played about seventy eight percent of the snaps last week, got four targets, turned those into fifty yards. He's a home run hitter.

So give me some Antonio Williams as a price savings off Stefan Diggs. Now, Stefan Diggs, he scored how many touchdowns has he scored this year? I feel like it's a bunch, but it looks like he scored four touchdowns this year. But Stefan just gets it done. He's a part time player, though, Nate. He's going to play fifty, sixty percent of the snaps. And at $9,000, I don't think I'm going to be paying $9,000 for Stefan Diggs at that price.

And then I'm out on Trelon today, just hurt and too many question marks. I do like your Deami Brown call, but that's more of like a twenty plus type play for me. So it's Antonio Williams, Lemon and Cooper are my three favorite receivers on the slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate. Yeah, I do like that. I like those three a ton. Obviously, Stefan Diggs is good, but I probably at his price point, probably rather play him up top, to be honest, as well.

I guess in Jaden, like if you guys go Jaden, Stefan Diggs and then get all your value, the mid tier and value from the ego side with guys like Lemon, Cooper, Stowers, Goedert, something like that. Throwing a defense and a kicker or something like that, I do think is interesting there. And just say Diggs gets there on PPR and doesn't score, doesn't kind of get two touchdowns and just break the slate that way.

I do want to talk about Elijah Moore and Hollywood Brown. Hollywood Brown played fifty five percent of the snaps last week. Elijah Moore played thirty three percent of the snaps. Elijah Moore's $2,800. Hollywood Browns $4,800. Right. I think those both both like like you said, right, are fairly interesting flex plays. Hollywood's getting the ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership and you can save $2,000 with a guy like Elijah Moore. I mean, they're pretty similar in terms of plays overall.

Do you have a difference between those guys? I mean, from a prop standpoint. Elijah Moore doesn't even have a receiving prop, whereas Hollywood Brown has a twenty two and a half reception prop. So probably he probably just rather go with him. But Elijah Moore could get some play in this game for sure. Yeah, not for me, Nades. I'm going to go to Elijah Moore's name up in Sabre, and there's a little X next to his name, a little checkbox.

I'm going to hit that checkbox and make sure he's not on any of my teams. I wouldn't click Elijah Moore's name tonight, personally. Fair enough. Let's jump over to the tight end position here. Dallas Goedert leads the slate. Then Chiego Kangwu, a thousand dollars less than him, not far behind, but he's going to be about half the ownership of a guy like Dallas Goedert. Goedert has been one of the main targets, if not the main target overall for McKee.

But you should see McKee have at least a little bit of time to throw here tonight, especially if that other guy, the questionable dude for the Commanders is out as well. They're already short on the D-line as it stands already. So talk to me how you see these tight ends. Chig looks really good to me, I think. I think he's really interesting. A little different way to play, especially when I'm off the running backs.

And a guy like Rashad White, you could see kind of Chig, a big athletic dude, kind of bust one. So I do like him. Goedert's hard to get away from. And then Eli Stowers, I think, is really interesting at – Eight hundred dollars on this slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate. He played eighteen for only eighteen percent of snaps last week. But I mean, this dude has talent. I do like this dude quite a bit. He did get a target as well.

Ran only nine routes, but he did get targeted on one of those nine. So if that does come up a little bit, especially if they have dusty ass Elijah Moore and Hollywood Brown, these old heads kind of take the shelf a little bit more. I mean. Stowers is messing with, I mean, Calcantara, who has shown success at times. But, I mean, I think Stowers is really interesting here on the slate at eight hundred bucks.

But how do you see this tight end position? Yeah, it's it's I'm lower on Goedert. Like Goedert is just so dusty right now. I feel like without Jalen Hurd. So I kind of be lower on him. I do like I'm with you. I'm in on a Congo. He's so cheap tonight. Over on FanDuel, especially super cheap over there. And he's only $6,400 on DraftKings. So I like him there as well.

Like I said, played ninety plus or ran a route on ninety plus percent of the snaps last week. So give me some chig. And I love your call on Stowers. He is the second round rookie out of Vanderbilt. They I think it was his first game active last week. Hey, he's only going to continue to keep going up. And like you said, he's a young dude. They want to see what they got with him. Maybe they feature him a little bit more.

I think you said twenty five percent of the snaps. Maybe that goes up to fifty. He was a difference maker in college last year, and that's why they drafted him so high. So I don't know if you need it, though, tonight, Nate. It's like I was building some teams as we've been on the show. And it's just like, do you need to go down to the eight hundred dollar guy?

I don't I don't know if you do, but if you do, I think Stowers is kind of the bargain basement where we're going to want to go. Yeah, I mean, people don't really want to go.

I'm kind of leaning more into like four, two builds with a commander up top and four Eagles just because, I mean, you're seeing such heavy ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership on four, two Commanders, three, three Commanders heavy that, I mean, a guy like eight hundred dollars when the spread would indicate they have to throw Barkley dust, Elijah Mitchell and Jadon Blue. We're talking about how dusty that running back trio. I mean, that could be one of the dustiest running back trios we have in the league.

Right. Jadon Blue couldn't make a team. Elijah Mitchell has been passed around the league. Saquon Barkley has had sixty five injuries in eight weeks or whatever, seven weeks. You couldn't see them just have to drop back and chuck it. And they've shown that they're fine having Tanner McKee just drop back and chuck it as much. He should have time to throw. So guys like Stower, I just think there's opportunities there in eight hundred bucks. Like if he I mean. Clicking Hollywood Brown.

I mean, you could easily leave four grand on the table. Just go from Hollywood Brown to Elijah Stowers, right? Something like that. So I know you probably don't need the salary savings, but especially in like maybe a Stefan Diggs captain team where he feels kind of expensive at $9,000, $13,500 or Jadon Daniels team up there. I mean, I think it just gets you on a different roster constructionRoster ConstructionRoster construction is how you organize a DFS lineup within its salary cap and roster rules. It includes where you spend or save, which positions you prioritize, and how your players fit together.Build two versions around your biggest spending decision, then compare every player who changes. Revisit the comparison when injury news changes the available value.Read the full definition of Roster Construction. So I do have interest. I know you probably don't need it.

Right. There's not all the studs. There's not the CD Lambs, the Javonte's. The pickings, the Dax of the world, right? We're trying to play four of the top six price guys in the slate. That's not the same slate here. So I do think he's kind of contrarianContrarianA contrarian play or lineup is one built around choices most of the field will not make, such as low-owned players, unpopular teams or an unusual salary structure.Pick one or two contrarian spots per lineup and ground each in a real reason. The rest of the roster can look like the field.Read the full definition of Contrarian just because even though you don't need it, I think that's a time when you can get away with a play like that, especially in a game like this where there's a lot of unknowns.

So he is one guy that I'm pretty interested in overall. Chig would be there as well. And I'm with you. I'm kind of Goedert just feels like the guy right in this offense that the name recognition alone, everyone sees the targets. Right. And yeah, I mean, I don't know, like he's kind of a catch and fall on it, dude. Right. At this point, like Dallas Goedert, I mean, $7,400 in the flexFlex and UTILA standard NFL FLEX accepts a running back, wide receiver or tight end. In DraftKings NFL Showdown, FLEX instead means a regular-scoring slot alongside Captain, with broader eligibility that includes quarterbacks.Before lock, identify affordable replacements for your latest starter. An open FLEX or UTIL slot helps only if suitable unlocked players remain within your budget.Read the full definition of Flex and UTIL. $11,100 up top. I don't know.

Like if it's the Dallas Goedert game, it's probably better up top. Right. Like it's kind of how I see it. But any any additional thoughts before we jump over and talk special teams here? No, I don't think so. I think you're not going to play more than one tight end. I would probably play one or the other, but probably not both. All right, kickers and defenses here. We got Jake Elliott, $5,000 as an underdog. You got Drew Stevens, $4,600 as the favorite here.

I'm going to be a pretty big delta between Elliott and Stevens with the nod going to Drew Stevens in terms of ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership, obviously, which makes sense. Four and a half point favorite here from Stevens. He is also cheaper. Yep. Eagles defense at $3,800 and Commanders at $4,000. Kind of land you in those wide receiver threes and fours range and those backup running backs range.

So how do you price up the defenses and the kickers in retrospect to this slateSlateA slate in DFS is the set of games, races, fights or tournament rounds covered by a contest. It determines which events your player selections can come from and which performances count toward your score.Before building, open the contest details and check the included events, scoring period and lock rules. Do not assume two sites offer identical slates just because both call them the main slate.Read the full definition of Slate overall? Yeah, it's kind of crazy. It's like this Eagles defense on paper is pretty good, but they've just been Swiss cheese recently. Hold on. Pat's D with the pick, baby. Let's go. Let's go, Rio. Tiger Ball, as you just said, is ninety one point three on the latest update. That was before the pick, too. Let's go. That's huge. That's fucking huge right there. Thirteen minutes. Just run the fucking ball.

Drain this clock. Let's go. Let's do it. But go ahead, special teams. Yeah, yeah. So, I mean, man, if there was ever a time, like rally around your fallen soldier, rally around the guy with his hamstring falling off the bone, Jalen Carter, and just step up one time, $3,800. I like this Eagles defense a little bit. Like if you're going to, if you're obviously going to, you know, I would say fade the Jayden Daniels captain.

I think the Eagles defense at thirty hundred is very appealing. This commander's team. I don't love it. And the reason I don't love it is because they're two big dogs in the interior pain and Ken law are both going to miss this game. So I don't love the pressure that they're going to get. So I'm kind of out on him. And then I'm out on the kicker as well, Jake Elliott. I'm out on him anyway. What's his face?

The coach just refuses to kick field goals unless it's like at the end of the half. So give me this dude I've never heard of, Drew Stephens. Looks like an accountant. Named like an accountant. Probably should be an accountant in about four years. I would take some Drew Stephens in at $4,600 bucks. Yeah, so I I'm leading special teams on the commander side overall. I don't like Jake Elliott at all like you alluded to. I'm just not a big Jake Elliott guy.

Personally, I think in this spot I just feel like. They're going to go for it more overall. Stevens looks really good to me. $4,600. He's a really good play. And then commander's defense at $4,000, I think, is actually kind of interesting. They're going to be fairly chalkyChalkChalk is the most popular, highly owned play on a slate. The term comes from sports betting, where the favorite is called the chalk.Don't label chalk good or bad. Ask whether each popular play deserves its ownership, then decide which chalk you'll eat and which you'll fade.Read the full definition of Chalk. But maybe you play a Jayden Daniels captain with commander's defense and no other skill players at all.

Right and then go into the Eagles guys right lemon cooper mckee um Stowers something like that uh I mean they're a $4,000 against uh Eagles team that has injuries everywhere right I mean their injury list looks like a scroll um overall so you could see it but I mean, anytime a defense is super chalky and showdownShowdown (Captain and MVP)NFL Showdown lets you select players from one football game, including eligible quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, kickers and team defenses. Your Captain or MVP receives the contest's scoring multiplier.Compare complete lineups with different players in the multiplier slot. Leaving salary unused can reduce duplication, but do not sacrifice meaningful scoring potential just to make your lineup unusual.Read the full definition of Showdown, it feels gross, but we like this game to kind of be a gross game in general. Um, $4,000 is pretty interesting.

I know they're pretty beat up with the D D line, but their secondary is still intact. We expect Tanner McKee to be dropping back throwing. We don't really love their running game anyways from the Eagles side. So there's opportunities to be there for K. Um, Nothing crazy. I mean, just take the twenty percent Jake Elliott ownership and add in added to Commanders. And there you go. Right. That's your leverageLeverageLeverage is the edge you gain by rostering a play the field is underweight on, compared with how often it ends up in winning lineups. When that play outscores the popular option most lineups chose instead, you gain ground on those lineups, though the rest of your roster still decides where you finish.Look for leverage on players connected to the chalk, like the other side of a popular game or a teammate who can steal the popular player's touches.Read the full definition of Leverage there. So any any additional thoughts from the special teams? No, nothing else.

And Burks, is that official? Yeah, he is active. So Traylon Burks, let's circle back. Traylon Burks. $5,400. I think that takes I mean, it hurts. Definitely hurts. Deami Brown a little bit and Antonio Williams. But I mean. I think Antonio Williams is still a really good play in general, and if anything, it just lowers his ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership a little bit more.

I still have some interest in Deami Brown as a punt guy, but it does definitely make it a little bit worse. How do you see that Traylon Burks news? Yeah, De'Ami, I think you could probably take him out of the pool now in single entrySingle-EntryA single-entry contest allows each user exactly one lineup. It can be a cash game or a tournament.In single-entry, one or two contrarian decisions are usually enough. Pair a strong, popular core with a lower-owned piece instead of fading everything the field likes.Read the full definition of Single-Entry and three entry maxThree-MaxA three-max contest lets each user enter up to three lineups. It is a small step up from single-entry.Give each of your three lineups a clear role. Make sure they differ in at least one major decision, like the main stack or the most expensive player.Read the full definition of Three-Max. He's like a part-time player. He had a super bad first half against San Fran and then in a trailing game scriptGame ScriptGame script is how a game's score and time remaining influence its pace, play choices and player opportunities. In football, teams protecting a lead often run more, while teams chasing a deficit often pass more.Before locking a lineup, ask who keeps playing if your expected script reverses. Check passing-down roles and backup rotations instead of assuming a team's leading rusher handles every situation.Read the full definition of Game Script where they had to throw it every time.

That's where he got his yards last game, so... Him being dinged up, Nades, I'm going to be out on Traylon. I still like Antonio Williams. I still like Stephon Diggs better than Traylon. He would be my fourth pass catcher for the Commanders behind Okonkwo as well. Yeah, so Burks didn't practice Thursday. He was limited on Wednesday and then practiced – On Friday. It is a foot injury. I mean, yeah. I don't think it's...

I don't think it's the worst play in the world, but I still prefer Antonio Williams straight up personally myself for the eight hundred dollars. It's kind of or I prefer Chig for two hundred dollars more or excuse me, a thousand dollars more on the same team or just going to these. I mean, probably even probably saving these the six hundred bucks and going to a guy like Hollywood Brown, to be honest, in a much more in a script where.

The Eagles probably have to pass a lot more. I mean, Burks is at a twenty two and a half receiving yard prop. Yeah, it's not very good. So it doesn't move the needle too much. It's just if anything, it just makes it more of a I'd rather spread out on the ego side and kind of lean more into the two, four commander stuff. Adding another Dave into the, in the fold here with the Commanders.

But any, any final thoughts from you here as I go ahead and pull our guy Rio up on the screen, still sitting in that big first place for one million dollars. No, we're fading an ADR Malik Washington catch and catch run and score. So, Hey, anything's possible, right? It's raining there and Miami's going to be throwing it for the last twelve minutes. So hopefully you don't see number six. They're running the ball for some unknown reason.

Hope you don't see number six shrieking on the sideline with the ball in his hand. Go Rio gets the I mean he's pretty damn live to to ship it all here. So just absolutely. Absolutely amazing stuff for him. I mean we gotta Malik Willis about to throw a pick six here hopefully to really seal the deal and send our guy cheetah to to the promised land so. Um, just a huge shout out to our guy Rio again, DFSOS.com.

If you're not a member, use that code, ship it, get in there, check it out. The sweat station, which is coming probably next week live for every sport, um, is absolutely incredible. We, we showed it on earlier in the screen as well. Um, this is an old screenshot here, but, um, really just gives you a, gives you a great place to sweat it out.

We'll be debuting it and showing it off on the, on the show going forward, but ham play of the day before we get out of here. Play of the day is the Rook, Makai Lemon. Awesome. Makai Lemon. And the easiest fade of the day is Saquon Barkley. Saquon Barkley. I mean, he's not really even going to get played, to be honest. Okay. I mean, that's a fade. But, yeah, I mean, he's really not going to. He was offsides. Josh just said he was offsides.

Yeah. My fade of the day is going to be Rashad White. That's a guy that I'm going to die on the hill. I'm going to fade Rashad White. I may at least be under on him for sure. So if I ship with Rashad White, don't come at me. But I'm not going to be playing him into a sixty percent ownershipOwnershipOwnership is the percentage of lineups in a contest that include a given player. Projected ownership is an estimate made before lock; actual ownership is posted once the contest locks.Ownership isn't something to avoid; it's something to build around. The goal is understanding how the field is likely to build, then finding your edge relative to that.Read the full definition of Ownership combined. I'll probably be half the field at most of that. And then my.

My play is going to be Antonio Williams on the other side, on the Commanders. I love this spot for Antonio Williams. Traylon Burks should at least hold Antonio Williams ownership in check a little bit. So we're on the passing game overall. We're fading the running game here on both sides, and that's going to do it. Good luck to our guy Rio as he closes out. It's looking pretty damn promising overall. So huge congrats to him. I know that dude busts his ass.

Really good dude. He's awesome. Just nobody works harder than him. All sports, NBA, NFL, just full-time pro. Multi-enteringMulti-EntryMulti-entry means entering more than one lineup into the same contest. A contest's entry limit, such as 3, 20 or 150, sets how many lineups one user can submit.Set your total spend for the slate first, then divide it into entries. Multi-entry should spread a fixed budget across more outcomes, not raise how much you put at risk.Read the full definition of Multi-Entry all these contests and just really, really solid process in general. So just builds really good teams. Congrats to Rio. And, yeah, let's have a night here. I know this game is gross, but there's still quarter million up top. There's still $20,000 up top in the twenty dollar or in the three dollar twenty maxTwenty-MaxA twenty-max contest lets each user enter up to 20 lineups. It sits between small-field formats like three-max and the largest 150-entry tournaments.Plan all 20 lineups before building any of them. Decide your stacks and exposure limits first, so the set works as a portfolio rather than 20 separate guesses.Read the full definition of Twenty-Max. So I think we should have a have a fun night ahead of us.

Ham for him. I'm Nades. Good luck tonight in those contests. Hope to see those Ship It Nation logos at the top for real. We're out of here. Peace.