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Favorite Captains for Packers vs. Patriots
These are the main players I'll look to build lineups around in the captain spot on DraftKings (with captain pricing of 1.5x more). It's worth noting that I will use others aside from these as well, but much of it comes down to how the construction of lineups works out.
– Aaron Rodgers ($17,400)
– Tom Brady ($17,100)
– Julian Edelman ($13,200)
– Josh Gordon ($11,100)
– Jimmy Graham ($9,000)
– Aaron Jones ($8,100)
Favorite expensive captains: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers
Top value-saving captain: Aaron Jones
The upside of both Rodgers and Brady in this spot makes it tough to not build multiple lineups which feature them paired up. Unfortunately, using both players together with one in the captain spot makes building the rest of your lineup somewhat tough. With that said, I would recommend doing it once or twice if entering multiple lineups.
A key with choosing captains is trying to not only use it as a way to maximize points but also to be somewhat different. In turn, most people are going to use a mid-priced option to fit Brady/Rodgers, so finding a way to get one in the captain spot could be ideal for 150-max games on this slate.
The Patriots are worse statistically against quarterbacks this year, but Brady has been on fire at home as of late (more on that later). In turn, I'm fine using either quarterback in the top spot this week. There are enough low-priced options to make it so that you can fit one of the expensive names as a captain on Sunday.
Let's break down the top optimal lineup for this showdown slate first and then move to the 150-max and single entry lineups.