
The position was the victorious Captain play in half of the 20 contests in that sample, with tight ends pushing pass catchers up by one additional victory. If we ignore the game total and instead focus on spreads between 6.0 and 7.0, we see that wide receivers have also dominated the Captain role in games fitting that mold. Wide receivers won the day in four of the seven contests that started the night with a point spread within one of the 6.5 line in this contest.

The position remains critical in the Flex spots and should be included in virtually every construction, based on our small sample polling. Rostering quarterbacks at Captain continues to trail the curve more than one may expect, though the obvious high post-multiplier salaries help explain why. The running back position picked up a few wins to get to nine total in the sample, but that count is short of the other skill players by a fair margin. Tight end Captain plays picked up an additional three victories, with wide receivers extending to 12, for a total of 16 victories by pass catchers. Once again, the historical information leans in favor of receivers as the primary Captain play.Įxpanding the pool by a point on either side (47.5 to 51.5) stretches the sample to 31 contests but does not add any lineups that were successful without a quarterback. Eight of the 17 winning Captain plays were wide receivers, with a lone tight end Captain making it nine victories for pass catchers, with running backs picking up just six. Five of the 17 lineups featured both quarterbacks in one of the available roles. That lineup featured a 3-3 construction with a team defense at the Captain spot. Only eight winning lineups included at least one defense and one kicker, while one person won a tournament with two defenses and a kicker in 2019.Īmong 17 contests in our pool that saw a game total between 48.5 and 50.5, we see just one lineup that was victorious without at least one of the game’s two quarterbacks.Twenty-nine winning lineups featured at least one kicker, but only two of those included both.Thirty-five of 95 winning lineups featured at least one defense, but only two of those featured both defenses.Of the 38 times that a wide receiver or tight end was in the winning Captain position, only three of those builds did not include at least one quarterback in a Flex position.Across the same sample, wide receivers and running backs split the outcomes evenly, with 33 tournament-winning events each.According to tracking data for DraftKings Showdown contests over 20, only 17 of 95 slates were won with a quarterback Captain.


A quick summary of that previous content: Quality lineup construction is always the focus, but historical results can help inform some basic decisions in a pricing and ownership vacuum. It is important to not get too focused on results-based thinking in such a small sample.

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