NFL Opening Day DraftKings Showdown
- Reeky Fontaine
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min read
The changing DFS and fantasy football landscape is shifting toward single-game contests. At DraftKings, the biggest is their Showdown Captain Mode format. The format blends the ease of focusing on a single game with the ability to differentiate yourself from the competition by choosing a total of six players.The biggest wrinkle of the format is the ability to choose one captain, who costs and is scored at 1.5 times the standard values. The CPT designation opens up another layer of strategy while exponentially increasing the number of possible lineup combinations, which is important for reducing duplicate winners and split prizes.This season I’m going to analyze all of the NFL’s “island” games (TNF, and MNF) and playoff matchups.
