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🎙 MNF Week 9 DraftKings Showdown Captain Lineups: Bills at Vikings | Sports Analytics - Dataspheres AI

MNF Week 9 DraftKings Showdown Captain Lineups: Bills at Vikings (10 min), with captions The story DraftKings' $1.25 million Monday Night Showdown for Week...

MNF Week 9 DraftKings Showdown Captain Lineups: Bills at Vikings (10 min), with captions The story DraftKings' $1.25 million Monday Night Showdown for Week 9's Bills at Vikings costs $20 to enter and takes up to 73,529 entries, with $300,000 to first place. Kickoff is 8:15 PM Eastern at U.S. Bank Stadium, airing on ESPN and ABC. The contest requires a Captain and five FLEX players under a $50,000 salary cap, with at least one player from each team. Buffalo is a 3-point favorite with a total of 44.5, implying about 23.75 points for the Bills and 20.75 for the Vikings. Buffalo scores 33.3 points per game, the most in the NFL, and has scored at least 24 in all seven games. Minnesota scores 20.0 and allows 13.3 points per game, the fewest in the NFL, and has allowed 8 touchdowns all season. Minnesota ruled out starting quarterback Kyler Murray with a hamstring strain on November 7, but he remains priced at $9,400. Carson Wentz quarterbacks the Vikings at $9,000; the last time he took every snap, Minnesota won 9-3 at Chicago in Week 2. Inactives land at 6:45 PM Eastern, 90 minutes before kickoff. Josh Allen is the most expensive player at $11,400, or $17,100 as Captain, averaging 28.5 DraftKings points per game with 18 touchdowns in seven games. James Cook III is $10,400 ($15,600 Captain) with 707 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns, and Justin Jefferson is $9,800 ($14,700 Captain) with 335 yards in six games. Will Reichard has scored 64 of Minnesota's 140 points on 18 field goals and 10 extra points. Three sample lineups were built: a SAFE build at $48,700 with Captain Josh Allen, a MID build at $49,800 with Captain James Cook III, and a HIGH RISK build at $49,700 with Captain Will Reichard. Each includes a mix of Buffalo and Minnesota players, and none holds an out or questionable player. Dion Dawkins (rib) and Alec Anderson (ankle) are questionable and not on the DraftKings board. The analysis notes that Minnesota has 109 first downs, fewer than any other team, and has scored 3 rushing touchdowns all season, fewer than any other team. Buffalo has 16 rushing touchdowns, 9 of them by its quarterback. The bold call is that the Captain who wins the $300,000 never crosses the goal line. Highlights Highlight In pictures Listen The episode as audio