Welcome to this edition of the NFL DFS Showdown SZN breakdown. The aim of this post is to look at the best players to build around and constructions to focus on for the night's NFL DFS showdown contests on Draftkings. We run the new Showdown Contest simulations to see what differences we can find in projected ownership and likely exposure. Likewise, we take into account the whole lineup's projection and ownership. For conversation and game theory on the charts with updated ownership distributions as well as the top ownership lineups, jump in the Paydirt discord! Free with this link: https://discord.gg/mQ6u5dfawF Captain ownership distributions

I am going to put a disclaimer before every piece of this article: I think this Showdown is bad, if you are not willing to make lineups that feel awful, you should skip it and play NHL instead. The highest positive edge captains here are going to be Devaughn Vele and Slake Groupe. They both offer just over a +5% edge at the slot and are cheap en...