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 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

Some notes on Captain exposures and edges:

The highest positive edge belongs to Omarion Hampton at +5.12% The lowest edge goes to Ladd McConkey at -5.87% What a pretty distribution

This is very much indicative of "play whoever you want". The vast majority of Captains on this slate are within range of neutral edge offered except for Hampton, McConk...