Rams vs Commanders DraftKings Showdown Breakdown Week 9

Rams at Commanders is a Week 9 Sunday showdown, a projected 48 point game at Northwest Stadium with the Rams favored by 4.5. Below is the game type, the captain pool, the full FTA projection board for the DraftKings showdown, the captain leverage board, the optimal lineup against the ownership capped build, and the low owned screen.

Los Angeles Rams at Washington Commanders kicks off on Sunday November 8 at 1:00 PM Eastern at Northwest Stadium, and it is a one game slate. Below is the full FTA projection board for the DraftKings showdown, the optimal lineup, the captain leverage board and the low owned screen, with every number taken from the same simulation set that feeds our tools.

48.5Projected total
Rams by 4.5Spread
201%Optimal ownership
27Players with projections
Injury note. The Rams are without Matthew Caldwell and Terrance Ferguson. The Commanders are without Treylon Burks. Colby Parkinson and Jordan Whittington are listed questionable or doubtful, so check them before you build.

Game type: Lean favorite, standard total

The Rams are favored but not by much. The field will tilt toward Rams captains without fully abandoning the Commanders.

How to build it: Make most captains Rams, keep a meaningful share on the Commanders, and always bring back at least one player from the other side.

What the slate shape says before you look at a single player

Our simulations put this game at 48.5 total points, with the Rams at 26.8 and the Commanders at 21.7, a spread of about 5 points. The Rams are the side the field will lean on, but this is not a blowout on paper, and the Commanders are very much alive.

Even so, do not build only one side. Our study of 163 showdown slates found the perfect lineup took players from both sides in almost every slate, with a three to three or four to two split accounting for the clear majority. Building entirely on one team is the single most common way to lose a showdown you had right.

The top of the DraftKings board

Puka NacuaLA WR24.08$11,800
Jayden DanielsWAS QB19.82$10,000
Kyren WilliamsLA RB17.57$10,600
Matthew StaffordLA QB17.14$10,200
Antonio WilliamsWAS WR12.27$6,600
Rachaad WhiteWAS RB12.26$8,000
Stefon DiggsWAS WR12.24$8,600
Blake CorumLA RB10.46$7,600

The eight highest projections on the slate. The full board of 27 players, the value board, the captain leverage board and the optimal lineup are below for FTA+ members.

The rest of this breakdown is in FTA+. Members get the complete 27 player projection board, the value board, the captain leverage board ranked by ceiling over ownership, the optimal lineup with its total projected ownership, the same build under an ownership cap, and the low owned screen. See what FTA+ includes.

That is the free preview

You are seeing the top projections on this single game slate. The full player board, the value board, the captain and MVP leverage board, the optimal lineup with its projected ownership and the low owned screen are in FTA+.

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