DraftKings contributors Geoff Ulrich and Pearce Dietrich join The Sweat in giving their favorite DraftKings captain games for the Chargers against the Broncos on Monday Night Football.
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Geoff Ulrich
Courtland Sutton — an elite 28% share against the Chargers defense that gave up 246 yards and a slew of touchdowns to Davis Mills, made Jacoby Brissett look good late in the game — they’ll be giving up yards here. And I think Sutton coming up against that secondary is not something you should fear.
Ultimately, what kind of game script are we talking about here? You know the Chargers offense is going to bring in some points. The Broncos come in as road underdogs without Javonte Williams, I don’t think they’ll be looking to rely on Melvin Gordon, who is also questionable for this game.
If the Broncos are going to do anything, they need Russ to be healthier and better, and they need Courtland Sutton to perform. And I think Courtland Sutton will play a bit like AJ Brown did for me last night, he was one of the top scorers. You get a very good discount at $12,600. This is where I would go to start the queues.
Pearce Dietrich
I’m going to pivot to the other receiver and save some paycheck with Jerry Jeudy. Lower probability probably, especially compared to Sutton, or Herbert, or even Ekeler. So I’m going to digress and differentiate a bit.
I’m going to need big games to play with Jeudy, which is fine with me because I don’t expect Russell Wilson to always be good, because basically the only person here who said Russell Wilson was grilled, and again, was right.
I don’t want to go to Herbert against the Denver defense. Denver’s defense has been really strong this season, it’s not something I want to target, especially with my captain pick. So I’m going to take Jeudy, he faces the Chargers, who ranked 28th against slot receivers. That’s pretty much where Jeudy plays. They usually drop under the routes I think Jeudy can exploit that – I think Sutton is probably the safer play but if I’m trying to be the one guy at the top of the queues I’ll go with it Thursday.
Geoff’s Pick: Courtland Sutton ($12,600 CP)
Pearce’s Pick: Jerry Jeudy ($10,500 CP)
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