Eagles vs. Giants on Monday Night Football provides an opportunity to use Eli Manning in NFL DFS action. But he's nowhere to be found in our DraftKings Showdown lineup. Instead, we're going with the super value captain of Kaden Smith to allow the rest of our lineup to be filled with solid daily fantasy football options.
Usually, I don't play a pass-catching captain without his QB or as the smaller team representation in my lineup, but that's what we're trying with Smith. It allows us to load up on Eagles while also playing Saquon Barkley to try to cap off our Week 14 with some cash.
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DraftKings Showdown Picks: Eagles vs. Giants
CAPTAIN (1.5x points, 1.5x price): TE Kaden Smith, Giants ($3,300)
This value captain pick has what seems to be a decent floor with both Evan Engram (foot) and Rhett Ellison (concussion) out. He's seen at least six targets in each of the past two weeks and reached double-digit DK points in both of his starts. If the Giants get down in the red zone, he's as good a passing-game target as they have.
FLEX: QB Carson Wentz, Eagles ($11,800)
We're not gonna get anywhere near Eli Manning in this one, so going with at least one QB in this matchup of shaky pass defenses feels like a must-do move. Wentz will pair well with the rest of our Philly offensive pieces.
FLEX: RB Saquon Barkley, Giants ($10,600)
Barkley has been a relative disappointment this season, but he's worth his price in this game. The Giants are going to have to rely on Barkley as much as they can with Eli under center, and Manning will likely throw to him more than Daniel Jones was.
FLEX: TE Zach Ertz, Eagles ($9,400)
We're going with the rare Eagles tight end duo here, and it really makes perfect sense. Ertz and Dallas Goedert will be two- of the three-most targeted Eagles in the passing game, and in a game where there should be plenty of Philly points, it has solid red-zone potential.
FLEX: RB Miles Sanders, Eagles ($8,600)
With Jordan Howard (shoulder) still not cleared for contact as of the weekend, Sanders looks likely to get another start. If Howard were to play, you could actually just pivot directly to him here, but Sanders does have more stack potential in the passing game with Wentz.
FLEX: TE Dallas Goedert, Eagles ($4,800)
Goedert has received six or more targets in three straight weeks, and like we said with Ertz, he should have a good shot at finding the end zone against a stinky Giants team.