This is a breakdown of one-game DFS contests for the Monday Night Football matchup featuring the Indianapolis Colts at New Orleans Saints at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. Be sure to check our Models up until kickoff for up-to-date projections that reflect the latest breaking news.
Cash Game Strategy
Whereas Sunday night’s Bills-Steelers slate set up as a low-scoring, smashmouth affair that would have been better suited if it were IDP DFS, Saint-Colts provides a surplus of offensive firepower to build around.
Our DraftKings Showdown Models peg Drew Brees‘ floor all the way up at 13.1 — only three points higher than Jacoby Brissett’s median (16.4). And with Marlon Mack in danger of getting out-snapped by passing-down back Nyheim Hines for the second week in a row with the Colts as 9-point underdogs, the best bet on this slate is to go with a full-on Saints onslaught in cash. With Brees in the Captain spot, you can also fit in Michael Thomas (16-plus DraftKings points in 12-of-13 games), Alvin Kamara and Wil Lutz (10-plus DraftKings points in five straight and 9-of-13 overall) if you go with Colts kicker Chase McLaughlin (top-six in projected floor) and Taysom Hill (top-six in Projected Plus/Minus) in the last two slots.
Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports. Pictured: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9)
On FanDuel, Brees, Kamara and Thomas fit with Hines if you go with either Ted Ginn or Tre’Quan Smith at $7,500 in the last slot. Ginn has a slight edge in median projection over Smith thanks to the former’s more frequent downfield usage, but they’re within a half-point of each other, so splitting exposure between them makes the most sense if you’re going to enter more than one contest.
Core GPP Plays
