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Super Bowl 60 is here, the last game of NFL football that we get to enjoy for the next handful of months. Bittersweet, indeed. Catch up on all of the content to prep for the big game this evening …

Pete’s Keys To Winning A Million Dollars

While building a lineup is easy, besting hundreds of thousands of other lineups isn't. That's right, I said hundreds of thousands. The flagship contest on DraftKings for Super Bowl 60 costs $20 per entry, pays out $1M to first place and has space for 264,700 entries.

This article will focus on how to build sharp lineups in these "lotto-sized" contests, but if you want to play in smaller contests, DraftKings has a full menu of offerings.

Ultimately, the goal in these large-field contests is to build lineups with a ton of upside that are also unique. If you just jam the best plays, you'll be holding hands with hundreds of friends who did the same thing. If you try to get too unique (bro, imagine if Nick Kallerup scored, tho!), you won't score enough points to sniff the top of the leaderboard.

With that said, here are four tips for building unique lineups that can compete for a million-dollar top prize …

1. Get Creative At Captain

It should surprise no one that the players projected for the most ownership at the Captain position are Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Kenneth Walker and Drake Maye. They are the three players who project for the most fantasy points in the game and therefore have the highest likelihood of being the optimal captain suggestion.

But we are not playing a game of scoring the most points. Instead, we are trying to score more points than our opponents. And if 25% of the field rosters JSN at captain, which is currently projected across the DFS industry, then that means there will be nearly 70,000 JSN captain teams to compete with in the big contest.

It's not impossible to build sharp JSN teams—there are other uniqueness levers to pull, and we'll discuss those below—but the path to first will be much cleaner if we get off the board at captain.

My favorite sneaky captain plays:

• Rhamondre Stevenson ($13,200)—Stevenson will be the fourth most popular captain, but at 8%, he will be significantly less utilized than the Big 3. We know Stevenson has fully consolidated work in the New England backfield, and he has the ceiling to deliver a must-have fantasy performance.

• Sam Darnold ($16,200)—Darnold is my favorite contrarian captain on the slate. I understand the concern that in the scenarios where Darnold goes off, as JSN is also highly likely to have a ceiling game. But it's also not hard for me to envision Sam spreading the ball around and eclipsing JSN in raw points at a much cheaper price tag and lower ownership.

• Kayshon Boutte ($8,400)—It can be dicey going too far off the board at captain, but when I do, I like it to be on big-play threats with solid target shares. Boutte fits this description perfectly. Not only can Boutte deliver a big fantasy outing on only a few deep bombs (he leads the Patriots in air yards per game), but his affordable salary allows you to jam in a ton of the other superstars in the FLEX positions.

Super Bowl Underdog Pick ‘Em

One more game. That’s all we have for more than six months. Don’t get misty yet. We still can play on Underdog TODAY and maybe put some cash into the account to fund all those best ball drafts we’ll be doing starting tomorrow. We’re not kidding.

Pete Overzet also jumped into the Underdog streets and took a look at the projections as a guideline for how to approach Pick ‘Em selections for today:

The Sharp Play (Trusting The Projections)

Let's start with a more conservative approach and find the best values on the board. We can easily do this by comparing our projections to the current numbers in the Underdog lobby. 

Here are three that stand out:

• Rhamondre Stevenson HIGHER 50.5 rushing yards

• Drake Maye LOWER 37.5 rushing yards

• Kenneth Walker HIGHER 74.5 rushing yards

Our projections are showing value on all three of these numbers.

• Stevenson 58.9 (+8.4)

• Maye 28.6 rush yards (-8.9)

• Walker 78.8 (+4.3)

Pete has even more recommendations for how to approach Underdog Pick ‘Em plays for the big game. ⤵️

Around the Watercooler

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5️⃣ Top 5 Coolest Plays in Super Bowl history. Still can’t believe that helmet catch.

🔮 Trey McBride predicts his stats for 2026. He almost nailed it last season.

🤚🏼 5 more things to know for the Super Bowl. Score prediction, too.

🌟 Dallas looking to keep its pair of stars together. Fantasy managers thank you.

🏈 Could Mac Jones be staying put? Plus, more to watch for after the Super Bowl.

🎠 Get ready for the QB carousel. There will be movement.

❤️ Nick Emmanwori’s mom is our new national treasure.