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Upload the real slate. Compare floor, projection, ceiling, value and plausibility before salary pressure forces the final decisions. Build a legal nine-player lineup under the $50K cap with every tradeoff visible.
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How it works
One file loads the whole slate into your browser — nothing is sent to a server.
Filter by position and rank by projection, plausibility, DSPP, points per $1k, season avg, salary, or your own blend.
Fill QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, FLEX, DST under $50K. Go over and the board turns red until you fix it.
WCS, weekly projection and BCS appear together, so one optimistic number never tells the whole story.
QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE, FLEX and team DST only, with salary used and remaining always visible.
Optimize a legal lineup quickly, then inspect and replace every choice without hiding the tradeoffs.
What the board tells you
Every ranking exposes the numbers underneath it. Lower-price backups are discounted instead of being falsely promoted as elite plays. You can compare expected output, downside, upside and cost efficiency before committing salary to a roster slot.
A disciplined process
A useful lineup is more than nine recognizable names. It balances opportunity, price, roster fit and a realistic range of outcomes. Next Man Up keeps those factors on one board so late news can be evaluated without losing sight of the entire lineup.
Use Auto-build as a starting point, not a command. Lock the players you trust, compare alternatives by position, and watch the remaining salary as each selection changes. The final decision stays yours.
Most optimizers hand back a lineup and hide the reasoning. This one shows the entire chain — what each number means, how confident the model is, and where the salary cap forces a compromise — so the roster you enter is one you can actually defend.
Export the DraftKings salary CSV for the exact contest you are entering and the whole player pool loads in seconds. Parsing happens in your browser, so the file never touches a server and there is nothing to sync, store or delete afterwards.
Projection, season average, WCS, BCS, variance, DSPP, points per $1,000 and plausibility each have a written definition. No mystery composite score, no black-box rating you have to accept on faith.
The nine fixed slots and the $50,000 cap are enforced as you build. Used and remaining salary stay visible, and going over turns the board red with a clear over-cap warning until you fix it.
Need a starting point? Auto-build produces a cap-compliant roster instantly, then hands you the controls to swap, remove and compare until the lineup reflects your own read of the slate.
Rank two to five categories in preference order and the blend sort normalises them onto one scale. Value-first, floor-first or ceiling-first — the board reorders around the way you actually play.
Adjust the games-included window as the season matures, re-upload after late news, and watch how plausibility shifts. The workflow is designed for someone playing every week, not a one-off demo.
Football never stops for an injury. Carries, targets and red-zone looks simply transfer to whoever is next in line, and DFS pricing is always a step behind that transfer. The players who consistently beat a slate are the ones who identify the new job holder before the salary catches up — and who can tell the difference between a genuine promotion and a cheap name filling a roster spot for one week.
That distinction is the entire point of plausibility. A backup priced at $4,000 with one big garbage-time game will always look like a bargain in a pure value calculation. Discounting those profiles, while giving full credit to real starters, keeps the board pointed at opportunity that is likely to repeat.
Upload the slate, set your sample window, and sort by plausibility to see who the model trusts. Filter by position to fill the harder slots first — quarterback and defense usually settle quickly — then use DSPP to squeeze efficiency out of the middle of the roster. Keep an eye on remaining salary, because the FLEX slot is where an otherwise good lineup runs out of money.
When the nine slots are filled and the cap is clear, compare your team's totals: projected points, worst case, best case and overall variance. If the range feels too narrow for a tournament or too wild for a cash game, swap one or two pieces and watch the totals move. Then enter it wherever you play.