Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season wraps up with Monday Night Football as the Eagles visit the Bears at 8:15 p.m. EDT.
FanDuel and DraftKings both offer DFS showdown contests for the single-game MNF slate. The featured GPP contest on DraftKings is the Monday Night Showdown, with $20 entries and $500K to first place; FanDuel's NFL Monday Night Special offers $15 entries and $100K to the winner.
Monday Night Football Starting Lineups
The Eagles are projected to start:
- QB Jalen Hurts ($10,800 DK, $13,000 FD)
- RB Saquon Barkley ($10,000 DK, $12,200 FD)
- WR DeVonta Smith ($10,600 DK, $10,800 FD)
- WR Dontayvion Wicks ($4,400 DK, $7,600 FD)
- WR Makai Lemon ($4,200 DK, $3,800 FD)
- TE Johnny Mundt ($2,200 DK, $5,800 FD)
- K Jake Elliott ($4,800 DK, $6,800 FD)
The Bears counter with a starting lineup of:
- QB Case Keenum ($8,400 DK, $10,400 FD)
- RB D'Andre Swift ($9,600 DK, $11,400 FD)
- WR Rome Odunze ($7,400 DK, $8,600 FD)
- WR Luther Burden ($7,600 DK, $8,200 FD)
- WR Kalif Raymond ($3,800 DK, $5,400 FD)
- TE Colston Loveland ($7,000 DK, $7,200 FD)
- K Cairo Santos ($4,600 DK, $6,200 FD)
For lineup information, keep updated with our fantasy football news page. Always consult our NFL Starting Lineups page for the latest starting lineup information prior to kickoff.
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Showdown DFS Roster Strategy
Both FanDuel and DraftKings have an MVP/Captain slot for showdown slates, followed by five flex positions. The MVP/Captain has a multiplier of 1.5X for both their fantasy production and salary. DraftKings lineups have a salary cap of $50,000, while FanDuel's is $60,000. DraftKings uses PPR scoring with bonuses for 100-yard receiving or rushing performances and 300-yard passing games, while FanDuel has 0.5 PPR scoring.
Paying up for projected top scorers as your Captain/MVP is usually worth it, though doing so requires taking a leap of faith on a bargain-bin option or two to round out your lineup. Taking the road less traveled with a cheaper player in the Captain/MVP slot helps improve the depth of your lineup and can pay off big in large GPP contests by giving your lineup more uniqueness, but this strategy lowers your floor, as a big game out of your Captain/MVP is a prerequisite to success in DFS showdown contests.
Starting QBs typically carry premium salaries, but it's usually worth it to deploy one or both of those options in your lineup. Starting WRs, RBs and TEs generally offer more upside than defenses and kickers, though the high floors of those last two positions can be useful to fill out a lineup if you aren't a fan of a game's skill position sleepers.
Quarterback
Jalen Hurts has a 5:2 TD:INT ratio through two games, and it's likely just a matter of time until he starts scoring with his legs considering Hurts has 60 regular-season rushing touchdowns since the start of the 2021 campaign. His dual-threat skill set makes Hurts a perennial Captain/MVP-slot candidate any time the Eagles are involved in single-game DFS contests.
Case Keenum is reportedly in line for his first regular-season action since 2023. Tyson Bagent ($8,800 DK, $10,400 FD) has cleared concussion protocol and will work as the backup while Caleb Williams (hamstring) has been ruled out and is expected to face a multi-week absence. The 38-year-old Keenum gets the nod because he was able to run the first-team offense in practice throughout the week while Bagent, who has been among the best-performing QBs in each of the past three preseasons, was going through concussion protocol. Chicago's pass catchers carry more risk than usual in Williams' absence.
Running Back
Saquon Barkley exited Philadelphia's Week 2 win over the Titans early due to a shoulder stinger but eventually returned to that game and avoided an injury designation ahead of Monday's matchup. The star RB is averaging 84 scrimmage yards per regular-season game since the start of the 2025 campaign, which is a respectable number but well below his 143 scrimmage yards per game during the 2024 regular season.
Barkley could see a heavy workload in this game if the Eagles play from ahead against the Williams-less Bears, so he's certainly in the mix for MVP/Captain slot consideration. Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley are likely to be limited to change-of-pace work behind a healthy Barkley.
D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai ($5,600 DK, $9,600 FD) form one of the league's best backfield duos, but it's unclear just how effective Chicago's offense will be, as the Bears went from scoring 59 points in Week 1 to three points in Week 2 and are now without their starting QB. Swift has 233 yards and three TDs on 40 touches this season, while Monangai has turned 24 touches into 182 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown run in the season opener. The workload distribution could shift further in Swift's favor if the Bears fall behind, as he's the superior pass catcher.
Wide Receiver
DeVonta Smith is the clear No. 1 pass catcher in an Eagles offense that traded WR A.J. Brown in the offseason and lost top TE Dallas Goedert (knee) to an MCL sprain in Week 2. Smith has a 13-170-1 line on 19 targets through two games and carries elite upside against a leaky Bears secondary, making him a viable MVP/captain play.
Philadelphia's No. 2 WR, Dontayvion Wicks, is also a strong play considering Carolina's No. 2 wideout Jalen Coker racked up eight catches for 138 yards and two TDs against the Bears in Week 1. Rookie first-round pick Makai Lemon is a nice upside pick, as the Eagles may opt for more three-receiver looks in Goedert's absence. Wicks has a 7-147-1 line on 10 targets, while Lemon has turned five targets into four catches for just nine yards in the early going, so the latter has a much weaker statistical case for a DFS lineup spot.
Preseason expectations were high for the 2024 first-round pick Rome Odunze and 2025 second-round pick Luther Burden. Both highly drafted Bears WRs have been okay so far with 95 receiving yards apiece, but 32-year-old journeyman Kalif Raymond leads the team across the board with 13 catches for 124 yards on 14 targets. None of Chicago's top three wideouts have scored a TD this season, and that seems unlikely to change given the QB downgrade against an Eagles secondary that has allowed two TDs to WRs through two games after holding the position to a league-low six TDs last season.
Rookie third-round pick Zavion Thomas ($1,200 DK, $1,000 FD) is unlikely to get many touches as a depth option for the Bears, but the affordable speedster has big-play upside, as he demonstrated with a 97-yard touchdown reception from Bagent in the preseason.
Tight End
Colston Loveland has caught just one of five targets for three yards this season, as all the momentum from the 2025 first-round pick's torrid finish to his rookie campaign has dissipated. No. 2 TE Cole Kmet ($3,000 DK, $4,400 FD) has outplayed Loveland, catching two of four targets for 35 yards and a TD this season. Both Bears TEs could be asked to stay in and block more in an attempt to neutralize Philadelphia's strong pass rush as Chicago tries to compensate for a massive downgrade in QB mobility. That said, the change in QB can't hurt for Loveland at this point, and Loveland maintains upside based on the receiving skills he showed down the stretch last season.
Johnny Mundt takes over as Philadelphia's top TE in the absence of Goedert. Mundt is in his 10th NFL season and has never exceeded 172 receiving yards in a season, so don't expect him to contribute significantly as a pass catcher. E.J. Jenkins ($1,600 DK, $2,600 FD) is the only other TE on Philadelphia's active roster. Zach Ertz ($2,600 DK, $3,600 FD) would be an intriguing option if he's elevated from the practice squad, but the 35-year-old former Eagles great may not be ready to contribute much right away considering he just signed with the team Tuesday.
Kicker/DST
Defenses often don't carry enough upside to justify a DFS lineup spot, but the Eagles defense ($5,200 DK, $7,000 FD) is an exception here. There's a plausible scenario in which the Bears fall apart completely on offense without their starting QB against a defense that allowed the fifth-fewest points last season and has star power at every level, including defensive lineman Jalen Carter, linebacker Zack Baun and cornerback Quinyon Mitchell.
The opportunistic Bears defense ($4,000 DK, $6,000 FD) led the NFL with 33 takeaways last season and turned the Panthers over three times in Week 1 but failed to produce a turnover against the Vikings. The upside of this unit is limited since the Eagles are likely to play it safe on offense while facing a backup QB.
Jake Elliott has made both of his field-goal attempts this season, including a 58-yarder, so he's off to a good start after converting fewer than 80 percent of field-goal attempts in each of the previous two years. That said, his opportunities are often limited because of Philadelphia's aggressive, and often successful, approach on fourth down, especially in short-yardage situations. Cairo Santos is off to a 2-for-3 start on field-goal attempts this season, and his floor is extremely low since the Bears may struggle to move the ball without Williams against a talented Eagles defense that's allowing 21.0 PPG.
