Monday Night Football closes out Week 3 with the Philadelphia Eagles traveling to Soldier Field to face the Chicago Bears, and this one carries real DFS intrigue. The Eagles are 2-0 and favored by 3.5 points with the total sitting at 41.5, while the Bears will roll with Case Keenum at quarterback after Caleb Williams was ruled out with a hamstring injury. That quarterback change reshapes the entire Chicago offensive outlook and creates some interesting salary gaps to exploit on a single-game slate.

Since this is a limited-slate night with only one game on the board, correlation matters more than usual. You want exposure to both teams’ most involved playmakers, and you want to be smart about where you spend up versus where you find value against a shorthanded Bears offense. Here are the five plays worth building around for tonight’s NFL DFS lineups.

Jalen Hurts, QB — Philadelphia Eagles ($10,800 DK)

Hurts is the highest-owned, highest-priced piece on the board for good reason. Through two games he’s completed 40 of 62 passes (64.5%) for 467 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions, good for a 100.7 passer rating, and he’s added 36 rushing yards and a score on 14 carries. He also engineered his eighth fourth-quarter comeback since 2023 in the Week 2 win over Tennessee, a reminder of how often Philadelphia’s offense runs through his legs and arm in crunch time.

Chicago is dealing with its own quarterback uncertainty, which typically means more possessions and more pass-heavy game scripts for the favorite trying to close things out. Hurts carries both rushing floor and passing ceiling, which is exactly the profile you want in Monday Night DFS lineup building, especially in a game Philadelphia is favored to control from the jump.

DeVonta Smith, WR — Philadelphia Eagles ($10,600 DK)

Smith has been Philadelphia’s clear No. 1 target with A.J. Brown sidelined, and the numbers back it up: 20 catches on 26 targets for 170 yards and a touchdown across two games, highlighted by a 10-catch, 117-yard, one-touchdown outing against the Titans in Week 2 on 13 targets. That kind of target volume gives him one of the highest floors of any pass catcher on this slate.

With Dallas Goedert (knee) and Hollywood Brown (ankle) both out for Philadelphia, Smith’s target share only gets safer. He was upgraded to full participation after dealing with a hamstring issue, so he’s good to go, and against a Bears defense that has had its own communication issues defending the pass this season, Smith projects as a premium but justifiable spend at nearly $10,600.

Saquon Barkley, RB — Philadelphia Eagles ($10,000 DK)

Barkley’s raw efficiency hasn’t quite matched last year’s MVP-caliber form yet, sitting at 92 yards on 19 carries (4.8 per rush) with a touchdown through two weeks, but he cleared a stinger to practice fully on Friday and said he’s good to go for Monday night. The volume is the appeal here: Barkley remains Philadelphia’s clear lead back and short-yardage option, and the Eagles have leaned on him in high-leverage spots all season.

If Philadelphia builds an early lead against a Bears team now without its starting quarterback, expect a heavier dose of Barkley in the second half to protect it. That kind of game-script correlation is the whole point of attacking a single-game slate, and Barkley gives you access to Philadelphia’s ground-and-pound closing formula without paying top dollar at receiver.

D’Andre Swift, RB — Chicago Bears ($9,600 DK)

Swift has been the engine of Ben Johnson’s Chicago offense, rushing for 169 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries (5.0 yards per attempt) while adding six catches for 64 yards through two games. His Week 1 line alone — 18 carries for 124 yards and three touchdowns against Carolina — was one of the best fantasy performances by any running back in the league so far this season.

With Caleb Williams out and Case Keenum stepping in, Chicago’s offensive approach is likely to lean more conservative and run-heavy to protect its backup quarterback, which only raises Swift’s touch ceiling. He’s shown he can produce even in tougher spots, evidenced by his five-catch, 54-yard receiving effort in a rain-soaked loss to Minnesota in Week 2. As the workhorse in a game where the Bears may need to keep pace on the ground, Swift is a strong value relative to his salary tonight.

Kalif Raymond, WR — Chicago Bears ($3,800 DK)

Raymond has quietly been Chicago’s most reliable pass catcher, leading the Bears in targets, catches and receiving yards through two weeks with 13 receptions on 14 targets for 124 yards. He caught 8 of 9 targets for 84 yards in the Week 1 win over Carolina and followed that up with five catches on five targets for 40 yards against Minnesota, good for a 60% snap share both weeks.

At $3,800, Raymond is the clearest salary-relief piece on this board. Case Keenum is a veteran who tends to check the ball down to reliable, high-floor targets rather than push it deep, and Raymond has already proven he’s the security blanket in that Chicago passing game. He offers a real shot at double-digit DraftKings points for well under $4,000, freeing up cap space to pay up at the premium Eagles spots above.

Building Your Lineup

On a single-game slate like this, stacking Hurts with Smith gives you access to the passing touchdowns most likely to decide the game, while adding Barkley provides an alternate path to points if Philadelphia leans run-heavy with a lead late. On the Chicago side, pairing Swift with Raymond covers both the ground-game floor and the passing-game floor without needing to guess which unit carries the offense on a given drive.

Salary-wise, the two Eagles studs at the top (Hurts and Smith) eat up a large chunk of any budget, so Raymond’s rock-bottom price is what makes the math work if you also want exposure to Barkley or Swift. If you’re building for a DraftKings lineup, consider pivoting off popular chalk by shading a percentage of entries toward Swift over Barkley, since public perception may overweight the healthy, favored team’s backfield and underweight a Bears offense that could be forced to lean on the run behind a new starting quarterback. Whatever combination you land on, this game’s shorthanded Chicago passing attack and Philadelphia’s pass-heavy comeback tendencies make correlation the priority for tonight’s MNF value plays.