Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Chargers vs. Jaguars 11/16/25
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for this week's Chargers vs. Jaguars matchup.
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
November 16, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Chargers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for this Sunday afternoon’s Chargers vs. Jaguars matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Justin Herbert, Quarterback, Los Angeles Chargers $10,600
Talented quarterback Justin Herbert has been a standout performer for the Los Angeles Chargers this season. Having stated that, how has Herbert performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the ten games that quarterback Justin Herbert has played for the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2025 NFL regular season, Herbert has amassed 2,610 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, 324 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the ten games that Justin Herbert has played for the Los Angeles Chargers this season, Herbert is averaging a robust 22.1 Draftkings points a contest.
Four weeks ago, in the Indianapolis Colts 38-24 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers three, Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert certainly played at a high level. In the Colts defeat of the Chargers, Herbert tallied 420 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 31 rushing yards.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Indianapolis Colts win over the Los Angeles Chargers, Herbert compiled a whopping 32.9 Draftkings points.
Additionally, I like Justin Herbert’s matchup in this game. Why? The Jacksonville Jaguars defense has been vulnerable to the quarterback position in 2025. Upon the completion of ten games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Jacksonville Jaguars rank an abysmal 31st in total Draftkings points allowed (21.9) to the quarterback position a game.
In my view, Justin Herbert is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Parker Washington, Wide Receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars $7,200
In the nine games that Parker Washington has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL regular season, Jacksonville starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence has targeted Washington 51 times. In those 51 targets just mentioned, Washington tallied 28 receptions, 330 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
More recently, in the Jacksonville Jaguars defeat of the Las Vegas Raiders two weeks ago, Parker Washington amassed eight receptions and 90 receiving yards.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Travis Etienne, Running Back (Jacksonville Jaguars) $8,600: Ladd McConkey, Wide Receiver (Los Angeles Chargers) $10,000: Cam Little, Kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars) $5,000.
