Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Cowboys vs. Raiders 11/17/25
Dallas Cowboys vs. Las Vegas Raiders
November 17, 2025 8:15 pm EDT
This Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Dallas Cowboys and the Las Vegas Raiders. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Dallas Cowboys vs. Las Vegas Raiders 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 Monday night’s Cowboys vs. Raiders matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Dak Prescott, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys $10,400
Talented quarterback Dak Prescott has been the driving force behind the Dallas Cowboys success on the offensive side of the football this season. With that said, how has Prescott performed from a data standpoint in 2025? Let’s review the veteran signal caller’s relevant key player data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Prescott’s overall contributions to his team.
In the nine games that quarterback Dak Prescott has played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL regular season, Prescott has amassed 2,319 passing yards (sixth in NFL), 17 passing touchdowns, 121 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
Earlier this season, in the Dallas Cowboys 40-37 thrilling overtime victory over the New York Giants, Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. In the Cowboys defeat of the New York Giants, Prescott tallied a whopping 361 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Dallas Cowboys win over the Giants just mentioned, Dak Prescott compiled a rather impressive 26.1 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Dak Prescott has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in Monday night’s NFL regular season matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.
In my view, Dak Prescott is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Javonte Williams, Running Back, Dallas Cowboys $9,800
In addition to quarterback Dak Prescott, running back Javonte Williams has been a key contributor for the Dallas Cowboys in 2025.
In the nine games that running back Javonte Williams has played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL regular season, Williams has amassed 716 rushing yards, eight rushing touchdowns, 25 receptions, 93 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest: Geno Smith, Quarterback (Las Vegas Raiders) $8,800: Brock Bowers (Las Vegas Raiders) $8,000: George Pickens, Wide Receiver (Dallas Cowboys) $9,000: Tre Tucker, Wide Receiver (Las Vegas Raiders) $6,600: Brandon Aubrey, Kicker (Dallas Cowboys) $5,400.
