Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Bengals vs. Packers 10/13/25
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Green Bay Packers
October 13, 2025 4:25 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Cincinnati Bengals and the Green Bay Packers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Green Bay Packers 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 week’s Bengals vs. Packers matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $10,200
Veteran quarterback Jordan Love has been a standout performer for the Green Bay Packers in 2025. With that said, how has Love performed from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Love’s overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that quarterback Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2025 NFL regular season, Love has amassed 1,000 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns and 62 rushing yards.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the four games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in 2025, Jordan Love is averaging a robust 19.8 Draftkings points a game.
Two weeks ago, in the Green Bay Packers thrilling 40-40 overtime tie with the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Packers tie with the Dallas Cowboys, Love tallied 337 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 28 rushing yards.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Packers 40-40 tie with the Cowboys, Love accumulated a whopping 30.3 Draftkings points.
Additionally, I like Jordan Love’s matchup in this game. Why? The Cincinnati Bengals defense has had issues containing the quarterback position this season. Upon the completion of five games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Cincinnati Bengals rank an abysmal 24th in total Draftkings points allowed (19.8) to the quarterback position a game.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL Showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my view, Jordan Love is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest: Joe Flacco, Quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals) $9,000: Josh Jacobs, Running Back (Green Bay Packers) $11,200: Tucker Kraft, Tight End (Green Bay Packers) $7,400: Tee Higgins, Wide Receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) $8,600.
