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Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Bills vs. Chiefs 1/26/25

Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for this week's Bills vs. Chiefs matchup.

Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs
January 26, 2025 6:30 pm EDT

This Sunday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a playoff matchup featuring the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs 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 Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Josh Allen, Quarterback, Buffalo Bills, $11,600

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen enters this week’s AFC Championship game playing simply outstanding football. Having stated that, how has Allen performed from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s review Josh Allen’s game data from the 2024 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the 19 games that Josh Allen has played for the Buffalo Bills this season (including playoffs), Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen amassed a massive 4,130 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, 597 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns.

More recently, in the Buffalo Bills convincing 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos two weeks ago, Buffalo signal caller Josh Allen tallied 272 passing yards, two rushing touchdowns and added 46 rushing yards.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Buffalo Bills victory over the Denver Broncos just noted, Josh Allen compiled a robust 25.5 Draftkings points.

It is noteworthy that these two teams played earlier this season. Who prevailed? How did Josh Allen perform in the game? In the Buffalo Bills 30-21 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in October, Josh Allen accumulated a rather impressive 25.1 Draftkings points.

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.

In summary, I think quarterback Josh Allen is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in Sunday afternoon’s AFC Championship game. For that specific reason, I am backing Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Travis Kelce, Tight End, Kansas City Chiefs $9,000

Veteran tight end Travis Kelce has certainly been a key contributor to the Kansas City Chiefs offense this season. In the 17 games that Travis Kelce has played for the Kansas City Chiefs this season (including playoffs), Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has targeted Kelce a whopping 141 times. In those 141 targets just noted, Kelce tallied 104 receptions, 940 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in tomorrow afternoon’s game (Draftkings price noted): Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs) $10,000: Xavier Worthy, Wide Receiver (Kansas City Chiefs) $8,400: Tyler Bass, Kicker (Buffalo Bills) $4,800: Curtis Samuel, Wide Receiver (Buffalo Bills) $3,000.

Hans Geevers's Free Pick: See Above

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I have been an avid fan of sports since I was a kid. Additionally, I have been betting on sports for the better part of the last two decades! I have been married to my wife Dawn for over 21 years. I am also the proud father of Hannah! These ladies provide me the inspiration to live each day to it's fullest.

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