Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Broncos vs. Chargers 9/21/25
Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers
September 21, 2025 4:05 pm EDT
On Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers 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 tomorrow afternoon’s Broncos vs. Chargers matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Justin Herbert, Quarterback, Los Angeles Chargers $10,000
Talented quarterback Justin Herbert has certainly been a standout performer for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2025. With that said, how has Herbert performed from a data perspective this season? Let’s review the veteran signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the two games that quarterback Justin Herbert has played for the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2025 NFL regular season, Prescott has amassed 560 passing yards, five passing touchdowns and 63 rushing yards.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the two games that Justin Herbert has played for the Los Angeles Chargers this season, Herbert is averaging a rather impressive 25.4 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Chargers thrilling 27-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs two weeks ago, Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Herbert accumulated 318 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 32 rushing yards.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Los Angeles Chargers signal caller Justin Herbert can post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow afternoon’s matchup with the Denver Broncos.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL Football 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 opinion, 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 I like to play well in this tomorrow afternoon’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Bo Nix, Quarterback (Denver Broncos) $9,600: Troy Franklin, Wide Receiver (Denver Broncos) $6,600: Ladd McConkey, Wide Receiver (Los Angeles Chargers) $9,800: Marvin Mims, Wide Receiver (Denver Broncos) $4,400: Cameron Dicker, Kicker (Los Angeles Chargers) $5,400.
