Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Broncos vs. Eagles 10/5/25
Denver Broncos vs. Philadelphia Eagles
October 5, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Denver Broncos and the Philadelphia Eagles. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Denver Broncos vs. Philadelphia Eagles 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 Broncos vs. Eagles matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jalen Hurts, Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles $11,400
Veteran quarterback Jalen Hurts has been the driving force behind the Philadelphia Eagles success on the offensive side of the football this season. With that said, how has Hurts performed from a data standpoint in 2025? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Hurts overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that quarterback Jalen Hurts has played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 NFL regular season, Hurts has amassed 1,119 passing yards, six passing touchdowns, 22 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the four games that Jalen Hurts has played for the Eagles in 2025, Hurts is averaging a robust 21.3 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Philadelphia Eagles 33-26 victory over the Los Angeles Rams two weeks ago, Jalen Hurts certainly played at a high-level. Let me be more specific. In the Eagles defeat of the Los Angeles Rams just mentioned, Hurts compiled 226 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, 40 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
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 view, Jalen Hurts is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurst at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Courtland Sutton, Wide Receiver, Denver Broncos $9,600
In the four games that wide receiver Courtland Sutton has played for the Denver Broncos in the 2025 NFL regulae season, Denver starting quarterback Bo Nix has targeted Sutton 27 times. In those 27 targets just noted, Nix has tallied 18 receptions, 266 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Bo Nix, Quarterback (Denver Broncos) $10,600: Saquon Barkley, Running Back (Philadelphia Eagles) $11,600: Marvin Mims, Wide Receiver (Denver Broncos) $6,600.
