Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Browns vs. Patriots 10/26/25
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for Sunday afternoon's Browns vs. Patriots matchup.
Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots
October 26, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Cleveland Browns and the New England Patriots. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots 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 Browns vs. Patriots matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Drake Maye, Quarterback, New England Patriots $11,000
Talented quarterback Drake Maye has been the driving force behind the New England Patriots success on the offensive side of the football in 2025. Having stated that, how has Maye performed from a statistical standpoint this season? Let’s review the young signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the seven games that quarterback Drake Maye has played for the New England Patriots in the 2025 NFL regular season, Maye has amassed 1,744 passing yards, 12 passing touchdowns, 200 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the the seven games that quarterback Drake Maye has played for the New England Patriots in 2025, Mayfield is averaging 21.4 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the New England Patriots 25-19 win over the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago, New England quarterback Drake Maybe certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. In the Patriots victory over the the New Orleans Saints, Maye compiled 261 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 28 rushing yards.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly indicates that Drake Maye has the potential to post a high number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in Sunday afternoon’s NFL regular season matchup with the Cleveland Browns.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct players at the flex positions 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, Drake Maye is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Quinshon Judkins, Running Back (Cleveland Browns) $10,600: Kayshon Boutte, Wide Receiver (New England Patriots) $8,800: DeMario Douglas, Wide Receiver (New England Patriots) $4,800: Jerry Jeudy, Wide Receiver (Cleveland Browns) $6,200.
