Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Buccaneers vs. Lions 10/20/25
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions
October 20, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
This Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions 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 Monday night’s Buccaneers vs. Lions matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Baker Mayfield, Quarterback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers $10,600
Talented quarterback Baker Mayfield has been the driving force behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers success on the offensive side of the football in 2025. With that said, how has Mayfield performed from a statistical standpoint 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 six games that quarterback Baker Mayfield has played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2025 NFL regular season, Mayfield has amassed 1,539 passing yards and 12 passing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the the six games that quarterback Baker Mayfield has played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, Mayfield is averaging 21.6 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thrilling 38-35 victory over the Seattle Seahawks two weeks ago, Baker Mayfield certainly played at a high level. More specifically, in the Buccaneers win over the Seahawks, Mayfield tallied a massive 379 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.
Additionally, I like Baker Mayfield’s matchup in this game. Why? The Detroit Lions defense has had issues containing the quarterback position in 2025. Let me be more specific. Upon the completion of six games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Detroit Lions rank a rather low 27th in Draftkings points allowed (19.1) to the quarterback position a game.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly indicates that Baker Mayfield has the potential to post a high number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in Monday night’s matchup with the Detroit Lions.
In my view, Baker Mayfield is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield 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): Amon-Ra St. Brown, Wide Receiver (Detroit Lions) $11,200: Jared Goff, Quarterback (Detroit Lions) $10,000: Rachaad White, Running Back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $8,800: Sterling Shepard, Wide Receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $6,400: Tez Johnson, Wide Receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $4,600.
