Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Buccaneers vs. Texans 9/15/25
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Houston Texans
September 15, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
On Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Houston Texans. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Houston Texans 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 tonight’s Buccaneers vs. Texans matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Baker Mayfield, Quarterback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers $10,600
Talented quarterback Baker Mayfield was undoubtedly a standout performer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2024. With that said, how did Mayfield perform from a data standpoint? Let’s review the talented quarterback’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL season to answer that question.
In the 17 games that quarterback Baker Mayfield played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2024 NFL season, Mayfield amassed a robust 4,500 passing yards, 41 passing touchdowns, 378 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 17 games that quarterback Baker Mayfield played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, Mayfield averaged 20.1 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 opening day victory over the Atlanta Falcons last week, Tampa Bay signal caller Baker Mayfield played exceptionally well. More specifically, in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win over the Falcons, Mayfield tallied 167 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 39 rushing yards.
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, 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 rolling with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Emeka Egbuka, Wide Receiver, Tampa Bay Buccaneers $9,800
In addition to quarterback Baker Mayfield, talented rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka was a key contributor for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the team’s week one victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
Last week, in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers victory over the Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay wide receiver Emeka Egbuka was targeted by Buccaneers starting quarterback Baker Mayfield six times. In those six targets just mentioned, Egbuka amassed four receptions, 67 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Buccaneers defeat of the Falcons, Emeka Egbuka accumulated 23.6 Draftkings points.
Flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): C.J. Stroud, Quarterback (Houston Texans) $9,400: Bucky Irving, Running Back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $11,200: Dalton Schultz, Tight End (Houston Texans) $4,400.
