Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Chargers vs. Raiders 9/15/25
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders
September 15, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
On Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders 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 Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Justin Herbert, Quarterback, Los Angeles Chargers $10,000
Veteran quarterback Justin Herbert was the driving force behind the Los Angeles Chargers success on the offensive side of the football last season. With that said, how did Herbert perform from a statistical perspective? 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 Justin Herbert played for the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2024 NFL season, Herbert amassed 3,870 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 306 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 17 games that quarterback Justin Herbert played for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024, Hurts averaged a robust 19.4 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Chargers thrilling 27-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs last week, 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 this evening’s matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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 evening’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Geno Smith, Quarterback (Las Vegas Raiders) $9,400: Jakobi Meyers, Wide Receiver (Las Vegas Raiders) $7,000: Ladd McConkey, Wide Receiver (Los Angeles Chargers) $10,800: Michael Mayer, Tight End (Las Vegas Raiders) $3,400.
