Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Eagles vs. Chiefs 9/14/25
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs
September 14, 2025 4:25 pm EDT
The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs 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 afternoon’s Eagles vs. Chiefs matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jalen Hurts, Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles $11,400
Veteran quarterback Jalen Hurst was a standout performer for the Philadelphia Eagles last season. Having stated that, how did Hurts perform from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review the talented quarterback’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL season to answer that question.
In the 15 games that quarterback Jalen Hurts played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2024 NFL season, Hurts amassed 2,903 passing yards, 18 passing touchdowns, 630 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 15 games that quarterback Jalen Hurts played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024, Hurts averaged a rather impressive 22.4 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Philadelphia Eagles 24-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys last week, Jalen Hurts played rather well. More specifically, in the Eagles victory over the Cowboys, Hurts amassed 152 passing yards, 62 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
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
Saquon Barkley, Running Back, Philadelphia Eagles $12,000
In the 16 games that running back Saquon Barkley played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2024 NFL regular season, Barkley amassed a massive 2,005 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns.
Barkley was also utilized as a receiver at times in 2024. Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks targeted Barkley 43 times last season. In those 43 targets just mentioned, Barkley compiled 33 receptions and two receiving touchdowns.
Last week, in the Eagles defeat of the Dallas Cowboys, Saquon Barkley compiled 60 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, five receptions and 24 receiving yards.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs) $10,600: Hollywood Brown, Wide Receiver (Kansas City Chiefs) $8,200: Tyquan Thornton, Wide Receiver (Kansas City Chiefs) $3,600.
