Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Falcons vs. Vikings 9/14/25
Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings
September 14, 2025 8:20 pm EDT
The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings 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 Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Justin Jefferson, Wide Receiver, Minnesota Vikings $11,800
Talented wide receiver Justin Jefferson was a standout performer for the Minnesota Vikings last season. With that said, how did Jefferson perform from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review the veteran wide receiver’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL season to answer that question.
In the 17 games that wide receiver Justin Jefferson played for the Minnesota Vikings in the 2024 NFL regular season, Jefferson was targeted by Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks a whopping 154 times. In the 154 targets just noted, Jefferson amassed 103 receptions, 1,533 receiving yards and ten receiving touchdowns, 531 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 17 games that Justin Jefferson played for the Minnesota Vikings last season, Jefferson averaged 19.1 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Minnesota Vikings 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears last week, Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson played rather well. More specifically, in the Vikings defeat of the Chicago Bears, Justin Jefferson was targeted by Vikings quarterback JJ McCarthy targeted Jefferson seven times. In the seven targets just mentioned, Jefferson tallied four receptions, 44 receiving yards and one receivng touchdown.
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 Jefferson is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Aaron Jones, Running Back, Minnesota Vikings $7,600
In addition to Justin Jefferson, running back Aaron Jones was a key contributor for the Minnesota Vikings last season.
In the 17 games that running back Aaron Jones played for the Minnesota Vikings in the 2024 NFL regular season, Jones tallied 1,138 rushing yards, five rushing touchdowns, 408 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Last week, in the Vikings victory over the Chicago Bears, Aaron Jones amassed 15.7 Draftkings points.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Michael Penix Jr., Quarterback (Atlanta Falcons) $9,600: Ray-Ray McCloud III, Wide Receiver (Atlanta Falcons) $5,400.
