Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Giants vs. Cowboys 9/14/25
New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys
September 14, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys 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 week’s Giants vs. Cowboys matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-CeeDee Lamb, Wide Receiver, Dallas Cowboys $11,800
Veteran wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was undoubtedly a standout performer for the Dallas Cowboys last season. With that said, how did Lamb perform from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review the talented wide receiver’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL season to answer that question.
In the 15 games that wide receiver CeeDee Lamb played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2024 NFL regular season, Lamb was targeted by Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks a massive 152 times. In the 152 targets just noted, Lamb amassed 101 receptions, 1,194 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns,. Additionally, Lamb compiled 113 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
More recently, in the Philadelphia Eagles 24-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys last week, Dallas wide receiver CeeDee Lamb played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In last week’s Eagles victory over the Cowboys. Lamb tallied seven receptions and 113 receiving yards.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that CeeDee Lamb can post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in this week’s matchup with the New York Giants.
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, CeeDee Lamb is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Jake Ferguson, Tight End, Dallas Cowboys $5,800
In last week’s Philadelphia Eagles win over the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas tight end Jake Ferguson was a key contributor to his team on the offensive side of the football. Ferguson was targeted by Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott six times. In those six targets just mentioned, Ferguson amassed five receptions and 23 receiving yards.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Dak Prescott, Quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) $10,000: Javonte Williams, Running Back (Dallas Cowboys) $9,400: Malik Nabers, Wide Receiver (New York Giants) $11,000.
