Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Giants vs. Saints 10/5/25
New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints
October 5, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints 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. Saints matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Cam Skattebo, Running Back, New York Giants $10,000
Rookie running back Cam Skattebo has been a standout performer for the New York Giants this season. With that said, how has Skattebo performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review Skattebo’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on the talented running back’s overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that running back Cam Skattebo has played for the New York Giants in the 2025 NFL regular season, Skattebo has amassed 181 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, 12 receptions and 98 receiving yards.
More recently, in the Kansas City Chiefs 22-9 victory over the New York Giants two weeks ago, New York running back Cam Skattebo certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. In the Chiefs defeat of the Giants, Skattebo compiled 60 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, six receptions and 61 receiving yards.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Kansas City Chiefs win over the New York Giants just mentioned, Skattebo tallied a massive 24.1 Draftkings points.
Additionally, I like Cam Skattebo’s matchup in this game. Why? The New Orleans Saints defense has had issues containing the running back position in 2025. Upon the completion of four games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the New Orleans Saints rank a dreadful 26th in total Draftkings points allowed (21.9) to the running back position a game.
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, Cam Skattebo is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Spencer Rattler, Quarterback (New Orleans Saints) $8,800: Chris Olave, Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints) $7,800: Darius Slayton, Wide Receiver (New York Giants) $7,000.
