Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Jaguars vs. Texans 11/9/25
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans
November 9, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans 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 Sunday afternoon’s Jaguars vs. Texans matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Trevor Lawrence, Quarterback, Jacksonville Jaguars $10,200
Veteran quarterback Trevor Lawrence has been a solid performer for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season. With that said, how has Lawrence performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL season to answer that question.
In the eight games that quarterback Trevor Lawrence has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL regular season, Lawrence has amassed 1,840 passing yards, nine passing touchdowns, 137 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns.
Last week, in the Jacksonville Jaguars thrilling 30-29 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence certainly played at a high level. More specifically, in the Jaguars defeat of the Raiders, Lawrence compiled 220 passing yards, 24 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Jacksonville Jaguars victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, Lawrence tallied a robust 22.2 Draftkings points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL 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, Trevor Lawrence is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Parker Washington, Wide Receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars $6,600
In addition to Trevor Lawrence, wide receiver Parker Washington has been a key contributor for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season.
In the eight games that Parker Washington has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL regular season, Jacksonville starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence has targeted Washington 44 times. In those 44 targets just mentioned, Washington tallied 25 receptions, 297 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
More recently, in the Jacksonville Jaguars defeat of the Las Vegas Raiders last week, Parker Washington amassed eight receptions and 90 receiving yards.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Davis Mills, Quarterback (Houston Texans) $9,000: Travis Etienne, Running Back (Jacksonville Jaguars) $9,600: Cam Little, Kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars) $5,000.
