Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Lions vs. Bengals 10/5/25
Detroit Lions vs. Cincinnati Bengals
October 5, 2025 4:25 pm EDT
On Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Detroit Lions and the Cincinnati Bengals. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Detroit Lions vs. Cincinnati Bengals 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 Lions vs. Bengals matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jared Goff, Quarterback, Detroit Lions $9,600
Veteran quarterback Jared Goff has been the driving force behind the Detroit Lions success on the offensive side of the football in 2025. Having stated that, how has Goff performed from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Goff’s overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that quarterback Jared Goff has played for the Detroit Lions in the 2025 NFL regular season, Goff has amassed 929 passing yards and nine passing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the four games that quarterback Jared Goff has played for the Detroit Lions in the 2025 NFL regular season, Goff is averaging a robust 18.8 Draftkings points a game.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Detroit Lions starting quarterback Jared Goff is playing outstanding football in 2025. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in Sunday afternoon’s regular season matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals.
It is also noteworthy that I like Jared Goff’s matchup in this game. Why? The Cincinnati Bengals defense has had issues containing the quarterback position this season. Upon the completion of four games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Cincinnati Bengals rank a dreadful 29th in total Draftkings points allowed (27.1) to the quarterback 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, Jared Goff is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff 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): Ja’Marr Chase, Wide Receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) $10,800: David Montgomery, Running Back (Detroit Lions) $6,600: Sam LaPorta, Tight End (Detroit Lions) $6,200.
