Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Lions vs. Chiefs 10/13/25
Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs
October 13, 2025 8:20 pm EDT
On Sunday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs 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. Chiefs matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jared Goff, Quarterback, Detroit Lions $9,600
Talented 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 veteran signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the five games that quarterback Jared Goff has played for the Detroit Lions in the 2025 NFL regular season, Goff has amassed 1,187 passing yards 12 passing touchdowns, .
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the five games that quarterback Jared Goff has played for the Detroit Lions in the 2025 NFL regular season, Goff is averaging a rather impressive 19.3 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Detroit Lions dominant 52-21 win over the Chicago Bears last month, Jared Goff played exceptionally well. In the Lions defeat of the Bears, Detroit quarterback Jared Goff tallied a massive 335 passing yards and five passing touchdowns.
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 night’s regular season matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions $8,600
In addition to Jared Goff, wide receiver Amon St. Brown has been a key contributor for the Detroit Lions this season.
In the five games that wide receiver Amon St. Brown has played for the Detroit Lions in 2025, Detroit quarterback Jared Goff has targeted St. Brown 41 times. In those 41 targets just noted, Ferguson compiled 35 receptions, 407 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs) $10,800: David Montgomery, Running Back (Detroit Lions) $7,000: Brashard Smith, Running Back (Kansas City Chiefs) $3,000.
