Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Lions vs. Eagles 11/16/25
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for tonight's Lions vs. Eagles matchup.
Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles
November 16, 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 Philadelphia Eagles. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles 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 evening’s Lions vs. Eagles matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jalen Hurts, Quarterback, Philadelphia Eagles $10,400
Quarterback Jalen Hurts has been the field general that the Philadelphia Eagles have needed to win games this season. Having stated that, how has Hurts performed from a data perspective in 2025? Let’s examine the veteran signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Hurts overall contributions to his team.
In the nine games that Jalen Hurts has played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 NFL regular season, Hurts has compiled 1,860 passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns, 234 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the nine games that Jalen Hurts has played for the Philadelphia Eagles this season, Jalen Hurts is averaging a respectable 21.3 Draftkings points a game.
Last month, in the Philadelphia Eagles 28-22 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts certainly played at a high level. For clarity, let me elaborate on my previous statement. In the Eagles defeat of the Minnesota Vikings, Hurts tallied 326 passing yards and three passing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Philadelphia Eagles win over the Minnesota Vikings, Jalen Hurts amassed a robust 27 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, the data illustrates that Jalen Hurts has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s NFL regular season matchup with the Detroit Lions.
Additionally, I like Jalen Hurts matchup in this game. Why? The Detroit Lions defense has had issues defending the quarterback position recently. In the last three games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Detroit Lions rank a rather average 18th in total Draftkings points allowed (19.3) to the quarterback position a game.
In my view, Jalen Hurts is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Philadelphia Eagles signal caller Jalen Hurts at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Saquon Barkley, Running Back (Philadelphia Eagles) $9,600: Jared Goff, Quarterback (Detroit Lions) $10,000: A.J. Brown, Wide Receiver (Philadelphia Eagles) $8,000: David Montgomery, Running Back (Detroit Lions) $5,200: Brock Wright, Tight End (Detroit Lions) $1,600.
