Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Packers vs. Jaguars 10/27/24

This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Green Bay Packers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 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 Green Bay Packers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $10,000

Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love was instrumental in the Green Bay Packers success on the offensive side of the football last season. Having stated that, how did Love perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Jordan Love’s relevant key player game data from the 2023 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the 15 games that quarterback C.J. Stroud played for the Houston Texans in the 2023 NFL regular season, Stroud tallied an impressive 4,108 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 167 rushing yards, and three rushing touchdowns.

Now that we have determined how Jordan Love played last season, let’s shift our attention to the 2024 NFL regular season. In the five games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Love compiled 1,351 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, and 29 rushing yards.

More recently, in the Green Bay Packers dominating 34-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago, Jordan Love accumulated 258 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, and 13 rushing yards.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Packers victory over the Cardinals just noted, Jordan Love compiled a robust 26.6 Draftkings points. What did we learn? The data just presented tells us that Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love is definitely playing outstanding football entering this week’s matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Additionally, I definitely like Jordan Love from a general matchup perspective in this NFL regular season matchup. Why? The Jacksonville Jaguars have had issues containing opposing quarterbacks this season. Let me be more specific. Through seven games played in the 2024 NFL regular season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are ranked an abysmal 32nd in total Draftkings points allowed a game (25.1) to the quarterback position. Keep in mind that the NFL has 32 teams in the entire league. Clearly, being ranked 32nd in any defensive category is not good.

For the specific reasons just noted, I am backing Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Tank Bigsby, Running Back, Jacksonville Jaguars $9,000

Jacksonville running back Tank Bigsby has been a key contributor to the Jacksonville Jaguars offense this season.

In the seven games that Tank Bigsby has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season, Bigsby has tallied 415 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns.

More recently, in the Jacksonville Jaguars 37-34 win over the Indianapolis Colts three weeks ago, Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby accumulated 101 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, one reception, and 28 receiving yards.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Trevor Lawrence, Quarterback, (Jacksonville Jaguars) $9,200: Josh Jacobs, Running Back (Green Bay Packers) $8,000.