Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Packers vs. Lions 12/5/24

This Thursday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions 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. Detroit Lions matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $9,400

Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love has played a pivotal role in the Packers offensive achievements this season. To assess his performance statistically, let’s examine Jordan Love’s key player data from the 2024 NFL regular season.

In the ten games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Love has compiled 2,518 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 48 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown.

More recently, in the Green Bay Packers dominating 30-17 win over the Miami Dolphins last week, Green Bay signal caller Jordan Love accumulated 274 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.

Upon examining the recently presented data more closely, it’s evident that in the Green Bay Packers win over the Miami Dolphins, Jordan Love accrued 19.1 DraftKings points. What does this reveal? It indicates that Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love is indeed performing exceptionally well as he heads into this week’s game against the Detroit Lions.

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 determine which player to select as your captain for this one game Draftkings contest.

In my opinion, Jordan Love is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Green Bay starting quarterback Jordan Love at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions $10,200

Talented wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has certainly been a key contributor to the Detroit Lions offense in 2024. In the 12 games that Amon-Ra St. Brown has played for the Detroit Lions in the 2024 NFL regular season, Lions starting quarterback Jaed Goff has targeted St. Brown a robust 92 times. In those 92 targets just noted, St. Brown tallied 76 receptions, 820 receiving yards, and nine receiving touchdowns.

In conclusion, I fully expect talented Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown to continue his outstanding play versus a vulnerable Green Bay Packers secondary on Thursday night.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Jared Goff, Quarterback (Detroit Lions) $9,600: Jameson Williams, Wide Receiver (Detroit Lions) $7,000: Jayden Reed, Wide Receiver (Green Bay Packers) $7,600.