Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Patriots vs. Bills 12/22/24
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for this week's Patriots vs. Bills matchup.
New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills
December 22, 2024 4:25 pm EDT
This Sunday, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup featuring the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots 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 New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Josh Allen, Quarterback, Buffalo Bills, $12,800
Quarterback Josh Allen enters this week’s matchup with the New England Patriots playing simply outstanding football. Having stated that, how has Allen performed from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s review Josh Allen’s game data from the 2024 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the 14 games that Josh Allen has played for the Buffalo Bills in the 2024 NFL regular season, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has compiled a massive 3,395 passing yards 25 passing touchdowns, 484 rushing yards, and added 11 rushing touchdowns.
More recently, in the Buffalo Bills 48-42 win over the Detroit Lions two weeks ago, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen tallied 362 passing yards, two rushing touchdowns, five receptions, 68 rushing yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Buffalo Bills victory over the Detroit Lions just noted, Josh Allen compiled a whopping 44.3 Draftkings points. What did we learn? The data just presented tells us that Josh Allen is playing at a high level entering this week’s matchup with the New England Patriots.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Buffalo Bills win over the Detroit Lions just mentioned, Josh Allen amassed an impressive 44.3 Draftkings points.
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.
In summary, I think quarterback Josh Allen is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in Sunday afternoon’s NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Buffalo Bills signal caller Josh Allen at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.
Flex Plays
Hunter Henry, Tight End, New England Patriots $6,200
In the 14 games that tight end Hunter Henry has played for the New England Patriots in the 2024 NFL regular season, New England quarterbacks have targeted Henry a robust 87 times. In those 87 targets just noted, Henry compiled 62 receptions, 635 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): DeMario Douglas, Wide Receiver, (New England Patriots) $6,400: Drake Maye, Quarterback (New England Patriots) $9,800: Tyler Bass, Kicker (Buffalo Bills) $5,200.
