Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Raiders vs. Chiefs 10/19/25
Las Vegas Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs
October 19, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
On Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Las Vegas Raiders 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 Raiders vs. Chiefs matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs $11,000
Unless you have been living under a rock the last decade, you are aware that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a generational talent. With that said, how has Mahomes performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s review the veteran signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL season to better shed light on his overall contributions to his team.
In the six games that quarterback Patrick Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2025 NFL regular season, Mahomes has amassed 1,514 passing yards, 11 passing touchdowns, 222 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the the six games that quarterback Patrick Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2025, Mahomes is averaging a robust 25.3 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-28 upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs two weeks ago, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes certainly played at a high level. In the Jaguars victory over the Chiefs, Mahomes tallied 318 passing yards, one passing touchdown, 60 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Jacksonville Jaguars defeat of the Chiefs just mentioned, Mahomes accumulated 30.7 Draftkings points.
In my view, Patrick Mahomes is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Travis Kelce, Tight End, Kansas City Chiefs $7,600
In the six games that tight end Travis Kelce has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2025 NFL regular season, Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes has targeted Kelce a massive 37 times. In those 37 targets just mentioned, Kelce accumulated 28 receptions, 321 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Ashton Jeanty, Running Back (Las Vegas Raiders) $10,000: Tre Tucker, Wide Receiver (Las Vegas Raiders) $8,200: Brashard Smith, Running Back (Kansas City Chiefs) $3,400: Michael Mayer, Tight End (Las Vegas Raiders) $4,000.
