Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Rams vs. Cardinals 9/15/24

This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Arizona Cardinals. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Los Angeles Rams vs. Arizona Cardinals 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 Los Angeles Rams vs. Arizona Cardinals matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Cooper Kupp, Wide Receiver, Los Angeles Rams, $11,600

Talented Los Angeles wide receiver Cooper Kupp was certainly an essential part of the Los Angeles Rams offense in the 2023 NFL regular season. Let’s take a quick look at Kupp’s game data from last season to better shed light on my previous statement.

Last season, Los Angeles Rams quarterbacks targeted wide receiver Cooper Kupp a robust 95 times. In those 95 targets just mentioned, Kupp tallied an impressive 59 receptions, 737 receiving yards, and five receiving touchdowns.

Now that we have determined how Cooper Kupp played last season, let’s turn our attention to the 2024 NFL regular season. Last week, in the Detroit Lions 26-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles wide receiver Cooper Kupp was targeted by quarterback Matthew Stafford a whopping 21 times. In those 21 targets just noted, Kupp accumulated 110 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Lions win over the Rams last week, Cooper Kupp accumulated a massive 35.1 Draftkings points. It has to be said, those are the type of fantasy numbers that I need to see from a player that I select at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL Showdown contest.

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 summary, I am backing Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

DeMarcus Robinson, Wide Receiver, Los Angeles Rams $5,800

In addition to Cooper Kupp, Rams wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson was a key contributor to the Los Angeles offense last week. In last week’s loss to the Lions, Rams wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson tallied four receptions and 47 receiving yards.

In my opinion, Rams wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson’s low Draftkings price of only $5,800 presents the best fantasy value of any player on this one game NFL Showdown slate.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Kyler Murray, Quarterback (Arizona Cardinals) $10,000: James Conner, Running Back (Arizona Cardinals) $8,600: Matthew Stafford, Quarterback (Los Angeles Rams) $9,400.