Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Saints vs. Chiefs 10/7/24

The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the New Orleans Saints 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 New Orleans Saints vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs $11,000

Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes was certainly the driving force behind the Kansas City Chiefs success on the offensive side of the football in 2024 that led the team to a Super Bowl Championship. Having stated that, how did Mahomes perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Patrick Mahomes relevant key player game data from the 2023 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the 16 games that quarterback Patrick Mahomes played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2023 NFL regular season, Mahomes averaged an impressive 327.2 passing yards, 2.1 passing touchdowns, and added 33.2 rushing yards a game.

Now that we have ascertained how Patrick Mahomes played last season, let’s shift our focus to 2024. In the four games that quarterback Patrick Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Mahomes has compiled 904 passing yards, six passing touchdowns, and 61 rushing yards.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the four games that Patrick Mahomes has played for the Chiefs in 2024, Mahomes is averaging 15.7 Draftkings points a game.

More recently, in the Kansas City Chiefs 22-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons two weeks ago, Patrick Mahomes tallied 217 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and added 16 rushing yards.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a DFS NFL showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) Draftkings contest. Keep that in mind as you determine which player to select as your captain for this one game Draftkings contest. For me, the obvious first choice at the captain position for this NFL DFS contest is Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Flex Plays

Alvin Kamara, Running Back, New Orleans Saints, $11,400

Last week, in the Atlanta Falcons 26-24 win over the New Orleans Saints, running New Orleans back Alvin Kamara accumulated 77 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, seven receptions, and 42 receiving yards. What did we learn? The data just presented tells us that Alvin Kamara is playing outstanding football entering this week’s matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Derek Carr, Quarterback, (New Orleans Saints) $9,600: Rashid Shaheed, Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints) $8,000: Travis Kelce, Tight End (Kansas City Chiefs) $8,600.