This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New Orleans Saints vs. Los Angeles Rams 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 Saints vs. Rams matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Matthew Stafford, Quarterback, Los Angeles Rams $10,000
Veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford has been the driving force behind the Los Angeles Rams success on the offensive side of the football in 2025. With that said, how has Stafford performed from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s review the Stafford’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the seven games that quarterback Matthew Stafford has played for the Los Angeles Rams in the 2025 NFL regular season, Stafford has amassed 1,866 passing yards and 17 passing touchdowns which ranks first in the NFL.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the the seven games that Matthew Stafford has played for the Los Angeles Rams this season, Stafford is averaging a rather impressive 20.6 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Rams dominant 35-7 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars two weeks ago, Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford amassed 182 passing yards and five passing touchdowns.
Additionally, I like Matthew Stafford’s matchup in this game. Why? The New Orleans Saints defense has had issues containing the quarterback position in 2025. Upon the completion of eight games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the New Orleans Saints rank a rather low 18th in total Draftkings points allowed (17.1) to the quarterback position a game.
In my view, Matthew Stafford is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Davante Adams, Wide Receiver, Los Angeles Rams $10,600
In the seven games that wide receiver Davante Adams has played for the Los Angeles Rams in the 2025 NFL regular season, Los Angeles starting quarterback Matthew Stafford has targeted Adams a whopping 63 times. In those 63 targets just mentioned, Adams tallied 31 receptions, 431 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Kyren Williams, Running Back (Los Angeles Rams) $9,800: Chris Olave, Wide Receiver (New Orleans Saints) $9,000: Juwan Johnson, Tight End (New Orleans Saints) $5,200.