On Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Seattle Seahawks and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Seattle Seahawks vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 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 Seahawks vs. Jaguars matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Sam Darnold, Quarterback, Seattle Seahawks $10,400
Veteran signal caller Sam Darnold has been the driving force behind the Seattle Seahawks success on the offensive side of the football in 2025. With that said, how has Darnold performed from a statistical standpoint this season? Let’s review the talented quarterback’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on his overall contributions to his team.
In the five games that quarterback Sam Darnold has played for the Seattle Seahawks in the 2025 NFL regular season, Darnold has amassed 1,246 passing yards, nine passing touchdowns and 38 rushing yards.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the the five games that Sam Darnold has played for the Seattle Seahawks this season, Darnold is averaging a robust 17.7 Draftkings points a contest
More recently, in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-35 win over the Seattle Seahawks last week, Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold played exceptionally well. In the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat of the Seahawks just noted, Darnold tallied a whopping 341 passing yards and four passing touchdowns.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, the data indicates that Sam Darnold has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in this week’s NFL regular season matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Additionally, I like Sam Darnold’s matchup in this game. Why? The Jacksonville Jaguars defense has had issues containing the quarterback position in 2025. Let me be more specific. Upon the completion of five games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Jacksonville Jaguars rank an abysmal 25th in total Draftkings points allowed (19.1) to the quarterback position a game.
In my opinion, Sam Darnold is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Jaxson Smith-Njigba, Wide Receiver, Seattle Seahawks $11,600
In the five games that Jaxson Smith-Njigba has played for the Seattle Seahawks in the 2025 NFL regular season, Seattle starting quarterback Sam Darnold has targeted Jaxson Smith-Njigba 43 times. In those 43 targets just mentioned, Smith-Njigba accumulated 34 receptions, 534 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
It is noteworthy that the Jacksonville Jaguars rank 27th in overall pass defense (250.4 yards allowed per game). Expounding further on the Jaguars defense, the team’s slot coverage is especially vulnerable and Smith-Njigba runs the vast majority of his routes (83.9%) from the slot position. That’s the highest slot route percentage among all wide receivers in the NFL this season.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Trevor Lawrence, Quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars) $10,000: Travis Hunter, Wide Receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars) $6,200: Hunter Long, Tight End (Jacksonville Jaguars) $2,400.