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Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Texans vs. Chiefs 1/18/25

Draftkings picks and predictions for this week's Texans vs. Chiefs matchup.

Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs
January 18, 2025 4:30 pm EDT

This Saturday, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a playoff matchup featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Texans 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 Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs $10,000

In my opinion, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been the driving force behind the Kansas City Chiefs success on the offensive side of the football this season. To better understand his impact, let’s examine Mahomes statistical game data from the 2024 NFL regular season.

In the 16 games that Patrick Mahomes played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Mahomes has tallied an impressive 3,928 passing yards, 26 passing touchdowns, 307 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

Upon closer examination of the data just presented, in the 16 games that Patrick Mahomes played for the Kansas City Chiefs this season, Mahomes averaged 18.9 DraftKings points per game.

More recently, in the Kansas City Chiefs convincing 29-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, Patrick Mahomes played rather well. More specifically, Mahomes amassed a robust 320 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and 12 rushing yards.

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 construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.

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 Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Nico Collins, Wide Receiver, Houston Texans $10,600

Wide receiver Nico Collins has certainly been a key contributor to the Houston Texans offense this season. Let’s take a quick look at Collins game data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.

In the 11 games that wide receiver Nico Collins played for the Houston Texans this season (including playoffs), Collins has accumulated an impressive 75 receptions, 1,128 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns.

In summary, I am rolling with Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins as a flex play for this one game NFL DFS slate.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well in this week’s playoff game (Draftkings price noted): C.J. Stroud, Quarterback (Houston Texans) $9,000: Noah Gray, Tight End (Kansas City Chiefs) $4,000: John Metchie III, Wide Receiver (Houston Texans) $3,400.

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I have been an avid fan of sports since I was a kid. Additionally, I have been betting on sports for the better part of the last two decades! I have been married to my wife Dawn for over 21 years. I am also the proud father of Hannah! These ladies provide me the inspiration to live each day to it's fullest.

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