Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Texans vs. Jaguars 9/21/25
Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
September 19, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Houston Texans 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 Texans vs. Jaguars matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Trevor Lawrence, Quarterback, Jacksonville Jaguars $9,400
Talented quarterback Trevor Lawrence was the driving force behind the Jacksonville Jaguars success on the offensive side of the football in 2024. With that said, how did the talented signal caller perform from a statistical perspective last season? Let’s review Trevor Lawrence’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL season to answer that question.
In the ten games that quarterback Trevor Lawrence played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2024 NFL regular season, Lawrence amassed 2,045 passing yards, 11 passing touchdowns, 119 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the ten games that quarterback Trevor Lawrence played for the Jacksonville Jaguars last season, Lawrence averaged a robust 19.6 Draftkings points a game.
Now let’s shift our focus to 2025. In the two games that quarterback Trevor Lawrence has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL regular season, Lawrence has compiled 449 passing yards and four passing touchdowns.
More recently, in the Cincinnati Bengals thrilling 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, Trevor Lawrence played rather well. More specifically, Lawrence amassed 21.24 Draftkings points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL Football 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.
In my opinion, Trevor Lawrence’s reasonable Draftkings price of $9,400 presents outstanding fantasy value. For that specific reason, I am backing Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Travis Hunter, Wide Receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars $8,000
In addition to Trevor Lawrence, rookie wide receiver Travis Hunter has been a key contributor for the Jacksonville Jaguars this season.
In the two games that Travis Hunter has played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL regular season, Jacksonville starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence has targeted Hunter 14 times. In those 14 targets just mentioned, Hunter tallied nine receptions and 55 receiving yards.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): CJ Stroud, Quarterback (Houston Texans) $9,600: Nick Chubb, Running Back (Houston Texans) $8,400: Bhayshul Tuten, Running Back (Jacksonville Jaguars) $5,800.
