Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Texans vs. Packers 10/20/24
Draftkings picks and predictions for this week's Texans vs. Packers matchup.
Houston Texans vs. Green Bay Packers
October 20, 2024 1:00 pm EDT
The NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup between the Houston Texans and the Green Bay Packers. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Houston Texans vs. Green Bay Packers 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. Green Bay Packers matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $10,000
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love was instrumental in the Green Bay Packers success on the offensive side of the football last season. Having stated that, how did Love perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Jordan Love’s relevant key player game data from the 2023 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the 15 games that quarterback C.J. Stroud played for the Houston Texans in the 2023 NFL regular season, Stroud tallied an impressive 4,108 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 167 rushing yards, and three rushing touchdowns.
Now that we have determined how Jordan Love played last season, let’s shift our attention to the 2024 NFL regular season. In the four games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Love compiled 1,131 passing yards, 12 passing touchdowns, and 29 rushing yards.
More recently, in the Green Bay Packers dominating 34-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals last week, Jordan Love accumulated 258 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, and 13 rushing yards.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Packers victory over the Cardinals, Jordan Love compiled a robust 26.6 Draftkings points. What did we learn? The data just presented tells us that Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love is definitely playing outstanding football entering this week’s matchup with the Houston Texans.
For the specific reasons just noted, I am backing Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.
Flex Plays
Stefon Diggs, Wide Receiver, Houston Texans $10,400
Talented wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been a key contributor to the Houston Texans offense this season.
In the five games that wide receiver Stefon Diggs has played for the Houston Texans in the 2024 NFL regular season, Texans starting quarterback C.J. Stroud has targeted Diggs a whopping 48 times. In those 48 targets, Stefon Diggs tallied 37 receptions, 392 receiving yards, three receiving touchdowns, and 12 rushing yards.
In summary, I fully expect talented Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs to continue his outstanding play versus the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): C.J. Stroud, Quarterback, (Houston Texans) $10,200: Joe Mixon, Running Back (Houston Texans) $9,600: Dalton Schultz, Tight End (Houston Texans) $5,200.
