Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Texans vs. Ravens 10/5/25
Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens
October 1, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens 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. Ravens matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-C.J. Stroud, Quarterback, Houston Texans $9,600
Veteran quarterback C.J. Stroud has been a solid contributor for the Houston Texans offense this season. With that said, how has Stroud performed from a data standpoint in 2025? Let’s review the talented signal caller’s relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL regular season to better shed light on Stroud’s overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that quarterback C.J. Stroud has played for the Houston Texans in the 2025 NFL regular season, Stroud has amassed 832 passing yards, four passing touchdowns and 92 rushing yards.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the four games that C.J. Stroud has played for the Houston Texans in 2025, Stroud is averaging 13.9 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Houston Texans impressive 26-0 shutout win over the Tennessee Titans last week, Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud certainly played at a high level. In the Texans defeat of the Titans just mentioned, Stroud tallied 233 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.
I also like C.J. Stroud’s matchup in this game. Why? The Baltimore Ravens defense has had issues containing the quarterback position in 2025. Let me be more specific. Upon the completion of four games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Baltimore Ravens rank an abysmal 30th in total Draftkings points allowed (26.1) to the quarterback position a game.
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, C.J. Stroud is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this Sunday afternoon’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Derrick Henry, Running Back (Baltimore Ravens) $11,000: Mark Andrews, Tight End (Baltimore Ravens) $6,400: Woody Marks, Running Back (Houston Texans) $8,400: Tyler Loop, Kicker (Baltimore Ravens) $5,000.
