Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Chiefs vs. Steelers 12/25/24
Draftkings picks and predictions for this week's Chiefs vs. Steelers matchup.
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
December 25, 2024 1:00 pm EDT
This week, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 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 Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs $10,400
In my opinion, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been the driving force behind the Kansas City Chiefs ability to win games this season. To understand his impact, let’s examine Mahomes statistical game data from the 2024 NFL regular season.
In the 15 games that Patrick Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Mahomes has tallied an impressive 3,608 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 295 rushing yards, and two rushing touchdowns.
Upon closer examination of the data just presented, in the 15 games that Patrick Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs this season, Mahomes is averaging 18.3 DraftKings points per game.
More recently, in the Kansas City Chiefs 30-27 overtime victory over the Carolina Panthers five weeks ago, Patrick Mahomes amassed a robust 269 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, 60 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown.
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.
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
Xavier Worthy, Wide Receiver, Kansas City Chiefs $8,600
In addition to quarterback Patrick Mahomes, wide receiver Xavier Worthy has been an essential part of the Kansas City Chiefs offense this season.
In the last two games that Xavier Worthy has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes has targeted Worthy a massive 22 times. In those 22 targets just noted, Worthy accumulated 13 receptions, 111 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
In conclusion, I fully expect Xavier Worthy to continue his outstanding play in tomorrow afternoon’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well this week (Draftkings price noted): Russell Wilson, Quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) $9,400: George Pickens, Wide Receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers) $9,600: Harrison Butker, Kicker (Kansas City Chiefs) $5,200.
