Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Steelers vs. Bengals 10/16/25
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals
October 16, 2025 8:15 pm EDT
On Thursday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals 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 tomorrow night’s Steelers vs. Bengals matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Aaron Rodgers, Quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers $9,800
Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers has certainly been a standout performer for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. With that said, how has Rodgers performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review Aaron Rodgers relevant key player game data from the 2025 NFL season to better shed light on his overall contributions to his team.
In the five games that quarterback Aaron Rodgers has played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2025 NFL regular season, Rodgers has compiled 1,021 passing yards and ten passing touchdowns.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the five games that Aaron Rodgers has played for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, Rodgers has averaged a robust 16.2 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Pittsburgh Steelers thrilling 34-32 victory over the New York Jets last month, Aaron Rodgers played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Steelers defeat of the Jets, Rodgers accumulated 244 passing yards and four passing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Steelers win over the New York Jets, Rodgers tallied 25.7 Draftkings points.
I also like Aaron Rodgers matchup in this game. Why? The Cincinnati Bengals defense has had issues containing the quarterback position in 2025. Upon the completion of six games played in the 2025 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the league, the Cincinnati Bengals rank an abysmal 23rd in total Draftkings points allowed (19.1) to the quarterback position a game.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct players at the flex positions 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.
In my view, Aaron Rodgers is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers at the captain position for this one game NFL DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in tomorrow night’s NFL regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Joe Flacco, Quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals) $9,400: Ja’Marr Chase, Wide Receiver (Cincinnati Bengals) $12,000: Noah Fant, Tight End (Cincinnati Bengals) $3,600: Kenneth Gainwell, Running Back (Pittsburgh Steelers) $6,400.
