Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Packers vs. Bears 11/17/24
Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears
November 17, 2024 1:00 pm EDT
This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears 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 Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $10,000
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love has been instrumental in the Green Bay Packers success on the offensive side of the football this season. Having stated that, how has Love performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Jordan Love’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NFL regular season to answer that question.
In the seven games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Love compiled 1,820 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, and 28 rushing yards.
More recently, in the Green Bay Packers dominating 34-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals six weeks ago, 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 Chicago Bears.
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. Keep that in mind as you determine which player to select as your captain for this one game Draftkings contest.
In my opinion, Jordan Love is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NFL regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Green Bay starting quarterback Jordan Love at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Josh Jacobs, Running Back, Green Bay Packers $10,200
In the nine games that running back Josh Jacobs has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Jacobs accumulated 762 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, 19 receptions, and one receiving touchdown.
Last month, in the Green Bay Packers 30-27 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Josh Jacobs tallied a massive 127 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Green Bay Packers victory over the Jaguars, Josh Jacobs compiled a robust 28.5 Draftkings points.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): D’Andre Swift, Running Back (Chicago Bears) $9,200: Jayden Reed, Wide Receiver (Green Bay Packers) $8,800: Green Bay Packers, Defense $4,400.
