Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Saints vs. Packers 12/23/24
Draftkings picks and predictions for this week's Saints vs. Packers game.
New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers
December 23, 2024 8:15 pm EDT
On Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Green Bay Packers vs. New Orleans Saints 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 New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Jordan Love, Quarterback, Green Bay Packers $10,600
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love has been instrumental in the Packers offensive success this season. To evaluate his performance statistically we will examine Love’s key player data from the 2024 NFL regular season.
In the 12 games that Jordan Love has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Love has compiled 2,953 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 75 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown.
Three weeks ago, in the Green Bay Packers dominating 30-17 win over the Miami Dolphins, Green Bay starting quarterback Jordan Love accumulated 274 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.
Upon examining the recently presented data more closely, it’s evident that in the Green Bay Packers win over the Miami Dolphins, Jordan Love accrued 19.1 DraftKings points.
Additionally, I like Jordan Love’s matchup in this game. Why? The New Orleans Saints have had issues defending the quarterback position recently. Let me be more specific. In the last two games played in the 2024 NFL regular season, in relation to the other 31 teams in the NFL over that time period, the New Orleans Saints are ranked an a rather low 23rd in total Draftkings points allowed to the quarterback position (19.3) a game. Considering the fact that the NFL has 32 teams in the entire league, being ranked 23rd in any defensive category is clearly not good.
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 $11,600
In addition to quarterback Jordan Love, Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs has been a key contributor to the Packers offensive success this season.
In the 14 games that running back Josh Jacobs has played for the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL regular season, Jacobs has accumulated 1,147 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 31 receptions, 302 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.
Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Tucker Kraft, Tight End (Green Bay Packers) $5,800: Juwan Johnson, Tight End (New Orleans Saints) $4,400.
