Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Bills vs. Dolphins 9/12/24

This Sunday night, the NFL presents Draftkings football fans with a matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins. Let’s take a look at this NFL game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins 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 Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Josh Allen, Quarterback, Buffalo Bills, $9,000

How important was talented quarterback Josh Allen to the Buffalo Biils offense last season? Let’s review Allen’s relevant player data from the 2023 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the 17 games that Josh Allen played for the Buffalo Bills in the 2023 NFL regular season, Allen tallied 4,306 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns, 524 rushing yards, and a massive 15 rushing touchdowns.

Now that we have determined how Josh Allen played last season, let’s turn our attention to the 2024 NFL regular season. Last week, in the Buffalo Bills 34-28 win over the Arizona Cardinals, Josh Allen tallied 232 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 39 rushing touchdowns, and added two rushing touchdowns.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Buffalo Bills victory over the Arizona Cardinals last week, Allen accumulated an impressive 32.2 Draftkings points a game. It has to be said, those are the type of fantasy numbers that I need to see from a player that I select for the captain position in a Draftkings NFL Showdown contest.

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 suMMAry, I am backing Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen at the captain position for this one Game NFL DFS Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Tyreek Hill, Miami Dolphins, Wide Receiver $11,600

Unless you have been living under a rock the last five years you are aware that Miami’s Tyreek Hill is a generational talent when it comes to the wide receiver position in the NFL. Having stated that, how Hill perform from a statistical perspective last week?

In last week’s week one win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tyreek Hill accumulated seven receptions, 130 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.

I fully expect that Tyreek Hill will continue to post outstanding fantasy numbers versus the Buffalo Bills later today.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Tua Tagovailoa, Quarterback (Miami Dolphins) $9,400: James Cook, Running Back (Buffalo Bills) $9,000: De’Von Achane, Running Back (Miami Dolphins) $9,600: Khalil Shakir, Wide Receiver (Buffalo Bills) $6,200: Jaylen Waddle, Wide Receiver (Miami Dolphins) $8,600.