Draftkings Best NFL Showdown Picks: Jets vs. Patriots 10/27/24

This Sunday afternoon, the NFL presents Draftkings Football fans with a matchup featuring the New York Jets and the New England Patriots. Let’s take a look at this NFL Game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the New York Jets vs. New England Patriots 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 York Jets vs. New England Patriots matchup.

Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Breece Hall, Running Back, New York Jets $10,400

Talented New York Jets running back Breece Hall was certainly an essential part of the New York Jets offense in the 2023 NFL regular season. Let’s take a quick look at Hall’s game data from last season to better shed light on my previous statement.

Last season, New York Jets quarterbacks targeted Breece Hall a robust 95 times. In those 95 targets just mentioned, Hall tallied an impressive 76 receptions, 591 receiving yards, and four receiving touchdowns.

In addition to his outstanding play as a receiver last season, Jets running back Breece Hall was rather effective rushing the Football as well. Let me be more specific. In the 17 Games that Hall played for the Jets in 2023, Hall accumulated 994 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.

Now that we have identified how Breece Hall played last season, let’s turn our attention to 2024. In the seven games that Hall has played for the New York Jets in the 2024 NFL regular season, New York starting running back Breece Hall has compiled 348 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, 32 receptions, 307 receiving yards, and added one receiving touchdown.

More recently, in the Pittsburgh Steelers 37-15 win over the New York Jets last week, Breece Hall accumulated 38 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, six receptions and 103 receiving yards.

Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Steelers victory over the Jets just noted, New York running back Breece Hall tallied a massive 29.1 Draftkings points. It has to be said, those are the type of fantasy numbers I like to see from a player that I select at the captain position for a Draftkings NFL Showdown slate.

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. Having stated that, I am backing New York Jets running back Breece Hall at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NFL DFS Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Aaron Rodgers, Quarterback, New York Jets, $9,800

How important has quarterback Aaron Rodgers been to the New York Jets offense this season? Let’s review Rodgers relevant player data from the 2024 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the seven games that Rodgers has played for the New York Jets in the 2024 NFL regular season, quarterback Aaron Rodgers compiled 1,663 receiving yards and ten passing touchdowns.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Drake May, Quarterback (New England Patriots) $9,600: DeMario Douglas, Wide Receiver (New England Patriots) $6,600: Allen Lazard, Wide Receiver (New York Jets) $7,600.