Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks: Buccaneers vs. Chiefs 11/4/24

This Monday night, the NFL presents Draftkings Football fans with a matchup featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s take a look at this NFL Game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs 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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup.

NFL Showdown Picks

Captain-Patrick Mahomes, Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs $10,000

Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the driving force behind the Kansas City Chiefs success on the offensive side of the football in 2024. That offensive success led the team to a Super Bowl Championship. Having stated that, how did Mahomes perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Patrick Mahomes relevant key player game data from the 2023 NFL regular season to answer that question.

In the 16 games that quarterback Patrick Mahomes played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2023 NFL regular season, Mahomes averaged an impressive 327.2 passing yards, 2.1 passing touchdowns, and added 33.2 rushing yards a game.

Now that we have determined how Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes played last season, let’s shift our focus to the 2024 NFL regular season. In the seven Games that Mahomes has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Mahomes has compiled 1,651 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns, 139 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown.

More recently, in the Kansas City Chiefs 27-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders last week, Patrick Mahomes accumulated 262 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and 17 receiving yards.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Chiefs victory over the Raiders just mentioned, Patrick Mahomes tallied an impressive 19.2 Draftkings points.

I definitely like Patrick Mahomes from a general matchup perspective in this NFL regular season matchup. Why? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had issues containing opposing quarterbacks this season. Let me be more specific. Through eight games played in the 2024 NFL regular season, the Buccaneers are ranked an abysmal 32nd in total Draftkings points allowed a game (22.8) to the quarterback position. Keep in mind that the NFL has 32 teams in the entire league. I think it’s fair to say that being ranked 32nd in any NFL team defensive category is clearly not good.

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 rolling with Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the captain position for this Draftkings DFS Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Travis Kelce, Tight End, Kansas City Chiefs $8,800

In the seven games that tight end Travis Kelce has played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 NFL regular season, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes have targeted Kelce a robust 48 times. In those 48 targets just noted, Kelce accumulated 38 receptions, 335 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.

Additional flex plays I like to perform well (Draftkings price noted): Baker Mayfield, Quarterback, (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $9,600: Cade Otton, Tight End (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) $8,400.