Rules & Scoring

NFL Showdown Captain Mode

In salary cap contests, participants will create a lineup by selecting players listed in the Player Pool.

Contest results will be determined by the total points accumulated by each individual lineup entry (scoring rules summarized below).

Participation in each contest must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

Scoring

Scoring Notes

• Kickers are only eligible for extra points and field goals made. Non-kickers are not eligible for these scoring categories.
• The following scoring plays will result in Points Allowed by your Defense/Special Teams:
  • Rushing TDs, Passing TDs, Offensive Fumble Recovery TDs, Punt Return TDs, Kick Return TDs, FG Return TDs, Blocked FG TDs, Blocked Punt TDs
  • 2pt conversions
  • 2 Point Conversion/Extra-point Returns
  • Extra-points
  • Field-goals
• A fumble recovery will be awarded to a Defense/Special Teams if the team's offense recovers a fumble by the opposing defense (e.g. after an offensive turnover).

Lineup Requirements

Lineups will consist of 6 players and must include players from both teams. The 6 roster positions are:

The player you select as your Captain will score 1.5x the standard fantasy point value for each statistic, but drafting a player as Captain will cost more salary than drafting them as FLEX.

Any player in the player pool is eligible to be selected as Captain. However, a player cannot be added at both Captain and another position in the same lineup.

Player Pool

The Player Pool will consist of all NFL players expected to be on the active roster for any team scheduled to play in the contest Game Set. Occasionally a player may be missing from the Player Pool due to trades or other unforeseen circumstances. Each player listed in the player pool has an assigned salary and a valid lineup must not exceed the salary cap of $50,000.

Due to the fluid nature of rosters, in the event a team adjusts their roster after player pools are finalized, DraftKings reserves the right to adjust player pools after contests for that Game Set have become available. In these instances, additional players may be added to the Player Pool up until 24 hours before a Game Set’s lock. This may result in valid lineups becoming invalid. Any participants who have entered contests for the Game Set prior to the adjustment will be notified via email.

A "Game Set" is a set of games used for contests; each contest is tied to one Game Set. Contests tied to the same Game Set can be created at different times. Therefore, game policies are based on the timing of a Game Set being made available, not each individual contest.

Position Eligibility

Player positions are determined at the sole discretion of DraftKings.

Lineup Edits

Lineups may be edited at any time leading up to games. Each individual player will become "locked" at the scheduled start time of their team's game. A locked player cannot be added or removed from a roster spot. Locked roster spots for all entries are displayed in contest GameCenters.

In the rare case that a game starts before the scheduled start time, all players within that game will become locked as soon as our feed reflects that the game has begun. Additionally, any swaps that were made after the real-life start time of the game will result in those lineups being disqualified and refunded.

Cancelled, Postponed, and Rescheduled Games

In the event that a game is cancelled or postponed & rescheduled to a time outside of the original Scoring Period, DraftKings will cancel and refund all contests. If the game is rescheduled within the Scoring Period & this change is made less than 24 hours before the Game Set’s lock, the game will be included in the Game Set and players listed to play in that game will be eligible to accrue points.

The Scoring Period for NFL is defined as the timeframe between the scheduled start of the first game within the Game Set and 11:59pm ET on the first Wednesday after the last scheduled game within the Game Set.

In the event a game is postponed, Draftkings will make a decision no later than 11:59pm ET of the day of the game on how to handle the postponed game.

DraftKings may choose to adjust the Scoring Period for a Game Set at their sole discretion to accommodate schedule changes to any time before 12:00am ET on the day after the Game Set is scheduled.

Suspended or Shortened Games

DraftKings uses official NFL statistics and only includes statistics from games NFL deems to be official. If the NFL declares a game "suspended" then the statistics generated before the game is suspended will count in Game Sets containing said game. Any statistics generated on a later date when the game resumes will not be included.

In the event that a game is suspended due to an injury or other "Act of God" type instance (determined at DK's sole discretion), and the game does NOT continue by the end of the scoring period (defined as 11:59PM ET on the first Wednesday after the last scheduled game within the game set), the following applies:

1. If the game is part of a multi-game set (such as Classic), all stats accrued up until the time of stoppage will count toward the set.
2. If the game is part of a single game set (such as Showdown), the following will apply:
   1. If the suspension occurs in the first half of the game, the set will be refunded.
   2. If the suspension occurs at halftime, or in the second half of the game, the set will be paid out as scored at time of suspension.

Simulated NFL Showdown Captain Mode

Game Settings

• Difficulty: All-Madden
• Game Style: Arcade
• Event Type: Exhibition
• Even Teams: Off
• Quarter Length: 8 minutes
• Accelerated Clock: On
• Play Clock: 20 seconds
• Depth Charts found here.

Note:

In contests that are streamed where commentators are incorporated, the commentators are not in the same room as the game system device, and do not access to the game controllers. The actions of game operations or commentators cannot alter the outcome of the simulation.

Stream Links

Games are available for viewing in Game Center under the submitted lineup. Additional streams can be found on Twitch, at DK Nation, and on YouTube.

Game & Stream Malfunction Policy

In the event of a game malfunction, all Game Sets with the affected match up will be cancelled and refunded. A game malfunction is defined as any malfunction that prohibits the game from finishing. There are rare instances in which there may be a malfunction of the DraftKings stream, but the game itself remains unaffected. In these cases, the streams will be completed offline. Gamecenters will update at the end of each quarter in these scenarios. DraftKings will publish the box scores of these contests, and all scores will be considered final after confirmation of all scoring plays and turnovers by our operations team.