This week’s TNF matchup breaks the trend by being a game between two teams that people might actually enjoy watching. We’ve had some clunkers in this slot (who can forget the Panthers vs Bears matchup from Week 10?) but we have a chance of some decent entertainment this week if the Seattle Seahawks can just step up on their last couple of efforts when they face the Dallas Cow boys.
Picking TD scorers has not been easy in recent primetime games, with only 1 scored in the Bears-Vikings game on Monday and 3 (scored by just 2 players) in the Ravens-Chargers game on Sunday Night Football in Week 12, but this game (like most Cowboys games) has the potential to make betting this market more pleasurable again.
Be sure to also check out our full Seahawks vs Cowboys predictions, but now let’s take a look at my favorite anytime touchdown scorer picks for Thursday Night Football.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, SEA (+340, FanDuel)
The Seahawks look set to be without starting RB Kenneth Walker once more on TNF, which leaves rookie Zach Charbonnet leading their ground attack. He clearly has talent, but odds of just -110 with FanDuel aren’t great for a player who has yet to score a touchdown in the NFL, and nor does the best current offer of +130 with BetMGM for that matter. I much prefer the value we’re getting with another Seahawks rookie, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who has nice big odds of +340 at FanDuel. Unlike Charbonnet, JSN has already opened his NFL account with 2 receiving TDs, which might not sound a lot, but it’s only 1 behind DK Metcalf, who has had 23 more targets but only 5 more receptions.