Caleb Wilfinger
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In what might be the biggest game on the Week 8 NFL slate — especially from an NFC playoff picture perspective — the Dallas Cowboys will travel to San Francisco for a date with the 49ers in a pivotal primetime matchup for both teams on Sunday Night Football. The Cowboys are coming off a bye week, while the 49ers are in a must-win situation after falling to the Chiefs at home last week. The handicap on this game seems to be a solid spot to buy the Cowboys given the situation, but that’s not what I’ll be focusing on in this piece.
Be sure to also check out our Cowboys vs 49ers predictions, but now let’s take a look at my favorite anytime touchdown scorer picks for this primetime game, which includes a wide receiver and tight end.
George Kittle, TE, SF (+145 at FanDuel)
Despite nursing a sprained foot, it appears that George Kittle is going to be in action on Sunday. That’s a massive boost for this 49ers offense, especially since San Franciso’s other stars on its roster aren’t so fortunate. Heading into this pivotal game, Christian McCaffrey is still out, and we now know that Brandon Aiyuk is done for the season with a torn ACL. Furthermore, both Deebo Samuel and Jauan Jennings are listed as questionable for this matchup, which doesn’t inspire confidence that either player will be at 100% if they do play. With that in mind, we can expect Purdy to target Kittle early and often – including on crucial downs in the red zone. Even when the entire offense is on the field and he has competition from other pass-catchers in that unit, Kittle is an absolute force around the end zone. Kittle has tallied 5 touchdowns thus far in 2024, all of which have come in the last 5 contests. Given that we’re getting this prop at plus money, Kittle has very good value in this market.
CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL (+135 at FanDuel)
This season has been somewhat of a failure to launch for CeeDee Lamb and the Cowboys passing attack, but that should change on Sunday. Lamb was racking up touchdowns in bunches a season ago, but that hasn’t been the case this season, as the Cowboys have struggled to put up points against quality opponents. However, I do think that changes a bit against a 49ers defense that is one of the worst units in the league on 3rd down, so Dallas should be able to string together longer drives and find itself in the red zone. Additionally, Lamb still has 32 receptions over the Cowboys’ 6 games this season, so it’s not as if he’s being targeted less by Dak Prescott when it matters most. This is a nice buy-low spot for Lamb to find the end zone and I’d expect him to hit paydirt for the third time this season.
