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Week 13 of the 2022 NFL season will wrap up with Monday Night Football between the NFC South rival New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Amazingly enough, the Saints are in contention for the division crown — especially if they win on Monday — despite having a 4-8 record. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that the Bucs are winning the division with a sub-.500 record (5-6).
With kickoff set for 8:15 pm ET on ESPN, it’s time to take a look at the best touchdown scorer bets to be made.
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Best New Orleans Saints touchdown scorer bet: Chris Olave, WR (+220)
With fellow receiver Michael Thomas out for the season and tight end Juwan Johnson sidelined for this game, Chris Olave has to continue picking up the slack. Johnson is one of the team’s top red-zone threats, having scored 5 touchdowns in 2022. That means New Orleans may have to rely heavily on Olave if it wants to put points on the board. The rookie out of Ohio State scored 2 games ago against the Rams and he has been targeted an average of 8.3 times over the past 6 outings.
Best Tampa Bay Buccaneers touchdown scorer bet: Chris Godwin, WR (+180)
I’m staying on the wide receiver train — and the Chris train, for what it’s worth — and backing Godwin to score a touchdown on Monday night. The Penn State product has scored in each of the past 2 games and during this stretch he has racked up 181 yards on 18 receptions (21 targets). Coming off a 2021 ACL injury, Godwin has got better as this season has progressed and Tom Brady’s faith in him is growing. Although both teams are pretty good at defending the pass, they are prone to allowing TDs through the air (Bucs defense 17 and Saints defense 14).
Anytime Touchdown Scorer FAQs
What does “anytime touchdown scorer” mean?
Anytime touchdown scorer is a popular player prop bet that NFL bettors can wager on throughout the season. But what is it, and how do you win?
As the name suggests, placing a wager on the anytime touchdown scorer market is when you tip a particular player to score a touchdown during a game. This can be a rushing or receiving touchdown for an offensive player, or you can wager on a team’s defense/special teams to score a touchdown by interception return and fumble return or kickoff and punt returns.
If your player or defense scores a touchdown, you win! The odds will differ from player-to-player depending on the sportsbooks’ calculated probability of that player scoring.
Does anytime touchdown scorer include passing touchdowns?
Not for a quarterback, no. A player must get into the endzone, himself, in order to qualify as an anytime touchdown scorer. If a quarterback throws a touchdown pass, only the player who caught it counts as the scorer. If Joe Burrow throws a touchdown pass to Ja’Marr Chase, wagers placed on Evans as an anytime touchdown scorer will cash. However, those placed on Rodgers as an anytime touchdown scorer will not (unless he also runs for a TD). See below for more on what the anytime touchdown scorer market means for quarterbacks.
What does anytime touchdown scorer mean for a QB?
For a wager on a QB to be an anytime touchdown scorer to cash, he must follow the same rules as a running back, tight end, or receiver. He must get into the endzone himself, either as a runner or a pass-catcher.
In the age of the mobile quarterback, QBs such as Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and Kyler Murray are often seen rushing in for a touchdown on any given Sunday. And don’t forget the occasional Philly Special, either. QBs can sometimes catch passes for TDs, too.
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