NFL Wildcard Touchdowns: Tier List of Anytime TD Scorers by Odds
Ranking the Potential TD Scorers This Super Wildcard Weekend
SNF Props Favor the Usual Stars to Score
The Super Wildcard Weekend is when NFL players become bigger stars or shrink in the spotlight. Sometimes these NFL games are decided by one touchdown either from the star you expect or the unknown reserve who makes himself known.
Looking through the NFL Wildcard Touchdowns props we break down the potential touchdown scorers into several tiers based on their NFL odds.
Tier A: Star Players Who Should Score
| Player | ODDS |
|---|---|
| RB Christian McCaffrey (SF) | -180 |
| RB Austin Ekeler (LAC) | -160 |
| RB Travis Etienne (JAX) | -130 |
| WR Stefon Diggs (BUF) | -115 |
| RB Saquon Barkley (NYG) | -110 |
| RB Dalvin Cook (MIN) | -110 |
| RB Joe Mixon (CIN) | -110 |
| WR Ja’Marr Chase (CIN) | -105 |
Running backs dominate this tier and most specifically, dual-threat ones. These stars are familiar, especially to Fantasy NFL players.
McCaffrey is the most likely touchdown scorer going by the NFL Wildcard Touchdowns odds. The all-world running back has scored 13 touchdowns – eight via rushing and five via receiving.
With San Francisco, “CMC” averaged a touchdown per every start.
Not too far behind McCaffrey on the odds is the Chargers’ Ekeler. Like McCaffrey with San Francisco, Ekeler is averaging at least a touchdown per game.
The sixth-year pro leads the NFL with 18 total touchdowns from scrimmage. He also led the league last NFL season with 20.
Ekeler’s counterpart, Etienne, is a favorite to score for the Jacksonville Jaguars as well. Playing in his first year, Etienne is more of a traditional RB and has no receiving touchdowns.
However, the Los Angeles Chargers give up an average of one rushing TD per game (17) so he is a likely scorer for Jacksonville’s running game.
The only two receivers on this list are Buffalo Bills Diggs and Cincinnati Bengals Chase. These two elite wideouts are heavily favored by their quarterbacks and will be a red zone threat. Diggs caught 11 TDs for Buffalo this season, his second straight with double-digit scores.
Chase was on pace for 14+ touchdowns before he got hurt for Cincinnati. He still finished the season with nine TDs.
Tier B: More Stars That Could Score
| Player | ODDS |
|---|---|
| WR Justin Jefferson (MIN) | +105 |
| TE George Kittle (SF) | +120 |
| RB Ezekiel Elliott (DAL) | +120 |
| RB Tony Pollard (DAL) | +125 |
| WR Tee Higgins (CIN) | +130 |
| RB Devin Singletary (BUF) | +130 |
| QB Josh Allen (BUF) | +130 |
| WR Keenan Allen (LAC) | +135 |
| WR Gabriel Davis (BUF) | +140 |
| WR/RB Deebo Samuel (SF) | +140 |
| WR Christian Kirk (JAX) | +145 |
| WR CeeDee Lamb (DAL) | +150 |
Lined with implied probabilities ranging from 48.8 percent to 40 percent, we can anticipate all the players on this list to get involved in the scoring in some capacity.
Most notable is the presence of a slew of Buffalo Bills. From the running back Singletary to receiver Davis, the book anticipates either (or both) to hit paydirt.
The Bills are the largest favorites this weekend. With the Miami Dolphins sporting an injury-ravaged lineup, Buffalo may just put up the highest-scoring NFL game this Saturday.
That means plenty of touchdowns hence six Bills (plus Diggs above) lined at these types of odds.
Dallas features a trio of players here. The Dallas Cowboys have both running backs, Elliott and Pollard, near the top of the list. This team scored the second-most rushing TDs this season with 24.
Elliott accounted for half of that. Pollard still tied him in total TDs by catching three. Lamb is the Cowboys’ leading receiver as he caught nine of the team’s 28 receiving TDs.
Of course, the weapon-laden Niners have others behind McCaffrey when it comes to scoring. Kittle and Samuel accounted for 16 of the team’s 50 rushing and receiving touchdowns. Kittle has been on fire and has caught seven TDs in his last four games.
Like Buffalo, the San Francisco 49ers are expected to put up lofty a wild card score against the overmatched Seattle Seahawks
And atop the list is Minnesota’s Jefferson. He may have “only” scored nine touchdowns (eight via receptions), but he has easily been Minnesota’s deadliest offensive player.
Tier C: Underdogs and Other Supporting Stars
| Player | ODDS |
|---|---|
| RB Kenneth Walker III (SEA) | +155 |
| WR Mike Evans (TB) | +160 |
| RB Rachaad White (TB) | +160 |
| WR Josh Palmer (LAC) | +160 |
| WR Zay Jones (JAX) | +175 |
| TE T.J. Hockenson (MIN) | +175 |
| WR Chris Godwin (TB) | +175 |
| RB James Cook (BUF) | +175 |
| RB Jeff Wilson Jr. (MIA) | +180 |
| RB J.K Dobbins (BAL) | +185 |
| TE Dawson Knox (BUF) | +185 |
| RB Isaiah McKenzie (BUF) | +190 |
| WR Brandon Aiyuk (SF) | +190 |
| TE Evan Engram (JAX) | +190 |
Lined with implied probabilities ranging from 39.2 percent to 34.5 percent, several of these players may make for a solid prop bet to score. We have more Bills here like Cook and Knox.
All-in-all, it’s a toss-up as to which Bill will find the endzone as Allen has distributed the ball with at least five Bills having five or more touchdowns from scrimmage even if we discount Diggs.
Tampa Bay Bucaneers, which struggled to score all season, has receivers Evans and Godwin as two of its likeliest scorers. Evans scored six times although three of them came in one game.
Godwin scored just three total times. Most interesting is White, who has six total TDs if we count his three return scores.
Seattle’s Walker is atop this list as the rookie running back has rushed for nine touchdowns; however, he goes up against San Francisco, a team that prevented him from scoring a TD while limiting Seattle to just one offensive TD.
It will be more difficult for Walker or any player from an underdog this weekend to score an NFL Wildcard Touchdown.
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