After a hearty slate of Week 2 football, we conclude the night with Sunday Night Football, as the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans face off at NRG Stadium in Houston, with kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
Beyond spread and total bets, I'm taking a look at Bears vs. Texans player props — specifically anytime touchdown scorers for my Sunday Night Football props.
Here are my two picks for Sunday night's game between the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.
Gilles Gallant's Bears vs. Texans Player Props
- Tank Dell Anytime Touchdown (+220, FanDuel)
- D'Andre Swift Anytime Touchdown (+220, FanDuel)
Tank Dell Anytime Touchdown (+220, FanDuel)
Tank Dell is someone I bet on last week and didn’t score, but I see an upside in his matchup in Week 2 against the Bears.
Chicago ran a Zone defense at a top-five rate in Week 1 against the Titans. So how does that play into Dell? Well, in Week 1, Dell tied for the Texans’ team lead against Zone coverage. Additionally, he led the Texans with four touchdowns against the zone last season.
I know that with Nico Collins becoming a dominant force, along with the addition of Stefon Diggs, it may mean less looks for Dell. But he ran nearly the same number of routes last week as his cohorts, including on almost connecting for long TD.
D'Andre Swift Anytime Touchdown (+220, FanDuel)
D’Andre Swift led all Bears’ running backs in both carries and snaps in Week 1. That should pose for a good matchup this week since I’m down on Chicago’s passing attack tonight.
Last week, Houston held Anthony Richardson to only a 47% completion rate. Similarly, Caleb Williams didn’t do much better against Tennessee with a 48% completion rate in his NFL debut.
Even though he only had one target last week, I expect Swift to be heavily involved in the short-passing game against Houston.
At +220, I’ll take this every week, given how no other Bears RB saw more than two carries.
