On the Fantasy Flex podcast, NFL analysts Sean Koerner and Chris Raybon gave out their favorite players to watch for each game on the slate. These are players worth targeting not just in DFS, but also in the Anytime Touchdown market.
For the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, Koerner and Raybon alternated giving out players for all four games, and what we wound up with were two players to bet in each Divisional Round game this weekend.
As a reminder, Anytime Touchdown markets are volatile and odds are constantly on the move. Therefore, it's important to check out our NFL Prop Projections page before making your bets. Our NFL prop projections are powered by Koerner, the most accurate fantasy football ranker in the industry in 2023 (and 2015-2017, for that matter). There, you can see the best odds for each player as well as the edge based on our projections against the market.
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Here are Koerner's and Raybon's favorite picks for Sunday's NFL playoff games: Rams vs. Eagles and Ravens vs. Bills.
NFL Player Props: Sunday Divisional Round Touchdown Picks
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Rams vs. Eagles
| Rams Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+6 -105 | 42.5 -108o / -112u | +250 |
| Eagles Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-6 -115 | 42.5 -108o / -112u | -310 |
Tyler Higbee
Sean Koerner: Tyler Higbee had to leave last week's game early, but he's now off the injury report and expected to be fully available for this week's game.
Higbee didn't make his season debut until Week 11 because of injury and was eased back into things for a while. Assuming he plays a full game while healthy, you'd expect him to get a heavy workload among the tight ends.
Since is return, Higbee actually leads the Rams in red-zone targets, and we saw how much the Rams want to use him last week as he had five catches in just about a quarter and a half before that injury.
He's one of Matthew Stafford's top targets when he's in the game, and this matchup improves even more if Nakobe Dean misses the game for the Eagles.
DeVonta Smith
Sean Koerner: A price of +210 is just a bit too high for someone like DeVonta Smith, who has scored in seven of the 14 games he's played in this season.
A.J. Brown might be playing at less than 100% and he seemed to be playing more of a decoy role against the Packers last week. That will obviously open things up for Smith.
This is a good matchup for Smith too against the Rams, who uses zone at an above-average rate. Brown dominates against man coverage, but against zone it's more of an even split between the Eagles' top two receivers.
Smith also lines up in the slot 55% of the time, and the Rams have allowed the third-highest touchdown rate to slot receivers this season.
Everything sets up for Smith here.
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Ravens vs. Bills
| Ravens Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 -102 | 51.5 -105o / -115u | -118 |
| Bills Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -118 | 51.5 -105o / -115u | -102 |
Patrick Ricard
Chris Raybon: The Bills like to go small on defense to get that nickel defender in, so teams often go heavy on offense against them, so I'm going with Patrick Ricard here at +3000.
Baltimore used heavy personnel 90% of the time last week and they're likely going to do so at a similar rate this week.
The Buffalo defense faces a backfield with two backs in it — meaning also a fullback — at the fifth-highest rate in the league.
The Bills are going to have to have a plan for the two-man game of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, which is something that'll take two and maybe even three players to spy them.
If you have another player in the backfield who can also go out on a route, he's going to be open if they scheme it up for him.
Amari Cooper
Chris Raybon: This is a spot where Amari Cooper is set up well to score a touchdown.
Brandon Stephens is the Ravens' right cornerback. He's stationary, with 897 snaps at right corner and just 10 on the left side, and that means he's going to be on the side where Cooper has taken the majority of his snaps since he joined the Bills.
Stephens has allowed five touchdowns on the season, tied for the most of any Ravens defender. Over the last two weeks, he's allowed touchdowns to Van Jefferson and Jordan Akins, so Cooper is going to be in a great position to score this week.
