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 Super Wild Card Weekend, Koerner and Raybon alternated giving out players for all six games, and what we wound up with were at least two players to bet in each Wild Card 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 Saturday's NFL playoff games: Chargers vs. Texans and Steelers vs. Ravens.
NFL Player Props: Anytime Touchdown Scorer Picks
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Chargers vs. Texans
| Chargers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-3 -105 | 41.5 -115o / -105u | -162 |
| Texans Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+3 -115 | 41.5 -115o / -105u | +136 |
Will Dissly
Sean Koerner: It's been a couple of months since I've been able to gush about Will Dissly. Those were better times, so let's go back to the well here with him.
As you might remember, he went on that mini-tear as the lead tight end from about Week 6 through 13 and then he dealt with a few injuries and has been in and out of the lineup.
Last week we saw him finally return to that full-time role that he had when he went on that tear. He ran a route on 71% of Justin Herbert's drop-backs and that was the first time since Week 12 that he cleared 70%.
So this is a good time to hop back on the Dissly bus.
Joe Mixon 2+ TDs
Sean Koerner: Joe Mixon was kind of quiet down the stretch and actually held scoreless through the final four games of the season, so I think this is a good time to buy low.
When it comes to goal line usage, Mixon was one of the most dominant in the league in terms of percentage of team rush attempts inside the five-yard line, seeing 88% of the Texans' goal line attempts this season. Only Derrick Henry had a higher rate at 90%.
The only other running back who actually saw a goal line touch for the Texans this year was Cam Akers — he plays for the Vikings now.
So Mixon has quite literally zero competition around the goal line in Houston.
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Steelers vs. Ravens
| Steelers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+9.5 -112 | 43.5 -110o / -110u | +370 |
| Ravens Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-9.5 -108 | 43.5 -110o / -110u | -485 |
Isaiah Likely
Chris Raybon: Isaiah Likely is second on the Ravens with 13 red-zone targets. He leads the team with eight targets inside the 10, and that's despite being behind Mark Andrews for most of the year.
Over the last two weeks, he's had a 74% route run rate, and while Nelson Agholor is expected back this week, Zay Flowers is out, so I still expect Likely to operate as kind of the de facto slot receiver for the Ravens, especially when they're in scoring range.
Calvin Austin III
Chris Raybon: It's hard to have confidence in any Steelers after their performance against a bad Bengals defense last week, but I'm going with Calvin Austin III.
Three of Austin's four touchdowns this year have come with Russell Wilson under center. George Pickens being on the field actually tends to help him, possibly just because Pickens draws coverage away from Austin.
He also has a punt return touchdown this year, and if you'll recall, Austin did score a touchdown in his first and only playoff game last year in a 31-17 loss to the Bills.
