NFL Week 16 Player Prop Best Picks

Week 15 of the NFL slate is in the books, and it was another chaotic weekend of football that produced plenty of notable games. Luckily for NFL fans and bettors, the Week 16 card is loaded with another dose of compelling games across both conferences, including the Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens, among others.

We posted a 1-2 week in this column a week ago, which brings us to 25-19 on the season. This week, our expert has three more player prop bets picked out for the NFL action. As we dive into the Week 16 slate, it’s time to get into our best player prop bets for this week’s games. 

NFL Week 16 Player Prop Best Bets

• PICK #1: Colston Loveland (CHI) Over 3.5 Receptions (-160) Click Here to Bet
• PICK #2: Jahmyr Gibbs (DET) to Record 2+ Touchdowns (+210) Click Here to Bet
• PICK #3: CJ Stroud (HOU) Under 1.5 Passing Touchdowns (+119) Click Here to Bet

PICK #1: Colston Loveland (CHI) Over 3.5 Receptions (-160) Click Here to Bet

For our first pick in this week’s column, we're going with Bears TE Colston Loveland to exceed his receptions prop against the Packers on Saturday. The Bears offense has been humming of late, but Chicago will be without two of its top three wide receivers in this game, leaving a void that Loveland should be able to fill against a Packers team that he just tallied four receptions and a touchdown against on December 7.

The rookie has been a security blanket for Caleb Williams in the passing game, and he just hauled in four receptions for 63 yards against the stout Browns defense a week ago. In general, the Michigan product has been rock solid over the last two months, as Loveland has caught at least four receptions in five of his seven games played since early November. With that in mind, we’ll trust Loveland to have another solid game on Sunday.  

PICK #2: Jahmyr Gibbs (DET) to Record 2+ Touchdowns (+210) Click Here to Bet

For the second pick in our column this week, let’s look at RB Jahmyr Gibbs to find the end zone twice in Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh. In recent weeks, Gibbs has alternated between games in which he doesn’t find the end zone and other contests where he racks up multiple touchdowns in the same game. In fact, Gibbs has four games with zero touchdowns and four games with multiple touchdowns since October 20. 

The Lions best player is coming off a game in which he was kept out of the end zone, so we’re expecting a bounce-back effort from Gibbs against a porous Steelers run defense that was recently shredded on the ground by the likes of the Bills and Ravens. Let’s take a shot on Gibbs to have a huge day on the ground at plus-money odds.   

PICK #3: CJ Stroud (HOU) Under 1.5 Passing Touchdowns (+119) Click Here to Bet

For our final pick in this week’s column, we will take QB CJ Stroud to throw fewer than two passing touchdowns on Sunday. While the Texans have a pretty favorable matchup against the lowly Raiders in this game, Stroud probably won’t need to have a big-time performance to win and move on to next week. Furthermore, the Texans quarterback has only cleared this number once in the last five weeks, as Houston’s offense has yet to catch up to the excellence of its defense. 

Given that the Texans should be in a positive game script for the vast majority of this game, we could certainly see Houston keep the ball on the ground while avoiding a ton of downfield shots in the second half of what should be a blowout.