NFL Week 18 Touchdown Scorer best bets

The final week of the 2024 NFL regular season is upon us. Most fantasy football championships have been decided and the vast majority of spots in the real playoffs have been clinched, so the Week 18 stakes are not particularly high outside of Detroit, where the Lions and Vikings will battle for the NFC North crown and home-field advantage in the conference. With the slate of games otherwise unspectacular, why not spice it up with some touchdown scorer bets? Let’s take a look at our best touchdown scorer picks and best bets for Week 18.

Predictions 

Pick #1: Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Detroit Lions to score a touchdown (-105) 

Pick #2: Calvin Ridley, WR, Tennessee Titans to score a touchdown (+200) 

Pick #3: Drake London, WR, Atlanta Falcons to score the first touchdown (+650) 

PICK #1: Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET) to score a touchdown (-105) 

Get your popcorn ready for Vikings vs Lions, the most important regular-season matchup in recent memory. Both teams are 14-2 heading into this Sunday Night Football battle, but one will have to settle for a Wild Card spot. The best players rise to the occasion in the biggest moments, and Amon-Ra St. Brown is certainly one of the best players in this game – and in the entire league, at least at his position. The USC product has scored a touchdown in three straight games, giving him 12 for the year. In the first encounter with Minnesota, he caught all eight of his targets for 112 yards and a TD. There is no reason to think the Vikings will suddenly slow him down in the rematch, as they rank 28th in the NFL against the pass and have yielded 23 passing touchdowns. At close to even-money, there is outstanding value on St. Brown. 

PICK #2: Calvin Ridley (TEN) to score a touchdown (+200) 

Calvin Ridley has scored only four touchdowns during the 2024 campaign, but he appears to be in a good spot this week and has enticing value at +200 odds. Three of his TDs have come in the last eight games, including one against Indianapolis in Week 16. The Titans’ offense has improved dramatically with Mason Rudolph at quarterback in place of Will Levis, so they should be poised for more success at the expense of a vulnerable Houston defense. The Texans have surrendered 30 touchdowns through the air this year; only the Panthers and Falcons have given up more. Ridley did not pin a TD on them in the previous matchup between these AFC South foes, but he caught five of six targets for 93 yards. Let’s back him to reach paydirt this time around. 

PICK #3: Drake London (ATL) to score the first touchdown (+650) 

It’s Michael Penix Jr. now throwing the football to Drake London in the Falcons’ offense instead of Kirk Cousins, and their WR1 has not missed a beat – even though he has not yet found the end zone with Penix under center. London caught seven of 13 targets for 106 yards during a Week 17 Sunday Night Football loss to Washington. The former USC standout has seven touchdowns on the season to go along with 90 receptions and 1,084 yards on 140 targets. Up next for London and company is a date with the Panthers, who have allowed 33 passing touchdowns this year – by far the most in the NFL. He had six catches on 10 targets for 74 yards and a TD in the first meeting between these two NFC South rivals back in October. It’s also worth noting that London has been the first touchdown scorer four times this season, so don’t be surprised if he gets the Falcons off to another hot start in game they absolutely have to win.