First Touchdown Scorer Predictions for Sunday Night Football Week 9
Joe Flacco returns under center for the Indianapolis Colts. Does he have enough left in the tank to turn their season around?
Joe Mixon helped us cash a first touchdown ticket on Thursday night and this week’s first touchdown scorer predictions based on on the Sunday Night Football odds look to build off that momentum.
Another Joe is getting the call in Indianapolis as Flacco will take the snaps for the Colts this week. While the team is not giving up on its second-year quarterback Anthony Richarson completely, Flacco's deemed to give them the better playoff chance right now.
The Minnesota Vikings are coming in angry as a missed facemask call took away their chance at a comeback win against the Los Angeles Rams last week. They will look to stop a two-game losing skid after starting the year with five straight wins.
Our Mike Spector expects this to be a close game with his Colts vs. Vikings prediction.
First touchdown scorer predictions Sunday Night Football: Week 9
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Colts first touchdown scorer prediction: Josh Downs, WR ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Downs enters Sunday night tied for second with Alec Pierce with three touchdown receptions for the Colts. He is second on the team in targets (47), first in receptions (32), and third in receiving yards (351).
However, he has been Joe Flacco’s go-to guy in the three games that they have been on the field together this season. In those contests, Downs accounted for 42% of the veteran quarterback’s 71 pass attempts.
The two connected for the first score of the game the last time they shared the field in Week 6 against the Tennessee Titans. That has our Andrew Reid targeting a Downs score in our anytime touchdown scorer parlay for Week 9.
Downs and Flacco are facing the team with the worst defensive passing touchdown percentage in the league (82.4%). Wide receivers have scored 10 touchdowns against the Vikings in their last four games.
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Vikings first touchdown scorer prediction: Justin Jefferson, WR ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Jefferson accounts for five of Sam Darnold’s 14 passing touchdowns this season. Two of those have opened the scoring in the game.
The veteran wideout scored once in the last three weeks, however, he did open up the season with a touchdown in each of his first four games. Our Phil Wood is also counting on a Jefferson score with his Justin Jefferson SNF player prop bets.
Minnesota has only four rushing touchdowns this season and scored just once on the ground in the last two weeks. I anticipate this trend continuing against a Colts defense that is allowing an average of just 0.9 rushing touchdowns per game.
Jefferson is -120 for an anytime touchdown at several of our NFL prop betting sites. You will feel good doubling up here when that score happens and it’s the first one of the game.
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