{"id":313507,"date":"2024-12-06T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=313507"},"modified":"2024-12-06T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:42:02","slug":"nfl-week-14-td-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nfl-week-14-td-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NFL Week 14 TD picks: Back Pickens and Evans to score on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mike Evans and George Pickens headline this week’s touchdown picks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative<\/strong>: The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fighting for their respective divisions and I expect both teams’ top wideout to produce. Elsewhere, I like Tyrone Tracy Jr. to score for a second consecutive game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the best NFL Week 14 TD picks for the upcoming games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFL Week 14 TD picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Go to full NFL betting markets<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best bet: Evans anytime TD (-106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were some concerns Evans might not play this week after missing back-to-back practices with a calf injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the veteran wideout was back on the field Friday, which is a strong indication he’ll suit up for Sunday’s bout against the Las Vegas Raiders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Tampa Bay desperately needs him in the mix. Evans returned to form last weekend against the New York Giants, hauling in eight of 12 targets for 118 yards and a score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No one has consistently found the end zone like Evans over the last decade. He has 101 touchdowns since the 2014-15 season and has 20 in 26 games since Baker Mayfield joined the Bucs last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday’s meeting against Las Vegas presents a golden opportunity for Evans to add to that total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raiders have allowed 29.5 points per game during their eight-game losing streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key stat<\/strong>: Las Vegas has allowed 13 passing touchdowns in its last five games and has the third-worst dropback EPA per play in that span, per RBSDM.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pickens anytime TD (+100): <\/strong>If last week was anything to go by, Sunday’s matchup in Pittsburgh could be a shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Steelers secured a 44-38 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals while the Cleveland Browns lost a 41-32 thriller to the Denver Broncos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickens was held to just four catches and 48 yards when these teams met a few weeks ago. But that game was contested in a blizzard, and Pittsburgh attempted 34 rushes to just 21 passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Steelers have the second-highest rush rate in football (51.21%) but that’s still a massive outlier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland’s secondary is mediocre at best, and Pickens should see a much higher volume of targets \u2014 especially in the red zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickens’ 16 red zone targets are tied for the fifth-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracy anytime TD (+110):<\/strong> The Giants have to start scoring touchdowns at some point, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York averages a league-low 15.3 points per game, so backing any player on that roster to score can be daunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Tracy has been the team’s best rushing option and has a grade-A matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Orleans Saints rank 30th in defensive EPA per rush and 31st in rush success rate. They’re also tied for allowing the sixth-most rushing touchdowns per game (1.3). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracy found the end zone on Thanksgiving and has 14 of New York’s 19 red zone rush attempts since taking over the starting job in Week 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picks made at 4:36 p.m. ET on 12\/06\/2024<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Evans and George Pickens headline this week’s touchdown picks. The pregame narrative: The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fighting for their respective divisions and I expect both teams’ top wideout to produce. Elsewhere, I like Tyrone Tracy Jr. to score for a second consecutive game. Check out the best NFL Week 14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":313436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,61],"tags":[181],"class_list":["post-313507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nfl","tag-nfl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNFL Week 14 TD picks: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our NFL Week 14 TD picks. 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