{"id":318728,"date":"2025-01-02T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=318728"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:49:11","slug":"nfl-week-18-prop-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nfl-week-18-prop-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NFL Week 18 prop bets: DK Metcalf, Marvin Mims should shine in season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The final week of the NFL regular season is here, and I&#8217;ve got a pair of prop bets to cover Sunday&#8217;s late afternoon action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: DK Metcalf is flirting with a milestone yardage total, and I like him to cash in at a plus-money price. Elsewhere, look for Marvin Mims to stay involved in a pivotal matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the best NFL Week 18 prop bets for the upcoming games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NFL Week 18 prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/american_football\/competitions\/12295\">NFL betting markets<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Mims over 28.5 receiving yards (-120)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This line just seems way too low for a receiver with big-play upside, who&#8217;s also coming off his best target volume of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Mims caught all of his eight targets \u2014 a season-high \u2014 and turned them into 103 yards and two TDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mims leads the NFL in punt return yards, and the Denver Broncos have finally figured out that it might be smart to get him the ball on offence, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mims has seen 25+ offensive snaps in back-to-back weeks (he&#8217;d averaged 14.8 snaps before that).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 40+ receiving yards in 5\/6 games since Week 11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mims has a catch of 20+ yards in five of his past six games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another eight-target week would be great, but it&#8217;d be far from necessary. Still, Mims has four-plus targets in five straight games, so I think his floor is secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs boast the No. 4 total defence, and they held Mims to 13 yards in Week 10. But KC has the AFC&#8217;s top seed locked up, which means several backups are likely to see action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denver needs a win, and Mims should be involved to try to make that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Over his past six games, Mims has averaged 63.8 receiving yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-fa134a48-a478-432b-95e0-66881f0d337b\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metcalf over 57.5 receiving yards (-118):<\/strong> If you&#8217;re into NFL contract incentives and statistical milestones, this bet is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metcalf is 61 yards shy of a 1,000-yard season, which would be his third in a row. It&#8217;s time to see how good of a friend Geno Smith is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of Smith, he needs 185 passing yards to activate a $2 million bonus. So it&#8217;s fair to assume he&#8217;ll be motivated to air it out in a game that is otherwise meaningless for the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Angeles Rams have clinched the NFC West and appear likely to rest at least some of their starters. Last year, Metcalf put up 94 receiving yards in Los Angeles against a full-strength Rams squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 3:35 p.m. ET on 01\/02\/2024<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final week of the NFL regular season is here, and I&#8217;ve got a pair of prop bets to cover Sunday&#8217;s late afternoon action. The pregame narrative: DK Metcalf is flirting with a milestone yardage total, and I like him to cash in at a plus-money price. Elsewhere, look for Marvin Mims to stay involved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":318697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,61],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-318728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nfl","tag-nfl-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Week 18 prop bets: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our NFL Week 18 prop bets. 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