3 Best NFL Player Prop Bets for Monday Night Football: Falcons at Raiders

On December 17, 2024By Littum

Even within a single NFL game, the betting markets are plentiful.

You have everything from spreads and totals to touchdown scores and player props at your disposal. It can be a lot to sort through.

So which bets stand out as Atlanta Falcons put on Las Vegas Raiders on monday night football? Let’s dig into the FanDuel Sportsbook’s NFL betting odds to find out.

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Falcons on Raiders top player draft picks

Drake London Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+125)

With Atlanta with 25 points implied total against Vegas’ 24th-ranked schedule-adjusted defense, the Falcons figure to get into the end zone multiple times tonight. Given his stellar red zone role, this game environment sets Drake London in a great spot to score his seventh touchdown of the year.

London hasn’t scored in four straight games, but his red zone role has remained top notch. During that stretch, London has seen a 42% red zone field goal percentage and a 56% end zone field goal percentage. He’s right behind Bijan Robinson for the team lead in the red zone opportunity share (17.4%).

It coincided with a total goal share of 28.5%, which corresponds to 9.4 goals per game. game. Almost half of those have come downfield (10+ yards), so there’s a chance London will hit one deep, though Kirk Cousins can’t find him in the end zone.

Vegas is also a solid matchup for wideouts. They are down to 30th in adjusted pass defense and have allowed the 9th highest target rate to opposing receivers. The Raiders have given up 13 wide receiver touchdowns this season, tied for 10th in football.

With a tantalizing red zone role and soft matchup, Drake London’s +125 anytime touchdown scorer odds are worth considering tonight.

Michael Mayer over 2.5 receptions (+142)

Even with uncertainty at the quarterback position, the Raiders will likely air it out tonight as 5.5-point underdogs. Considering the Falcons are down to 31st in adjusted pass defense, they could do so successfully, putting all three of Vegas’ top pass catchers on the map from a prop perspective.

While Brock Bowers and Jakobi Meyers have more solid roles, it’s hard to ignore Michael Mayer‘s +142 odds to go over 2.5 receptions given last week’s utilization bump.

Mayer missed much of the first half dealing with a personal matter, but he has returned to a 60% snap rate in the last four games. He was held to 4 combined receptions in the first three games in his return before breaking out in Week 14.

Last week Mayer saw his highest snap rate (80%) of the season and notably he was on the field for 100% of their first half snaps. He had the fourth highest route rate (63%) on the Raiders, but finished second on the team in field goal percentage (26%) and led in goals per game. route rate (35%).

That translated to 7 receptions and 68 yards. This is a case where I’ll buy into a small slice of Mayer’s spending going up, and 3 receptions isn’t a very high bar to clear for this prop.

Younghoe Koo over 7.5 kick points (-114)

Given Atlanta’s implied total of 25 points, Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo could be in for a busy night. Although he has been held to less than 8 kick points in seven straight games, he has still been given plenty of opportunities. In a soft matchup, Koo is a good place to go over 7.5 kick points.

Things have been rough for Koo and the Atlanta offense of late, but we’re not far off from him cracking double-digit punts in four of the first six games to open the season.

Atlanta scored at least 25 points in three of those four games, and they have totaled 25 points five times. In those five games, Koo averaged 9.6 punts on 2.8 field goal attempts and 3 extra point attempts per game.

Vegas has given up the third-most field goal attempts (2.6) and most punts (9.8) per game. match this season.

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