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The Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons are set to battle in the Week 9 NFL Madrid Game. Kickoff is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain. The game will broadcast on NFL Network.
For my Bengals vs Falcons anytime touchdown picks, I'm targeting Dohnte Meyers and Kyle Pitts.
Continue below for my Bengals vs Falcons anytime touchdown preview for the NFL Madrid Game.
Bengals vs Falcons Anytime Touchdown Props
- Dohnte Meyers Anytime Touchdown (+450; DraftKings)
- Kyle Pitts Anytime Touchdown (+290; FanDuel)
Bengals vs Falcons Anytime Touchdown Scorer Picks
Dohnte Meyers Anytime Touchdown (+450)
If you were just using a three-game sample size, Bengals QB Joe Burrow might be the NFL MVP. He has 13 passing touchdowns in that span with three interceptions being the only knock. The only knock on the Bengals offense at this point is their lack of a productive rushing attack.
Cincinnati is bottom-five in nearly every rushing category, like attempts, yards and, most importantly for this article, touchdowns. If the Bengals continue the trend of lighting up opposing pass defenses and throwing on early downs, we may need to go down the oddsboard and take WR3 Dohnte Meyers to get his first touchdown.
Now, I’m not going to pretend like he’s going to just get peppered with targets, but he is running routes at 55% rate and has two red-zone targets over the last two games.
It’s a bit of a long shot, this should be closer to +350 given the game total (52.5) and the upside of the Bengals' passing offense.
If you can get WR Ja’Marr Chase at plus odds, he would be my first choice, but I’d rather go with a long shot.
Pick: Dohnte Meyers Anytime Touchdown
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Kyle Pitts Anytime Touchdown (+290)
As for the Falcons, we can’t let last week’s monsoon game in Tampa Bay completely change how we look at the offense.
I expect a bounce-back effort from Michael Penix Jr. after his four-interception disaster, and I think Kyle Pitts will be a beneficiary.
Pitts leads the team with seven red-zone targets while also playing triple the snaps of TE2 Austin Hooper. Even though the Bengals defense was our go-to when it came to betting tight end TD props, they have yet to allow a TD yet to the position this season.
I’m not deterred because opponents are still targeting the middle of the field quite often, with the Bengals ranking bottom-five in targets, catches, and yards allowed to TEs.
Pitts has also done well this year against man defense and he leads the team in targets per route run vs. man. Prior to the monsoon game, Pitts had scored four TDs in his previous three games.
