Sunday night’s Cowboys-Packers matchup has the look of a touchdown market playground.
Dallas heads to Green Bay with Dak Prescott and a defense that has been leaking points, while Jordan Love and the Packers come in after their best showing of the season. The result is a Week 6 game carrying a 53.5 total, and that kind of number opens the door for multiple bets to pay off in the anytime touchdown scorer market.
Green Bay’s offense looks capable of doing plenty of damage at home after Love threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns in the Packers’ win over the Bears in Week 5. The Cowboys, meanwhile, are trying to shake off a shocking Week 5 loss to Jalon Daniels and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and get back to .500 after an extended break since playing on Thursday.
That’s the backdrop for a game that could turn into a back-and-forth scoring fest. Dallas has CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens and Javonte Williams as its top offensive weapons, but the defense has been a major problem, ranking No. 32 in the league in EPA/Play, success rate and yards per play allowed.
Christian Watson looks like the cleanest touchdown play on the board. He has been on a tear through five weeks, scoring six times in five games and finding the end zone in four of them.
Watson has also seen at least eight targets in four of his five appearances, which tells you the volume is there to go with the splash plays. Through five games, he’s caught 26 of 40 targets for 474 yards, and he scored twice against Chicago in Week 5.
Now he gets a Dallas defense that sits dead last in yards per play allowed, EPA/Pass, EPA/Play and success rate. The Cowboys have already allowed 10 passing touchdowns this season, and Watson’s big-play profile fits the setup.
George Pickens is another name worth circling after his best game of the 2026 season in Week 5. He hauled in nine of 13 targets for 130 yards and a touchdown, his first score of the year.
With CeeDee Lamb banged up at the end of Dallas’ Week 5 loss, Pickens could be in line for a bigger role in an offense that ranks No. 5 in EPA/Play and No. 4 in total passing yards. Last season, Pickens scored nine times, and this spot feels like one where he could start trending upward again.
Tucker Kraft rounds out the group. The Packers tight end has already shown he can be part of the red-zone mix, scoring in Week 4 against Tampa Bay.
He has played more than 75 percent of Green Bay’s snaps in four straight weeks, and that kind of usage matters in a game where Love should have chances to throw multiple touchdowns. Dallas has been vulnerable to tight ends too, giving up 241 yards and three touchdowns to the position.
With the matchup set up for offense on both sides, these are the names that stand out most for Sunday night.
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