The anytime touchdown market has been kind to this column, and Week 9 brings another chance to stay hot.
After cashing a prop for Michael Wilson at +180 last week, SI Betting’s senior editor Iain MacMillan and managing editor Peter Dewey are back with two more Sunday picks for the 2026 NFL season. The format is simple enough: if the player scores, the bet wins. If he doesn’t, it loses.
Dewey is sticking with a pass catcher, and this time he’s looking at one of Detroit’s biggest downfield threats. MacMillan, meanwhile, is eyeing a tight end at nearly 3/1 odds.
Jameson Williams has turned into a touchdown machine over the last three weeks, scoring five times after going scoreless through his first four games of 2026. The Lions wideout has been one of the league’s most dangerous deep threats, and Jared Goff has leaned on him plenty this season with 44 targets in seven games, even with Williams operating as the No. 2 option in the passing game.
The matchup only adds to the appeal. Detroit faces a Miami defense that has been leaking production through the air all year.
The Dolphins rank 29th in EPA/Play and last in EPA/Pass, and they’ve already allowed 16 passing touchdowns, the fourth-most in the NFL. With the game total sitting in the 50s, the setup points to another strong day for Goff and the Lions offense.
Williams has also been doing more than just scoring lately. He has at least seven receiving touchdowns in each of the last two seasons, has seen 27 targets over his last four games, and has topped 70 receiving yards in three of them. At +155, he looks like a live option against a defense that has repeatedly been beaten through the air in 2026.
MacMillan’s pick is Tyler Higbee, who has quietly been a steady piece of the Rams offense. He enters Week 9 third on the team in receiving yards with 274 and sits fourth in both targets and receptions. Now he gets a Washington defense that has had real problems handling tight ends near the goal line.
The Commanders have allowed eight touchdowns to opposing tight ends, second-most in the league, and have surrendered 524 receiving yards to the position, which ranks fourth-most. That opens the door for Higbee to find the end zone for the second time this season.
Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.
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