Sunday Night Football features a pair of teams returning from their bye week as the 9-2 Denver Broncos visit the nation’s capital to take on 3-8 Washington Commanders. The Broncos beat the Chiefs for their eighth straight win just before their bye week, while the Commanders dropped their sixth straight by losing to the Dolphins in Madrid.
Denver is a 6.5-point road favorite against Washington, with the point total of 43.5 points on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Let’s take a look at my top player prop bets for Nix this week on Sunday Night Football.
Best Bo Nix Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
Bo Nix over 1.5 passing touchdowns (-136)
The Commanders have allowed the third-most fantasy football points to quarterbacks this season. They didn’t allow any passing touchdowns against the Dolphins, but gave up 22 passing scores in their first 10 games. Quarterbacks threw multiple touchdowns in seven of those 10 games, including four straight with at least three scores before that Week 11 performance vs. Miami.
Nix could have to throw the ball a little more with J.K. Dobbins not available as the team turns to Jaleel McLaughlin and rookie RJ Harvey to lead the running game. He didn’t throw any touchdowns in Week 11, when the Broncos got their big win over the Chiefs, but he did rack up 18 touchdown passes through his first 10 games (1.8 per game).
He had multiple touchdown passes in five of his 11 games before the bye week, highlighted by his four-touchdown game against the Cowboys in Week 8.
The former Oregon star has developed a great connection with his Ducks teammate Troy Franklin and still has Courtland Sutton on the other side and Marvin Mims Jr. as a gadget play. He also has frequently used Harvey as a receiver out of the backfield in the red zone.
Nix has thrown at least one touchdown in nine straight road games and has also been very good in primetime games.
With such a favorable matchup and at the helm of a finely tuned-up offense after the bye week, I like Nix’s chances to be able to throw for multiple scores on Sunday Night Football. This game could be a showcase matchup for the Broncos to further establish themselves as legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
