If any NFL fans didn’t watch any of the football games on Thursday, Friday, or Sunday, they’ll have another chance tonight as Week 13 concludes with a Monday Night Football clash between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. The game will start at 8:15 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium and will be aired on ESPN.
Just three days after a Thanksgiving contest in which Christian Watson wore the proverbial crown with his 51-yard score, DraftKings is bringing back its King of the End Zone promotion for tonight’s matchup. If you place a $5 singles bet on a player in the touchdown scorer market and opt in to the contest, you will be eligible to win a share of $2 million in bonus bets if your selected player scores the longest touchdown of the day, regardless of whether or not the bet hits.
Neither of these teams has an absolutely world-beating offense — they rank seventh and 21st by points scored — but there should still be at least a few touchdowns scored tonight. Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson (-110) is the odds-on favorite to score and should be a viable KotEZ option with his breakaway speed, but he’ll be a popular pick. In order to maximize your potential payout, I’d go with these two other options instead.
King of the End Zone — What You Need to Know
The two images below break down everything you need to know about the King of the End Zone contest:
The promotion is fairly simple: as long as you opt in and place a Singles bet with a stake of at least $5 on a TD Scorer prop bet from your cash or DK Dollars balance prior to the scheduled kickoff time and don’t cash it out, your bet is eligible to receive a share of the prize pool. Passing touchdowns will not count; if you choose either team’s quarterback, he’ll need to run it in himself. Either team’s D/ST, though not an individual player, is eligible to become the King of the End Zone. Your bet doesn’t have to hit; even if you choose a player to score the first TD and it misses but that player scores the longest touchdown of the day, you’ll still receive your share of the bonus pool within 24 hours of the game’s conclusion.
King of the End Zone Preview & Picks | Monday 12/1/25
Players with shortest odds to score a TD:
- TreVeyon Henderson (-110)
- Stefon Diggs (+110)
- Wan’Dale Robinson (+210)
- Rhamondre Stevenson (+215)
- Devin Singletary (+240)
- Kayshon Boutte (+250)
King of the End Zone Picks for Monday 12/1/25: Kayshon Boutte and Isaiah Hodgins
Though MVP candidate Drake Maye is likely to receive most of the credit for New England’s surprising success this season, Boutte has been pivotal in his own right, putting up 446 receiving yards and five scores through his first 10 games. Though he missed most of three weeks with the hamstring injury that he suffered in Week 9, he made his return in a Week 12 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, so he should be close to full health. When healthy, he’s been one of the league’s best, ranking second in success rate and 49th in catch rate among 194 qualified receivers. He also easily leads the team in average depth of target.
New York, meanwhile, has had a below-average pass defense, allowing the 11th-most yards and ninth-most touchdowns in football so far in 2025. The Giants also rank 11th-to-last in expected points added through the air, and because they’ve forced hurries at a merely average rate, they should give Boutte plenty of time to run his deeper routes. New York also lacks depth at cornerback: although he might have his hands full whenever he matches up against Cor’Dale Flott, who’s posted the 13th-best coverage grades among 111 qualified cornerbacks, he should be able to feast against the Giants’ other outside corner, Deonte Banks (107th of 111).
As for Hodgins (+450 to score a touchdown), he has been a critical asset for New York over the last two weeks after being signed off of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad. Jameis Winston targeted him six times in each game, and he hauled in seven passes for 99 yards, including a 12-yard score in the second quarter of the Giants’ overtime loss against the Detroit Lions. In total, he played 72.1% of the team’s offensive snaps across the two games, and there’s no reason to think he’ll perform that much worse with Jaxson Dart now under center in place of Winston. Seven of his targets came on either intermediate or deep throws, and while Dart’s deep ball isn’t as good as Winston’s, he’s been more accurate on intermediate throws.
The Patriots secondary has been good, but not great. They’ve given up the 16th-most receiving yards and just one fewer touchdown than New York has, and they’ve also been close to league-average in adjusted yards per attempt and net yards per attempt. They also get pressure infrequently, and Dart has averaged 0.9 more yards per attempt from a clean pocket than when under duress and completed passes at a rate nearly 30 percentage points higher. As with the Giants, New England’s cornerback depth drops off after Christian Gonzalez, as its second-best outside corner, Carlton Davis III, ranks just 77th of 111 in coverage grades.
