If you are getting a vague sense of deja vu from this matchup, don’t be alarmed. This will be the third time that the Bears and the Packers will square-off since Week 14. …there’s the other 208 regular season matchups between these two NFC North teams, too. Those are also important.
Still, this is the big one. This is the one that will send the winner to the Divisional Round of the playoffs and keep Super Bowl dreams alive. It’ll be crucial to get off to a good start. Which team will find the end zone first? Which player will score that touchdown? Let’s break down the first touchdown scorer market on DraftKings Sportsbook for this contest that will kickoff at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday night.
Packers at Bears First Touchdown Scorer Prop Bets
D’Andre Swift First Touchdown Scorer (+900)
D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai (+1200) have been splitting snaps and carries all season long, forming one of the NFL’s best running back tandems. However, the veteran Swift has been slightly distancing himself from his rookie teammate in recent weeks. In the Bears’ final five games of the regular season, Swift rushed 63 times for 313 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Monangai saw 48 carries and turned that into just 192 yards and did not find the end zone. It’s also a span where Swift saw 11 red zone rushing attempts to Monangai’s seven, and essentially out-snapped the former seventh-round pick 60/40 each and every contest. Swift’s first touchdown scorer odds are shorter than Monangai’s, yet it feels like +900 presents a little bit of value for a man that is pretty clearly still his squad’s RB1.
Romeo Doubs First Touchdown Scorer (+1200)
Generally speaking, it’s a nightmare trying to pinpoint a Packers’ wide receiver to back in DFS or betting, as the team has so many different weapons at the position and Jordan Love (+2800) loves to spread the ball around. However, things get a little more concentrated when Green Bay is near the goal line. Romeo Doubs, who is tied with Christian Watson (+1000) for the team lead with six receiving touchdowns, is the Packers’ No. 1 red zone target. There’s not even a question. It’s not just that Doubs has a team-high 17 targets inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, it’s that that total is nearly three-times higher than any other active player on Green Bay’s roster — Tucker Kraft (knee) had 12 targets in his eight games prior to injury. Doubs hauled in the Packers’ lone touchdown in Week 16’s loss to Chicago. I could very easily see him finding pay dirt again on Saturday.
