The Patriots are visiting the Seahawks for a rematch of Super Bowl LX to kick off the 2026-27 NFL season Wednesday night. On DraftKings Sportsbook, Seattle is favored by three points and this game carries a total of 44.5 points.
King of the Endzone on DraftKings Sportsbook is one of the best ways to get in on the action for this matchup and below, I break down A.J. Brown’s appeal for this promotion.
King of the End Zone — What You Need to Know
The rules of the promotion are pretty simple: as long as the player you placed a singles bet on in the “TD Scorers” market scores the longest touchdown of the day, and that bet was worth $5 or more and was placed from either your cash balance or DK Dollars, you will win a share of bonus bets. The fewer people who have their token on that player, the larger the payout will be, so it’s important to balance out the popularity of the pick with the likelihood of it hitting. Taking a longer shot could land a massive payout, while picking a more obvious choice has a more likely chance of winning, even if the bonus bet is smaller.
Passing touchdowns are ineligible for this promotion, so if you want to pick Drake Maye — for instance — he’ll have to run it in himself. Despite not being an individual player, D/ST is eligible to become King of the End Zone.
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Players with the shortest odds to score a TD:
- Rhamondre Stevenson (+110)
- Jadarian Price (+130)
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba (+140)
- A.J. Brown (+165)
- George Holani (+200)
A.J. Brown Anytime Touchdown (+165)
Brown has a great chance to find the paydirt in his Patriots debut and to be the longest touchdown scorer of the night, making him the King of the Endzone.
Last season with the Eagles, Brown caught seven touchdown passes in 15 games and three of these scores were receptions of at least 27 yards. Brown’s longest touchdown catch was a 37-yard grab vs. the Vikings in Week 7.
Per usual, Brown was an elite target earner, commanding a target on 24% of his routes. The wideout saw 30 red zone targets and 25 targets over 20 yards, both of which ranked top-15 in the league.
The problem is, Jalen Hurts was lackluster with his deep passes. The quarterback ranked just 24th in deep pass completion percentage (36.2%) and he and Brown only connected on nine of those 25 targets that were for over 20 yards. Four of those nine receptions went for four touchdowns, showing you how lethal of a deep threat Brown truly is.
After dealing with Hurts’ inefficient deep balls last season, Hurts now gets to play with one of the best deep passers the league has to offer in Drake Maye. The MVP runner-up ranked third in touchdowns on passes over 20 yards (12) and fourth in deep pass completion percentage last season (48.8%).
14% of Maye’s deep throws went for touchdowns and he did this with Kayshon Boutte, Mack Hollins and Kyle Williams being his deep options. While these players have had their moments, none are even close to the deep threat that Brown is and the three-time Pro Bowler and Maye should connect on many long touchdowns this season.
The Seahawks were great defensively last year, giving up the third-fewest yards per pass (5.7), but starting safety Ty Okada (hamstring) is out and the Patriots may be forced to pass the ball at a high clip in Wednesday’s season opener, as three-point underdogs on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Brown should be busy and him hauling in a long touchdown to earn him the King of the Endzone honor is a realistic outcome.
