Best NFL Player Props For Sunday, December 14th: Is It Safe To Bet On Phillip Rivers In His Return?

1u – Phillip Rivers u16.5 Pass Completions (-108 @ DK)

This is my most peculiar bet of the season, I have to take it though. Indianapolis is in line to start a 44 year old QB who hasn’t thrown an NFL pass since 2020. Do we believe he can make it through four quarters of NFL action after that long of a hiatus? If he does then it will likely be due to him handing Jonathan Taylor the ball very often. Taylor has a rush attempts line of 20.5 and a yardage line of just 76.5. This tells me that Seattle will sellout and stack the box, but the Colts have no choice but to give the ball to their best weapon. I see Seattle absolutely dismantling Indianapolis and likely leading to Rivers being pulled due to blowout or poor play. This game also projects to see some poor weather with rainy conditions which should even make it tougher on the veteran. I’m personally rooting for him, but my money is on him looking his age. I would never and will never root for injury, but they are throwing him to the wolves here. If he makes it through this game alive I think it will be due to 3 and outs and running the ball excessively. Lets roll!

1u – Jameson Williams o24.5 Longest Reception (-120 @ DK)

Jared Goff and Matthews Stafford faceoff against their olds teams yet again and we are likely in line for another thrilling shootout. The 8-5 Lions faceoff against the 10-3 Rams in LA for a game both teams badly need for different reasons. Lions could use this win to reenter the playoff picture in the NFC and the Rams want this win to further their campaign towards the #1 seed and first round bye. I like Jameson Williams a ton this one. Amon Ra St Brown will likely get the volume on Detroit, but Jamo should see big play opportunities. In last year’s game against LA we saw Jamo with 3 catches of 25+ yards in that one. Williams has hit this prop in 5 of his last 6 games and Detroit are 6 point underdogs. In a potential trailing script we could see Goff look deep to his speedy weapon. This can cash on the first drive or on the last drive, these are fun. Lets roll!