Cowboys vs. Buccaneers Props & Predictions: NFL Wild Card Weekend, Monday January 16, 2023

Last updated: Dec 21, 2023, 9:20PM | Published: Jan 13, 2023, 5:31PM

It's NFL Wild Card Round and we've got Monday Night Football between the Cowboys and the Buccaneers. Luckily for you, we've identified a number of different player prop performances for you to bet on. Sink your teeth into everything from first touchdown props at Raymond James Stadium, down to rushing yards props and receiving yards props, below. Our predictive analytics model, known as DimersBOT, has run over 10,000 simulations of this NFL Wild Card Round game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where we have predicted the Cowboys to register a win. Based on our Cowboys-Bucs predictions, it also looks as though Dallas' Ezekiel Elliott is in for a big game, with the Cowboys RB featuring heavily in our projections. While names like Leonard Fournette and CeeDee Lamb are also prominent, with more detail about what you can expect from them, outlined below.

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NFL Wild Card Round Props: Cowboys vs. Buccaneers

Wondering where to look in first touchdown props markets in this game between Cowboys vs. Buccaneers? Well, the latest data for this Monday Night Football matchup is in.

Listed below are our best first touchdown props and best anytime touchdown props for both the Cowboys and Buccaneers, as well as player prop predictions.

And you know what, we provide this player prop information to you for FREE to help you select the best prop bets for Monday night's game.

According to DimersBOT, Dallas' Ezekiel Elliott is the best first TD prop bet to place in Cowboys vs. Buccaneers.

The Dimers AI predictive analytics machine gives Elliott a 14.4% chance of cashing our first touchdown prop bet tickets at Raymond James Stadium, while the Cowboys RB is also a 56.0% chance of cashing those anytime touchdown prop bet tickets if you're looking for something a little more safe.

Scroll down for our complete list of first touchdown props and anytime TD prop predictions.

Cowboys vs. Buccaneers Touchdown Props

First Touchdown Scorer

PLAYER	FIRST TOUCHDOWN
Ezekiel Elliott (Cowboys)	14.4% probability
Leonard Fournette (Buccaneers)	10.4% probability
CeeDee Lamb (Cowboys)	9.1% probability
Chris Godwin (Buccaneers)	8.7% probability
Mike Evans (Buccaneers)	7.5% probability
Tony Pollard (Cowboys)	7.1% probability
Russell Gage (Buccaneers)	5.8% probability
Michael Gallup (Cowboys)	5.3% probability
Rachaad White (Buccaneers)	4.9% probability
Dalton Schultz (Cowboys)	4.2% probability

Anytime Touchdown Scorer

PLAYER	ANYTIME TOUCHDOWN
Ezekiel Elliott (Cowboys)	56.0% probability
Leonard Fournette (Buccaneers)	42.5% probability
CeeDee Lamb (Cowboys)	39.4% probability
Chris Godwin (Buccaneers)	38.2% probability
Mike Evans (Buccaneers)	32.0% probability
Tony Pollard (Cowboys)	31.7% probability
Russell Gage (Buccaneers)	27.4% probability
Michael Gallup (Cowboys)	25.9% probability
Rachaad White (Buccaneers)	24.1% probability
Dalton Schultz (Cowboys)	21.5% probability

ANALYSIS: Cowboys vs. Buccaneers Picks

Cowboys Buccaneers Props and Touchdown Bets

Cowboys at Buccaneers Player Prop Predictions

Of the starting quarterbacks, the Cowboys' Dak Prescott is predicted to throw for 246 passing yards, while the Buccaneers' Tom Brady is expected to throw for 249 yards.

Look for the 🔥 below, as that indicates a spot where DimersBOT has found value against the sportsbooks. To make things easy for you, we even list the best player props bets for Cowboys-Buccaneers, below.

Cowboys Starting QB Prediction

Dak Prescott: 246 yards

Buccaneers Starting QB Prediction

Tom Brady: 249 yards

Cowboys Rushing Yards Predictions

Ezekiel Elliott: 58 yards
Tony Pollard: 57 yards
Dak Prescott: 15 yards

Buccaneers Rushing Yards Predictions

Rachaad White: 40 yards
Leonard Fournette: 37 yards
Tom Brady: 6 yards

Cowboys Receiving Yards Predictions

CeeDee Lamb: 74 yards
Michael Gallup: 47 yards
Dalton Schultz: 40 yards
T.Y. Hilton: 36 yards
Tony Pollard: 32 yards

Buccaneers Receiving Yards Predictions

Mike Evans: 67 yards
Chris Godwin: 63 yards
Russell Gage: 40 yards
Leonard Fournette: 30 yards
Cade Otton: 30 yards

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Cowboys vs. Buccaneers Player Prop Bets

🔥 BET: Tony Pollard Over 45.5 Rushing Yards (-114)

Our player props predictive analytics model has Pollard down for significantly more than his line of 45.5 rushing yards (we have him getting 55) on Monday night, so at odds of -114 we are betting his OVER and getting an edge of 21.4% with DraftKings Sportsbook, where new customers can score $200 in free bets from just a $5 wager here.

🔥 BET: Russell Gage Over 24.5 Receiving Yards (-120)

Following over 10,000 different simulations of this Monday night matchup between the Cowboys and the Buccaneers, our player prop model has identified that the receiving yards line of 24.5 for Gage is also too low. We have the Bucs man down for 40 receiving yards (see above), so betting his OVER (-120) with DraftKings Sportsbook is the play, giving us an edge of 20.6% vs. the sportsbook. Remember, new DraftKings customers can score $200 in free bets from just a $5 wager here.

🔥 BET: Rachaad White Over 34.5 Rushing Yards (-113)

The player props super computer has identified a rushing yards prop in Buccaneers man Rachaad White. We have him down for just 40 receiving yards on Monday night at a probability of 67.0% and a 9.7% edge with DraftKings Sportsbook, where we can score those $200 in free bets from just a $5 wager here.

🏈 BET: Russell Gage Score a Touchdown (+550)

The Dimers player prop AI machine has found some huge value here for Gage to score a TD on Monday night. While the model has identified him as a 28.2% chance of reaching the endzone, the real value is the huge 12.8% edge we have vs. the sportsbooks' odds. We can bet this over at DraftKings Sportsbook to get $200 in free bets from just a $5 wager here.

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