DraftKings is breaking out a fun promotion for Thanksgiving NFL games.
It's called King of the End Zone, and it comes with a $2 million pool of bonus bets to be split among all the winners.
How does it work? To enter the contest, you'll opt-in with the promotion and you'll use it on an anytime TD bet.
If the player you bet to score a touchdown scores the longest touchdown among the Thanksgiving Day games, you'll get a portion of that $2 million bonus bet pool, split equally among everyone who placed a TD bet on the player who scored the longest touchdown.
There are plenty of ways to approach this, whether you like chalk or long shots.
DraftKings King of the End Zone tips, advice, picks
The favorites
There are a few guys who are both very likely to score touchdowns and very capable of scoring long touchdowns. These are the players who make the most sense if your goal is to seize that bonus bet and hopefully cash your anytime TD wager, too.
Jahmyr Gibbs, the Lions RB, is -185 to score a TD, and he can certainly break a long one.
Ja'Marr Chase comes back from suspension for the Bengals to lead their WR corps for the returned Joe Burrow. At -120, he's one of the favorites to score, and he often hits home runs.
Among players between +100 and +200, Packers WR Christian Watson (+175), Lions WR Jameson Williams (+190), Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy (+185) and Cowboys WR George Pickens (+145) are all in play.
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Mid-tier options
Before we go any further, let's point this out: The defense/special teams wagers might have juice here. If there's a kickoff return touchdown, it likely will be the longest of the day. All six D/ST in action come in between +400 and +500. The Cowboys have the most explosive return game.
A couple other players on the short side of +500 to consider include Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown (+380) and Packers WR Matthew Golden (+320).
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Long shots
These are picks above +500 that would be impressive cashes just on the wager. And if they happened to be the longest TD, you'd get a big bonus bet.
We'll name one for each team, and the one you pick from here should be the guy whose team you think will have the most success on the day:
- Lions: Kalif Raymond +550
- Packers: Savion Williams +950
- Chiefs: Brashard Smith +600
- Cowboys: KaVontae Turpin +700
- Bengals: Charlie Jones +1400
- Ravens: Keaton Mitchell +550
Turpin, Jones, Williams and Raymond all do some returning, too, so you could get them on your side if you go with their respective D/ST which also allows for a long defensive touchdown.
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