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Thursday Night Football in Week 7 will pit the Cincinnati Bengals against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a battle of 40-year-old quarterbacks as Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers lead their respective teams. Flacco was acquired via trade last week and started five days later for the Bengals, while Rodgers was signed late in the offseason and has guided the Steelers to a 4-1 start. How might these seasoned quarterbacks impact the scoring chances of Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, D.K. Metcalf and Jaylen Warren? Metcalf has scored in four consecutive games, but he's still listed as high as +145 in the anytime touchdown scorer odds for Bengals vs. Steelers. He's one of our top anytime TD scorer picks for Thursday Night Football.

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Best Week 7 Thursday Night Football anytime TD prop picks:

D.K. Metcalf, Steelers (+145, FanDuel)

Metcalf has only been targeted 31 times over the first five games of the season, but he's providing incredible value when the ball is going his way. He enters Week 7 with 19 catches for 357 yards and four touchdowns. He's scored in a variety of ways during his current four-game scoring streak, with touchdowns of 2, 12, 25 and 80 yards in that span. The model predicts that Metcalf averages 0.84 touchdowns, but the implied scoring probability is 40.8%.

Ja'Marr Chase, Bengals (+145, DraftKings)

Despite Burrow (toe) going down in the second game of the season and the Bengals struggling with Jake Browning under center, Chase is putting up solid numbers yet again with 42 catches for 468 yards and four touchdowns. In Flacco's first start, Chase was targeted 12 times and had 10 receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown. He's now scored three times over his last two games and has five touchdowns in six career games against Pittsburgh. The implied scoring probability here is 40.8%, but the model has Chase scoring 0.55 touchdowns on average.

Jonnu Smith, Steelers (+360, FanDuel)

Acquired as part of a blockbuster offseason trade that also included Jalen Ramsey and Minkah Fitzpatrick, Smith has 17 receptions in his first five games with the Steelers, but has only produced 89 yards. His average distance of target has only been 0.4 yards this season, but the fact that Arthur Smith is scheming him touches in such a fashion spells out his perceived value. He's scored once this season, but the Bengals have given up five touchdowns in the last four weeks to tight ends. The model predicts that Johnson scores 0.26 touchdowns on average, but these odds imply a 21.7% chance of scoring. Take advantage of the latest FanDuel promo code to get $300 in bonus bets if your first wager of $5 or more wins.

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