Oct 12, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) looks for an open receiver during the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium.

The 2025 NFL season is inching closer to the halfway point, and some of our NFL experts' best bets are heating up.

The team went 2-3 overall in Week 6, with Carolina's Rico Dowdle going bonkers with his second consecutive 200-yard game, producing one of our experts' third straight win. While Brian Thomas Jr. also cashed in with an anytime touchdown as one of our experts predicted. The USA TODAY Sports staff is back at the roundtable to give the best NFL bets for Sunday.

Bye weeks continue in Week 7 with the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills getting the week off. There's another early kickoff again in London, followed by 11 games throughout the afternoon.

The USA TODAY Sports staff of NFL experts narrows down the best NFL bets for Sunday in one place below. They have outlined their best prediction for this weekend's slate of games, selecting from any betting markets available and supplying an in-depth analysis on spreads, totals, player props and anytime touchdowns with odds from BetMGM. Best of luck if you tail.

Best bets NFL Week 7

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Giants QB Jaxson Dart UNDER 172.5 passing yards at Broncos (-115)

Ayrton Ostly, NFL writer: The Broncos won ugly against the Jets in international play last week, 13-11, thanks to an incredible performance by their pass rush. New York set a franchise record for worst passing performance with negative-10 passing yards.

Dart is a better passer at this point in the season than Jets quarterback Justin Fields. But the Giants' offensive line isn't well equipped to slow down the Broncos' league-leading pass rush (with the exception of and all due respect to left tackle Andrew Thomas).

Even in the Giants' runaway win over Philadelphia last week, Dart didn't reach 200 passing yards. New York would be best served relying on fellow rookie Cam Skattebo to get a win in this one.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott OVER 265.5 passing yards vs. Commanders (-111)

Jacob Camenker, NFL writer: Ostly gets to fade one NFC East quarterback while I back another.

Prescott has been one of the NFL's best quarterbacks through the first third of the season, averaging 269.5 passing yards per game while racking up a league-high 229 passing attempts. He has had to throw a lot because his defense is allowing an average of 30.7 points per game, second-most in the NFL behind the Baltimore Ravens (32.3).

Washington should move the ball well against Dallas' porous defense, so Prescott will be asked to throw often in this contest. Add in the likely return of CeeDee Lamb and Prescott shouldn't have any trouble racking up passing yards in what figures to be a high-scoring game.

Brown RB Quinshon Judkins OVER 90.5 rushing yards (vs. Dolphins) (-140)

Jack McKessy, NFL writer: In the last four weeks, here's how many rushing yards the lead rusher of Dolphins' opponents have put up: James Cook - 108; Breece Hall - 81; Rico Dowdle - 206; Kimani Vidal - 124.

Miami has proven to be highly susceptible to giving up yards on the ground. Their defense has allowed the third-highest expected points added (EPA) per play against opponent rushers with a 0.049 mark.

Judkins, meanwhile, has hit the ground running – no pun intended – in the first five games he's played as a rookie. In three out of five games, he's rushed at least 18 times with more than 81 yards in each of those outings. The only two appearances with fewer than 18 rush attempts were in his first-ever game – as the Browns worked him up to speed with the playbook following a delayed contract signing – and last week, when Cleveland faced large deficits that forced it away from the run game.

Jets TE Mason Taylor OVER 43.5 receiving yards vs. Panthers (-110)

Nick Brinkerhoff, NFL writer: It might be getting chilly outside, but we are on fire heading into Week 7 after winning three straight. Rico Dowdle got his revenge and improved our record to 4-2 this season. Now it's time to trust an offense that no one wants any part of in 2025.

Taylor was an afterthought in a Jets offense that finished with negative 10 net passing yards in London last week. It's hard to believe they'll struggle like that again and Taylor should hit this line out of necessity. Garrett Wilson is doubtful and New York's receiver room was already weak to begin with.

The rookie tight end has gone over this number in two of the last three games and gets a matchup against a Carolina defense allowing the second-most yards (74.0) to the position this season. According to PFF, Taylor has the fourth-most receiving yards when lined up inline – which the Panthers rank 30th against. The Jets' passing attack will be all tight ends and running backs on Sunday with a lack of weapons on the outside.

Expect Taylor to be busy and maybe even find his first NFL touchdown along the way.

Chiefs WR Rashee Rice Anytime TD (+125) vs. Raiders

Tom Viera, NFL writer/editor: The Kansas City Chiefs and the touchdown train appear to be gaining steam at the same time. The Chiefs have climbed back to .500 and host the struggling Raiders on Sunday and the nine-time defending AFC West champs will have one of their top weapons back on the field.

For the first time since Week 3 in 2024, Patrick Mahomes will have his top receiver back in the fold. Rice was tremendous down the stretch as a rookie in 2023 and appeared poised to break out in his second season, posting (24-288-2, 29 targets) before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 4 last season. He was suspended for the first six games of 2025 due to multiple legal issues, but he has reportedly fully recovered from his knee injury during this time.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid told reporters on Friday, "Rice looked sharp. What we asked him to do, he did well. You can tell he's in good shape. He busted his tail." All signs point towards Rice getting a heavy workload in his first game action. The Raiders' defense provides an ideal spot for Rice to announce his return. Las Vegas has allowed the fourth-most receptions to opposing wide receivers, and Mahomes is playing at an MVP-level. Ride with Rice today in his return.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: What are NFL best bets for Week 7? We asked our experts for top player props, anytime TDs

Reporting by Tom Viera, Ayrton Ostly, Jacob Camenker, Jack McKessy and Nick Brinkerhoff, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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