Austin Ekeler returns as the Los Angeles Chargers look to win their third consecutive game and move above .500 for the first time this season. But to get the win, they'll need to take down the 3-2 Dallas Cowboys, who are road favorites despite getting blown out by 32 points last week.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for the Monday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers.
Austin Ekeler returns as the Los Angeles Chargers look to win their third consecutive game and move above .500 for the first time this season. But to get the win, they'll need to take down the 3-2 Dallas Cowboys, who are road favorites despite getting blown out by 32 points last week.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for the Monday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers.
NFL Monday Night Football PrizePicks
Austin Ekeler Over 49.5 Rushing Yards
Finally, the Chargers' offense can be what it wants to be. Ekeler hasn't played since Week 1, and his absence has been felt. The Chargers are still 10th in the league in rushing yards per game, but they haven't had a 100-yard rusher in his absence.
In his lone game, Ekeler ran the ball 16 times for 117 yards. There is some concern that the Chargers will limit Ekeler's carries because he is coming off injury. However, it seems like they took the safe approach with their running back and ensured he was totally healthy before this game.
The Cowboys are 24th in the league in rush yards allowed per attempt. So, even if Ekeler is limited to 15 carries or fewer, this number is so low that he should still easily hit it.
CeeDee Lamb Over 71.5 Receiving Yards
This play is pretty simple. We're taking the Cowboys' number-one receiver against the worst pass defense in all of football. The Cowboys' pass offense ranks in the bottom half of the NFL in yards per game, but the Chargers have not been able to stop anyone this season.
In every game they've played this year, the Chargers have allowed at least one player to go for 76 yards or more through the air. It's not always the player you think it will be, but they did allow massive games to Tyreek Hill and Justin Jefferson.
This season, Lamb has 358 receiving yards, but he has not topped 60 yards since Week 2. In his worst receiving game of the season, the Cowboys won 38-3, so they didn't really need him. His other two low-production games were losses. We expect the Cowboys to get him involved tonight. This is a great matchup, and when he's involved, good things happen for the Cowboys.
Justin Herbert Under 36.5 Passing Attempts
Herbert has thrown the ball 41 times or more in two of his four games this season. In the other two games, he's thrown the ball 33 times or fewer. His last time out, Herbert threw just 24 passes, as his team still managed to snag the 24-17 win.
With Ekeler back in the lineup, we expect the Chargers to run the ball much more than they have been. In Week 1, despite the Chargers scoring 34 points against the Miami Dolphins, Herbert threw the ball only 33 times with Ekeler in the lineup.
Josh Kelley did run the ball at least 11 times in all three games he started this season. But he has been so ineffective that the Chargers don't have a choice but to go back to Herbert.
That won't be the case tonight.
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