We're onto week nine in the NFL, and the action gets started with a Halloween night showdown between the Texans (6-2) and the Jets (2-6). There are a myriad of ways to get some skin in the game, including heading to PrizePicks. Below I've listed my three favorite player props at the site, and if you opt for the PrizePicks Power Play, then this trio provides a 5x multiplier.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
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We're onto week nine in the NFL, and the action gets started with a Halloween night showdown between the Texans (6-2) and the Jets (2-6). There are a myriad of ways to get some skin in the game, including heading to PrizePicks. Below I've listed my three favorite player props at the site, and if you opt for the PrizePicks Power Play, then this trio provides a 5x multiplier.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
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The Jets have been an absolute disaster this season, and I just don't see them flipping a switch here against a top-tier Houston defense. Specifically, I'm looking to fade Aaron Rodgers in this game, so I'll lock in him to go low on pass competitions.
Right off the bat, the Texans are the league's best defense in terms of opposing completion percentage, limiting their opponents to a 53.1% completion rate. They're excellent at disrupting opposing quarterbacks, ranking fourth in pressure percentage (28.9%) this year. Rodgers has cleared this threshold in five out of eight games this year, but he completed only 17 passes in last week's embarrassing 25-22 loss to the Patriots. I'll take him to miss the mark for a second consecutive week.
Joe Mixon has been an absolute workhorse this season. Despite missing three games with an ankle injury, the Houston running back is still 17th in the NFL in carries (102). In five games played, he's averaging 20.4 totes per contest. Mixon has 25 carries in each of his last two games, and I'm going to bank on him eclipsing this number of 20.5 carries for a third straight game.
The Texans are only running the ball on 42.07% of their plays, which is the 21st-highest rate in the NFL. However, they lead the NFL in plays per game at 65.4, so they're still running the ball on a healthy amount of plays overall. Factor in the injuries to their top two receivers, Nico Collins (hamstring) and Stefon Diggs (knee), and I expect the rushing workload to at least stay the same, but more than likely increase, for Mixon.
Well, with the injuries to Collins and Diggs, you would think Tank Dell would emerge as the next-best option for C.J. Stroud. However, I don't like this spot for Dell, as he'll be matching up with two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner of the Jets.
Furthermore, the “fewer than” to this prop bet is 5-1-1 through Dell's seven games played this year. I think he's bound to break out at some point, but I don't expect it to come against Gardner and this New York pass defense. I'll go low on Dell's targets line.
