Thursday Night Football First Touchdown Scorer Prop Bet Picks: Saints vs. Cardinals (Week 7)
This Thursday, the Saints and Cardinals will square off in Phoenix. It’s a showdown between two teams that are desperate for a win. Both teams are 2-4 but sit just one game back of their respective division leads. The winner of this game will see themselves back in the playoff picture. The loser may start looking ahead to next year’s draft class.
Between injuries, personnel changes and two offenses that have been generally unpredictable this year, there’s plenty of value in TD Props. Below is a TD prop I’ll be playing for during Thursday’s game.
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Thursday Night Football First Touchdown Scorer Prop Bet Picks: Saints vs. Cardinals
Alvin Kamara (RB – NO) First TD +750 (DK)
Surprisingly, for a team that was supposed to have a top offense coming into the season, the Cardinals have yet to score the first TD in any of their games. In fact, they’ve only scored two first-half TDs all year. Their best offense has come late in games when Kyler Murray improvises. That’s the reason I’m staying off the Cardinals.
On the Saints’ side, Kamara is off to a disappointing start to the season relative to his high standards. He hasn’t scored a TD yet this year despite posting 437 yards from scrimmage on 83 touches.
Hill’s tendency to vulture TDs when the Saints get in the red zone negatively impacts Kamara’s scoring production. While Hill’s red-zone carries will threaten this play, I expect the Saints to lean heavily on their best playmaker early in the game to get points on the board.
I think Kamara will have plenty of touches on the Saints first couple of drives. With his big-play ability, that could be enough to get his first TD of the season early on in Thursday’s contest.
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