Top NFL Week 8 Player Prop Bets: Picks & Predictions (2024)

Week 8 of the NFL season is here and it’s stacked with a fully loaded slate on Sunday due to none of the league’s 32 teams being on bye. There are a lot of matchups to target, especially when it comes to betting on NFL player props, so let’s get right into it ahead of the early afternoon slate.

Some of the best games on paper feature the 4-2 Eagles on the road against a Bengals team that has won three of its last four games, an NFC South tilt for a division lead between the Falcons and Buccaneers, plus C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans hosting their AFC South rival, the Indianapolis Colts, who are one game back from the Texans at 4-3.

I've got three NFL player props to wager during Sunday's Week 8 slate. Our NFL Week 7 player props went 1-2, so let’s bounce back during Week 8 with a profitable outing. Follow me on X at Matt_MacKay_ for more NFL free bets and weekly analysis.

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James Conner O 70.5 Rushing Yards (-113)

When Arizona has been competitive in 2024, it’s been accomplished by feeding James Conner carries. The Cardinals have won two of their last three games outright, with Conner going 19-86 and 19-101 on the ground.

Miami’s run defense is allowing 4.6 YPC, putting the Dolphins in the bottom half of the league at containing the run. This would be the fifth time in eight games for Arizona’s RB1 finishing with 71+ rushing yards, so let’s back Conner to go over 70.5 total rushing yards on the road in South Beach on Sunday.

Trevor Lawrence O 0.5 Interception (-128)

Trevor Lawrence will have an uphill battle in his return to Jacksonville from London when the Jaguars host the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are the league’s number one defense in forcing turnovers, which includes nine interceptions, tied for third-most in the NFL.

Lawrence avoided throwing an interception against New England but prior to Week 7, when the Jaguars fed RB Tank Bigsby most of their offensive touches in the second half, Lawrence had thrown an interception in three of four games. Facing one of the league’s top secondaries, let’s bank on Lawrence to regress and throw an interception, especially with Jacksonville likely playing from behind.

Stefon Diggs O 5.5 Receptions (-113)

Stefon Diggs has become C.J. Stroud’s alpha target with Nico Collins sidelined. RB Joe Mixon has become a workhorse out of the backfield, and he’ll get a lot of touches to replicate the first performance he had over the Colts in Week 1, but Diggs has been targeted at least six times in all seven games that the Texans have played in 2024.

We’ve seen Diggs go over 5.5 receptions in four of seven games played, hauling in all six targets against Indianapolis back in Week 1. Yes, Collins being out means more coverage will be directed toward Diggs, but his talent and rapport with Stroud is enough to get me to back Houston’s current WR1 to finish with over 5.5 receptions in what projects to be a high-scoring divisional rivalry game between two of the top teams in the AFC South.

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