Two Teams That Can’t Afford To Lose Thursday Night

Oct 9, 2024

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Last week had its fair shares of upsets around the NFL. Especially in the NFC West, which has gone from the most dangerous division in football to anyone’s game

Nobody, and I mean nobody had the New York Giants beating 3-1 Seattle Seahawks. I for one, had the Hawks on the 7 point spread. Looking at this game, this looked like the easiest money of the Sunday slate. Giants star rookie Malik Nabors was out, Devon Singletary was out, what did Daniel Jones have to work with? Well, he was resourceful, and exposed the Seahawks handing them their second loss of the season. Seattle was neutralized, they clamped down on the run game, Geno Smith couldn’t air out the ball as much as he’d like to and made the Seahawks look silly, especially after the blocked kick returned for 6.

San Francisco was also favoured by 7, which they lost to division rival Arizona Cardinals. This one isn’t as surprising, I actually took Arizona. They’re challenging every team they face (except the Washington Commanders), played their game and took care of the 49ers who have been dealing with injuries. Still, this Niners squad doesn’t look like their normal selves and are very unpredictable. After having the lead in the 4th quarter, with an 85% win probability, they go interception, loss on downs, fumble, interception

As we now head into Week 6, what can we expect with the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers? These teams have been very unpredictable, bad against the spread, banged up and all out confusing. But most importantly, their coming off unacceptable losses in Week 5.

Seattle does lead the division but find themselves as 3.5 point dogs on their own turf at Lumen Field. After seeing these two teams over the last few weeks and how lousy they’ve played, let’s stay far away from spreads and money lines and stick with what’s worked, which has been player props.

Jordan Mason Over 78.5 Rushing Yards (-110)

Seattle’s defence has to be better and it doesn’t look like it will. Injuries or not, they let backup RB Tyronne Tracy run for 129 yards last Sunday, which is absurd. Jordan Mason, who has been amazing in McCaffrey’s absence, has been a plug and play in Kyle Shanahan’s system. He’s blown by 78.5 yards in 4 of 5 games this year, including Sunday’s loss. This pick would stand alone on its own, but let’s look to expose this Seahawks defence with another play.

Jordan Mason Anytime Touchdown (-170)

Just to piggy-back off of Seattle’s poor run-defence this feels like an easy one that we’ve already cashed in on several times this year. He’s found the endzone 3 times already this year and while San Francisco has struggled in the red zone, Mason has been the most consistent for them. Keep this anytime touchdown as a part of a well-balanced parlay diet.

Deebo Samuel Sr. Over 53.5 Receiving Yards (-110)

Even though Deebo has not looked himself since being injured, and was severely under-utilized against the Cardinals, he hit this total in 3 of his 4 games this year. Not to mention he’s feasted on Seattle in the past. Last year against the Seahawks, he had 7 receptions out of 9 targets in both those games, with a combined total of 228 receiving yards (79 and 149 respectively). Look for Deebo to have a good bounce-back game this week as Brandon Aiyuk can’t be trusted with only one quality performance since securing the bag at the beginning of the season.

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Josh Elijah

Director of Sports at Crier Media and credentialed media for the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL.

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