Giants vs. Cowboys player props: 3 best bets include picks for Saquon Barkley, Daniel Jones
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The New York Giants kick off NFC East play Monday with a home date against the Dallas Cowboys. Here are our recommended prop bets for the Week 3 game.
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Saquon Barkley player props: Over 23.5 receiving yards (-110 or better)
After catching six of seven targets for 30 yards in the opener, Barkley reeled in three of four targets for 16 yards in Week 2.
Expect those totals to see a bump Monday night as Daniel Jones and the Giants look to get passes off quickly and negate Micah Parsons and the Cowboys’ pass rush which has recorded eight sacks so far in two games.
Daniel Jones player props: Longest completion under 33.5 yards (-115 or better)
With wide receivers Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney having been non-factors to date, the Giants are lacking explosive downfield playmakers.
Entering Monday night’s game, Jones ranks 29th among quarterbacks with an average of 9.3 yards per completion. And, digging even deeper, only two of Jones’ 39 completions over the first two games, have resulted in gains of 17 or more yards.
The Dallas defense meanwhile, ranks sixth best so far in allowing an average of 9.8 yards per completion. So we’ll play the percentages here and go with the under on 33.5 yards for Jones’ longest connection.
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Micah Parsons player props: Over 0.5 sacks (-180 or better)
Parsons has bagged half of the Cowboys’ eight sacks so far with a pair in each game. He’s also tied for third in the league with seven quarterback hits.
The 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year didn’t record a sack in either of his two games against the Giants last season despite tallying a trio of QB hits in the first meeting.
Meanwhile, the Giants have surrendered eight sacks so far in two outings this season and own the league’s second-highest sack percentage allowed at 12.7.
Despite what figures to be a concerted New York effort to protect Jones, the numbers add up to a play on the Parsons over in this one — even at the hefty price of -180.
Parsons finishing over 0.75 sacks can be found at more reasonable -135 odds as well if you prefer to go that route.
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