Cardinals vs. Cowboys First Touchdown Scorer Predictions for Monday Night Football

Let's look for one last TD jackpot this week through my Cardinals vs. Cowboys first touchdown scorer predictions for Monday Night Football.

Tonight, I'm seeking to take advantage of two weak pass defenses while leaning on a pair of top wide receivers under the Monday night spotlight as part of my NFL predictions for Week 9. And the long shot is a sneaky mobile backup quarterback.

✅ Cardinals vs. Cowboys first touchdown scorer predictions

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🔥 George Pickens TD pick: To score first TD (+900) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

We'll dive deeper into the Cowboys' defensive debacles, but the Cardinals aren't significantly better when defending anything airborne. They sit 24th leaguewide while allowing 234.9 passing yards per game.

There should be plenty of opportunities for all the Cowboys' top targets then, and that group still very much includes George Pickens. Sure, the target vacuum known as CeeDee Lamb has returned to gobble up 18 looks across just two games since coming back from his injury. But Pickens wasn't far behind while getting 15 targets over the same stretch.

There's lots of love to go around on the league's second-ranked passing offense, and Pickens has readily demonstrated his taste for touchdowns while scoring six times already, putting him tied for fourth in receiving TDs.

If Pickens scores first, a $10 bet using these +900 odds from bet365 would lead to a $90 payout, with an implied probability of 10%.

Meanwhile, our anytime touchdown scorer predictions for Monday Night Football and Cardinals vs. Cowboys prediction are eyeing another Dallas pass-catcher.

🔥 Marvin Harrison Jr. TD pick: To score first TD (+1000) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Trey McBride is incredibly tempting here for our Cardinals pick at +850 betting odds, especially since he leads all tight ends in red-zone targets while also tied for third overall among pass-catchers.

However, despite giving opposing offenses all the spacious room they desire while ranking 30th against the pass (258.6 yards per game), the Cowboys have been locking up tight ends around the end zone. They've given up just two touchdowns to the position.

Meanwhile, wide receivers are repeatedly roasting Dallas. The Cowboys have coughed up a league-worst 15 touchdowns to wideouts, and their 29.5 fantasy points allowed per game to wide receivers is also a league high. McBride dominates targets in the Cardinals' offense at 66 so far, but Marvin Harrison Jr. is easily first among Arizona's wideouts, with a considerable gap between him at 40 and Michael Wilson at 27.

If Harrison scores his third TD of the season and is the first to reach the end zone tonight, a $10 wager using these +1000 odds from bet365 would translate to a $100 payout, with an implied probability of 9.09%.

And if you're understandably determined to get some action on McBride, look to his receiving yardage prop, as our Mike Spector did in his Cardinals vs. Cowboys player props

🔥 Jacoby Brissett TD pick: To score first TD (+3000) ⭐⭐⭐

I leaned toward Bam Knight in my first touchdown scorer predictions for Week 9 when looking to exploit a Cowboys run defense that comes with a rather offensive odor (ranked 30th at 146 yards allowed per game).

But if you're shopping for a long shot at the best sports betting sites, dial up the backup quarterback in the same backfield who's getting another start.

Jacoby Brissett isn't Kyler Murray in terms of his mobility and athleticism, as few other signal-callers are on the latter's level in that regard. But Brissett has repeatedly demonstrated the elusiveness and rushing sense to put him in the upper tiers at quarterback whenever he's been given a chance to start.

His last extended run as a starter came in 2022, when he recorded a respectable 243 rushing yards with two touchdowns. That came after the veteran logged two four-touchdown seasons earlier in his career. And now, after registering 45 rushing yards across his last two games, Brissett gets to face a Cowboys defense that's permitted the third-most rushing yards to quarterbacks (220), and it's tied for the third-most touchdowns allowed (three).

If Brissett scrampers into the end zone first tonight, a $10 bet on him would lead to a whopping $300 payout, with an implied probability of 3.23% based on these odds from FanDuel.

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📺 How to watch Cardinals vs. Cowboys: Monday Night Football

• Date: Monday, Nov. 3
• Kickoff: 8:15 p.m. ET
• Location: AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
• TV: ESPN

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