Thursday Night Football Prop Picks, Predictions Week 7: Ailing Saints Visit Cardinals
Last week's edition of Thursday Night Football was a bit of a snooze fest, but the Week 7 edition features a pair of offenses primed to score. Here are our top New Orleans Saints-Arizona Cardinals prop picks ahead of Thursday Night Football in Week 7.
It seemed like the football gods were playing a mean trick on Thursday Night Football fans over the past couple of weeks, as a 12-9 score in Week 5 was followed up by a 12-7 score in Week 6. It’s no coincidence that the four teams involved are all in the bottom five of the league in points per game.
Week 7 features a pair of squads that have been scoring at a reasonable rate while allowing their fair share of points as well. Both the Saints and Cardinals are feeling the strain of injuries, and that will be tougher to overcome than usual on short rest.
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Here are our top Saints-Cardinals Thursday Night Football prop picks for Week 7 (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook).
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Thursday Night Football Prop Picks Week 7
TNF Prop Picks: Saints vs. Cardinals
Moore anytime touchdown scorer (+285)
It’s been a bit of a slow ramp-up process for Cardinals wideout Rondale Moore, who returned from injury and made his season debut in Week 4. Last week was very promising, as Moore played 99% of the offensive snaps and saw 10 targets.
Arizona will be getting its true No. 1 wide receiver back from suspension in DeAndre Hopkins, but they also, unfortunately, suffered the loss of Marquise Brown. Neither of them nor newly added receiver Robbie Anderson would pose much of a threat to Moore’s pay dirt potential anyway — given that he primarily works out of the slot. This game figures to be high-scoring, and opportunity will be there with the Saints’ defense likely pre-occupied with the Cardinals’ other threats.
Murray Over 32.5 rushing yards (-130)
It’s a little comical to see this prop total so low after a week where Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray rushed for a season-high 100 yards. It does make sense, however, given that he had rushed for over 29 yards just once this season prior to that.
Murray doesn’t actually run too often considering he’s one of the better mobile slingers in the league, but he seems to be growing more confident in utilizing that part of his game over the last couple of weeks. In fact, he’s been averaging 10.14 yards per attempt over that two-game span — meaning he would need just four rushing attempts to surpass this prop. With just six passing touchdowns through six games, Murray may have little choice but to use his legs if he wants to get anything done against the Saints.
Kamara Over 33.5 receiving yards (-115)
The New Orleans receiving corps has been just scraping by all season long. Veteran wideout Michael Thomas returned after missing all of 2021 due to injury, but he’s again been out since Week 3 due to a toe injury. Rookie wide receiver Chris Olave has returned from a concussion, but how much he’ll be able to provide in Week 7 is up to question.
Saints running back Alvin Kamara has always been both an important part of this team and a great pass-catching running back. He’s been dealing with his own injury issues but looks to have turned a corner over the past couple of weeks. Kamara has recorded 12 receptions on 15 targets for 116 yards over the last two weeks. He'll continue to be leaned upon heavily in this offense. He should have no issue smashing this prop against Arizona’s defense.
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Thursday Night Football prop picks made 10/19/2022 at 5:16 p.m. ET.
