Week 4 Player Props
Minty Bets and Matt Harmon offer up their favorite player props for Week 4.
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MATT HARMON: Yes, this is so exciting. I have-- Minty, I've been loving doing the Player Props with you all year. I love the ones you throw out.
It challenges me to find some good ones too. So let's-- let's do this thing for week four right here. All right, hit me with your first one.
MINTY BETS: OK, first one we're going to Kirk Cousins, over 35 and 1/2 pass attempts. Now, I know the Browns defense will be tough to play against, but I think playing in Minnesota will be tougher, and Kirk Cousins should excel at home.
In fact, he's made-- or he's attempted 35 or more passes in three of his last four home games last year. And I mean, he attempted 38 passes just last week alone at home. So I like this over a lot.
MATT HARMON: I love that game environment for fantasy too. I think that could be really high scoring. Dalvin Cook, apparently, is going to be back and ready to roll. That should be fun and should help the entire Minnesota offense.
So I like that one there from you. Also, really liked seeing that Chuba Hubbard, the Panthers, I guess, new starting running back into Christian McCaffrey out for maybe just this week, maybe next week, we'll see. I love getting him in the receiving line here, 22 and 1/2 yards. I mean, 22 and 1/2, that's it? I think he can smash this line.
We saw last week that I think Royce Freeman is going to mix in maybe potentially a little bit more against the Cowboys this week, but Chuba Hubbard was the passing down back. He ran 19 routes versus just five for Royce Freeman. I think that's a pretty big edge to him here in the game where I expect the Panthers to kind of be chasing the Cowboys, having to throw a lot. This offense just basically feeds targets to the running back position, whether it's McCaffrey, Mike Davis last year, and Chuba, I think, Chuba Hubbard is a good bet to get over this line here.
MINTY BETS: I don't disagree with you. And I'm actually going to go, my next prop is going to be a kicker, Chris Boswell over 5 and 1/2 kicking points. Yes, we rarely talk about--
MATT HARMON: Whoa.
MINTY BETS: --kickers here. Now, I know, playing against Green Bay's defense is going to be a little tricky, but I think Pittsburgh can-- will have to settle for quite a few field goals. I mean, I don't think we have a lot of expectations for Pittsburgh today, especially against Green Bay.
MATT HARMON: Nope.
MINTY BETS: So I think Chris Boswell's going to do his thing. All he needs is two field goals, right? And I think that's an easy over.
MATT HARMON: I mean, yeah, that's going to have to be their offense, because Ben Roethlisberger is cooked. So I like you bringing up the kicker, that one, I did not see that coming. All right, my last one here, in that same game that you talked about earlier, Vikings versus Browns. I am going over on Odell Beckham here at 65 and 1/2 receiving yards. Cleared it last week in his first game back.
I think Beckham looked great in his return to the Browns this year. And honestly, in weighted opportunity, which is a stat that mixes air yards and target share, he ranks third in weighted opportunity per game among wide receivers. Just to put that in some context, he's sandwiched between Davante Adams and Cooper Kupp, so there was no limitation on Odell Beckham in his 2021 debut. Love to see that from him and this is just, again, a high scoring match, a good game environment.
I think Beckham looks all the way back, the usage looks like it's all the way back for Beckham. I can't wait for Baker Mayfield and Odell Beckham. Minty, you saw it, they connected on, like, a little back shoulder pass there. I can't wait for them to lay waste to the narrative that, oh, they just can't have any chemistry, these two guys. So I am very excited to take the over here on Odell Beckham's line.
