What a week. After watching it open with the Kansas City Chiefs suffering a rare home loss, it culminated with the Jets losing Aaron Rodgers forever. Week 2 in the NFL is right around the corner, starting Thursday night in Philadelphia. Both the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings need to clean up a bunch of issues from last week, despite only the Vikings going down with a loss. The game presents a wide-open storyline combined with great value from OddsShopper to form our first Week 2 Thursday Night Football player prop to bet right now!
Thursday Night Football Prop to Bet Right Now: Dallas Goedert
Thursday Night Football Player Prop: Dallas Goedert O/U 42.5 Receiving Yards
People in Philadelphia are still looking for the Eagles tight end, as Dallas Goedert disappeared last week. Expect a different storyline come Thursday night, as Jalen Hurts will look to involve one of his top pass catchers early in this game. Goedert is arguably a top-3 tight end when he’s on his game and can truly impact a lot of area in the middle of the field. Week 1 against the Patriots saw a sloppy and disorganized Eagles offense that relied on just holding on to a lead rather than its usual aerial attacks. The Vikings were humiliated at home and have way more issues to fix, especially on defense. Covering A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Goedert will become too much for the Vikings. Minnesota will try to limit the deep play by Smith and also put someone on top of Brown. That leaves Goedert on single coverage with either another safety or a linebacker.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said as much after their win over the Patriots: Getting Goedert involved is a must. Expect Hurts to follow right away. This was reminiscent of last year when Smith was noticeably absent after the first game, then the Eagles made a point to target him moving forward. That begins for Goedert this Thursday against Minnesota.
Thursday Night Football Player Prop to Bet Right Now: Dallas Goedert Over 42.5 Receiving Yards (-113, Unibet)
