Thursday Night Football Week 10: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens NFL Best Bets and Top Props

This should be one of the most fun games we get on Thursday Night Football this year.

We got quite the surprise on Halloween with the New York Jets knocking off the Texans. The injuries to his weapons were too much for C.J. Stroud to overcome and he looked as bad as we've seen him look in his career.

We get an AFC North shootout this week with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens hosting Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. There should be plenty of points in this one as the Ravens look to crush any slim hopes the Bengals have of winning the division and keep pace with the Steelers for the top spot in the North. Thursday night will be loaded with fantasy stars and playoff implications. It's hard to not get excited for this one. 

NFL Best Bets Week 10

Even if the Bengals haven't lived up to expectations so far this season, it always gets the blood flowing when you get Jackson vs. Burrow on primetime. You have to believe that these two are going to light up the scoreboard in this game. The Ravens haven't been able to stop the pass at all this season and the Bengals have just struggled to stop anybody. Fantasy owners are salivating waiting for kickoff. 

On Cincy, we have Ja'Marr Chase, Chase Brown, and even Mike Geisicki to watch as the top options in the Bengals offense. Then on the other side in Baltimore, we of course have Derrick Henry, Zay Flowers, Mark Andrews, and a suddenly relevant Rashod Bateman. All of these players will be and should be in fantasy lineups and winning big bets for gamblers.   

The Ravens are clearly the superior team, however, these AFC North games have a way of staying competitive and Baltimore has played down to their competition far too often this year. We also watch the Bengals surge around this point in the season year after year. Our money will be on the home team, but we aren't as confident as you might think we would be and we do expect this to be a tight game.

This week we can actually have some fun winning money because we get to watch a shootout with big stars doing big things. 

The Picks

Spread: Cincinnati Bengals +6 (-108)
Over/Under: Over 53 (-108)
Moneyline: Baltimore Ravens (-270)

Player Props of the Night

Prop #1: Ja'Marr Chase, Over 84.5 Receiving Yards (-115)

The Ravens have been getting torched through the air this season week in and week out regardless of who they are playing. They have allowed the most yards to wide receivers this season at 1,688 total receiving yards to the position. With Tee Higgins likely out in a game that the Bengals are going to have to throw to keep up, Chase is going to be targeted almost constantly. The Ravens are the better team and they have one glaring weakness. Cincy has no choice but to attack that secondary downfield with their best player. 

Prop #2: Chase Brown, Over 23.5 Receiving Yards (-115)

Brown is still essentially the only option at running back for the Bengals with Moss hurt and Khalil Herbert just joining the team. The Ravens are a difficult team to run against and they control the pace of the game. With Higgins out and tight end Erick All Jr. also done for the year, Brown will be an essential part of this passing attack on Thursday night. Last week, he caught all five of his targets for 37 yards and I expect him to top his targets, receptions, and yard totals from that game.  

Prop #3: Rashod Bateman, Longest Reception Over 16.5 Yards (-115)

This one is scary. I feel like if you bet on Bateman and it bites you in the ass you kind of got what you deserve. Still, I'm going to do it. He has been surprisingly solid and has seen at least four targets in all but one game this season. Jackson is utilizing him as a deep threat and his average yard per catch is 17.9 yards which clears this bar. That's just his average. The line here feels way too low being that he's surpassed it in seven of nine games this season and in the other two games had catches of 13 and 15 yards. This line feels like Vegas not quite acknowledging how well Bateman is played this season after years of disappointment.