NFL Odds Boosts To Watch | D.K. Metcalf + Amari Cooper | Week 3

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After two weeks of action, we all have a decent sense of which teams have the potential to do well this season and which ones are in trouble. There are a slew of odds boosts that will come out Saturday and Sunday as well, but we wanted to get you a head start on everything by identifying some of the early NFL odds boosts for the Week 3 slate. We’ll cover three different games on this list with a curveball thrown in as one of the NFL picks. As a reminder, all of these odds boosts can be found on OddsShopper, so let’s dive into what we found on Awesemo’s odds comparison tool today.

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NFL Odds Boosts

D.K. Metcalf & Amari Cooper Score a Touchdown (+440 DraftKings)

The Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks both have defenses that have proven susceptible against the pass. No one has allowed more passing yards than the Seahawks this season, though Seattle has only allowed three touchdowns this season. Dallas ranks 23rd against the pass after allowing four touchdown passes to Matt Ryan last week in the Cowboy’s comeback victory. That won’t play well against Russell Wilson, who is eviscerating defenses with nine touchdown passes and an insane 82.5 completion percentage through two weeks.

One of Wilson’s top targets this season has been DK Metcalf, who routinely got the better of Stephon Gilmore last week. Metcalf leads the Seahawks with 187 yards, but he’s done it on just eight catches so far. He has scored a touchdown in both of Seattle’s games and he should again see a lot of targets against a fledgling Dallas secondary. The Cowboys surrendered two touchdowns of 20-plus yards in the first quarter and Metcalf is Seattle’s deep-threat option to help take the lid of the Dallas defense.

Dak Prescott scored with his feet last week, but he certainly won the game with his arm. He’ll have a chance to do that again against a Seattle defense that has allowed acres of passing yards this season. Only two players in the NFL have more targets this season than Amari Cooper, and he’ll again be the focal point for the Cowboys. Cooper has yet to find the end zone, but his 16 catches this season are more than any other Cowboys players has targets, so he’ll see plenty of passes in his direction.

Steelers Cover -3.5 Against Texans (+120 FanDuel)

This is a weird matchup to predict because we’re likely to see two very different sides of both teams. This will be by far Pittsburgh’s most challenging game after opening the season with the Giants and Broncos. Meanwhile, this is the easiest game Houston has had in an undoubtedly brutal gauntlet that began with Kansas City and Baltimore. Pittsburgh’s offense isn’t nearly as dynamic as either of those two, but we’re seeing Ben Roethlisberger start to show that he’s healthy with a 300-yard passing game last week.

I’m thinking the Steelers will cover the 3.5-point spread because I don’t know how much offense Houston will be able to generate against the Pittsburgh defense. Deshaun Watson is a dynamic playmaker, but Will Fuller left last week’s game with a hamstring injury and Brandin Cooks is questionable with an injured quad. David Johnson is going to have his work cut out for him running against the Steelers’ front seven, so there aren’t many playmakers for Watson to utilize. Houston has struggled against the run this season, so James Conner should have a strong game to help push Pittsburgh over the edge.

Jalen Hurts Attempts a Pass (+545 DraftKings)

Here’s that long shot bet of the week, and it of course involves the Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia’s offense has sputtered in the first two weeks and now it faces tricky game against the Cincinnati Bengals. In theory this is the chance for Carson Wentz to get going this season, but the Bengals haven’t allowed more than 219 passing yards in a game this season and rank seventh in fewest passing yards allowed. It’s not as if Cincinnati is playing from behind that other teams are running, the Bengals have just slowed down both quarterbacks they have faced. That doesn’t bode well for Wentz, who has completed just 58.8 percent of his passes and is averaging only 256 passing yards per game.

Wentz has thrown two interceptions in each of the first two weeks, and it’s not out of the question that he might be on a shorter leash in a must-win game for the Eagles this week. Every mistake will be magnified as the franchise quarterback on an 0-2 team, especially when that team had the expectations Philadelphia had entering the year. If the Eagles’ offense continues to be in a funk against the Bengals, Doug Pederson might need to roll out Jalen Hurts for a play or two to help jumpstart the Eagles. Hurts’ athleticism would give Philadelphia a different look and he might be a good wrinkle to add to a struggling offense.


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