Sunday Night Football Prop Bets for Week 5 (Bengals-Ravens)

Sunday Night Football flaunts an AFC North showdown of two of the brightest young franchise QBs, as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals travel to Baltimore to take on Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

Both teams are 2-2 to start the year and are tied with the Browns atop the division, setting this game to have lots of drama and many twists and turns.

The Bengals invested heavily in their offensive line in the offseason, to protect Burrow and solve their apparent only glaring weakness.

Through four weeks, though, the line isn’t looking much better than last season, as Burrow has been sacked 16 times, tied for 3rd worst in the league.

On the other side, Lamar Jackson has looked like 2019 MVP Lamar to start the season, reminding the league that he is still one of the most dynamic playmakers, just in case anyone had forgotten.

Most yards per carry this season:

8.6 — D’Andre Swift
8.5 — Lamar Jackson

Nobody else has more than 7. pic.twitter.com/MEpSac4P1Z

— StatMuse (@statmuse) October 6, 2022

He is tied for first in the league with 11 touchdowns and has 8.5 yards per carry.

Good luck stopping that.

READ MORE ABOUT THE GAME AND OUR PREDICTION HERE

With that being said, here are the props I am looking at and no better place to start than Lamar.

LAMAR JACKSON o59.5 RUSH YARDS (-115) CAESERS

If he keeps playing like this, the Ravens are going to regret not paying him last offseason because the price tag seems to be ever-rising. Good luck with that, Ravens Front office…

Seriously, though, Lamar is running so efficiently this year and it is tough to stop.

He has gone over 70 yards on the ground in 3 straight games. With this one being a primetime, divisional matchup, Lamar is going to show out. I could see him having an electric, highlight reel run or maybe a couple.

Just feels like one of those games and I want to profit off of that.

Staying with the Ravens offense for my next prop…

J.K. DOBBINS o11.5 REC YARDS (-129) CAESERS

Lamar has been just as efficient through the air as he has been on the ground and getting Dobbins back the last two weeks is only going to help that cause moving forward.

I am not sure why this line is so low, when he has cleared it in his two games so far, but I am not going to to question it.

It is once again a line that feels too low and that is because the books are still trying to figure out where to set his line after not playing for the first two weeks.

As they take their time to adjust, we find value in advantageous spots.

On the other side of the ball, this prop also feels too low and might be my favorite prop in this game…

JOE MIXON o16.5 CARRIES (-113) CAESERS

With the offensive line struggles in pass protection that I mentioned, the Bengals have had to adapt and be a bit more ground heavy than many possibly expected.

This has benefited Mixon, as he has had over 17 carries in three of the first four. He has also had over 17 carries in three of the last four matchups with the Ravens in the past two seasons.

Keeping the ball out of Lamar’s hands is a good recipe to succeed here and the Bengals have a bell cow to hand it to.

I will take those odds all day long.

Lets finish off with Joe Shiesty…

JOE BURROW o272.5 PASS YARDS (-121) CAESERS

As I was writing this article, I have fallen in love with these props more and more. I thought Mixon attempts was my favorite but the more I look at this one, I am torn.

Even with shaky offensive line play, Burrow still finds ways to get the ball out to his playmakers. He has cleared his yards line in three of the first four so far, which is great to start off.

What made me love it even more is he absolutely crushed it both game last year against the Ravens, with a 416 yard game and a 525 yard monster.

Sometimes players just like playing certain teams, for whatever reason, and Burrow clearly enjoys this matchup.

Long may that continue.

Enjoy watching the whole slate of games on Sunday and this one should be a doozy to finish off the day.

If it plays out how the last couple of matchups have, we should be in for a good one. That’s good news for our viewing appetite and hopefully, these props.

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