Cowboys vs Vikings prediction, SNF props, odds: NFL expert reveals prop bet picks for Sunday Night Football

The Dallas Cowboys (5-1) travel to play the Minnesota Vikings (3-3) in a key Week 8 NFL matchup on Sunday Night Football. Kickoff is at 8:20 p.m. ET from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Both teams are coming off byes in Week 7. With Dak Prescott questionable to play, the Vikings are now 2.5-point favorites in the latest Cowboys vs. Vikings odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 52 points. In addition to the Cowboys-Vikings point spread and standard NFL betting lines, Caesars is also offering a plethora of prop bet options for this prime time SNF matchup, and SportsLine NFL expert R.J. White has just revealed his top plays.

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White, a CBS Sports fantasy and gambling editor, ended the 2020 season on an 80-59 run on all NFL picks, returning more than $1,400 during that span. He also enters Week 7 as SportsLine's hottest NFL expert, going 31-21-1 (+795) on his last 53 picks. It's no surprise, as White has cashed huge twice in the world's most prestigious football handicapping competition, the Las Vegas SuperContest. Anyone who has followed his picks has seen HUGE returns.

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Now, White has locked in on Cowboys vs. Vikings and just revealed his top three prop bet picks for this Week 8 NFL matchup.

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Ezekiel Elliott Over 72.5 rushing yards (-115)

"Elliott is averaging 86.8 rushing yards per game this season, but this line is understandably adjusted downward with the expectation that Dak Prescott won't be able to play. That means the Vikings can just load the box to stop Zeke, right? Well, while I don't have a ton of faith in Cooper Rush, you simply can't just leave the Cowboys' weapons singled up all game and expect to get away with it. They're just too good; someone will get open. The Vikings defense ranks 30th in yards per rush, with the Browns, Lions and Panthers all topping 100 rushing yards in the Vikings' last three games despite none of those teams having a dangerous passing offense. Trust Zeke and especially the Cowboys offensive line to get the star running back Over this number against a defensive line that will be without Michael Pierce in this matchup."

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Dalvin Cook Over 85.5 rushing yards (-120)

"If Dak is in fact out, the worst thing the Vikings could do would be to throw a bunch against a defense that has been absolutely lethal creating turnovers. Kirk Cousins only has two interceptions in six games this year, but why put the ball at risk when you can pound the ball with your star running back coming out of a bye week and trust the defense to not get carved up by Cooper Rush? Cook has played just three full games this year, and he's topped 130 rushing yards in two of them. A Bengals defense that has turned out to be much better than expected shut him down in Week 1, but I'm not counting on a Dallas unit that ranks 18th in yards per rush allowed to do the same. Cook had 29 carries in the final game before the bye, and we could see something similar here, which would make him a near lock to clear this number easily."

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Greg Zuerlein Over 1.5 field goals (+115)

"While I expect the Cowboys to be effective running the ball, it should get easier for the Vikings to defend a Cooper Rush-led offense the closer it gets to the goal line, where more defenders are packed into a smaller space and a quarterback can have a tougher time identifying where to go with the ball. If Rush is at quarterback, Mike McCarthy is going to be even less inclined to go for it on fourth-and-short in field goal range, taking whatever points he can get. That kind of game lines up well for Zuerlein -- who's averaging two field goals per game and has hit multiple FGs in four of his team's six games this year -- to put multiple three-pointers on the board. We should certainly expect the Cowboys to fall short of the 3.5 extra point tries they give him on average, after all."

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