Packers vs Cardinals prediction, odds, TNF props: NFL expert makes Thursday Night Football player prop bet picks

Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals (7-0) host Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers (6-1) in a key Week 8 NFL matchup on Thursday Night Football. Kickoff is at for 8:15 p.m. ET from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Packers will be without All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams. As a result, the Cardinals are 6.5-point favorites in the latest Packers vs. Cardinals odds from Caesars Sportsbook. The over-under is set at 50.5 points. In addition to the standard Thursday Night Football point spread and betting lines, Caesars is also offering a plethora of prop bet options for this prime time NFC matchup between two top Super Bowl contenders, and SportsLine NFL expert R.J. White has just revealed his top player prop 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 8 as SportsLine's hottest NFL expert, going 24-11 (+1190) on his last 35 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 Packers vs. Cardinals and just revealed his top three prop bet picks for this Week 8 NFL matchup.

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Aaron Rodgers Over 257.5 passing yards (-115)

"With Davante Adams unlikely to play due to COVID protocols, clearly the Packers are in trouble on offense, right? Not quite. While you'd obviously want to have Adams out of the field, his absence hasn't caused Rodgers to fall apart over the last few years. In fact, in the six games Adams has missed under Matt LaFleur, the Packers have scored 32.8 points per game while Rodgers has averaged 310.8 passing yards per game with 17 passing touchdowns and one interception. He's going to target Aaron Jones and Randall Cobb a ton, but the MVP quarterback has shown he deserves our trust no matter who's on the other side of his pass attempts."

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Chase Edmonds Over 43.5 rushing yards (-130)

"You're already getting value on this prop when compared to James Conner's rushing yards line, which is set two yards higher. Edmonds has averaged 8.7 more rushing yards per game between the two, and he shook off a recent injury to log a season-high 15 rushing attempts last week versus 10 for Conner. Despite the injury and playing only 37% of the snaps the previous week against Cleveland, Edmonds still topped this line on just four carries, his second game this year averaging at least 10 yards per carry. The Packers rank 30th in yards per rush allowed, so Edmonds could reach this number even if he doesn't see the same type of workload this week as he did against the Texans."

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Aaron Jones Over 97.5 rushing plus receiving yards (-110)

"With Davante Adams out, it's open season for Jones to have a big day. He hit at least 96 combined yards in five straight games before a weird Week 7 against Washington where the running back had just six carries, and he's had some massive days without Adams on the field the last two years, including a 182-yard, four-TD day against the Cowboys and a 226-yard, two-TD day against the Chiefs in 2019. The last game Adams missed, both Jones and Jamaal Williams topped 100 combined yards. The workload should be there for Jones to get over 100 yards again this week."

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