Expert NFL player prop bets for New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving: Rico Dowdle runs the show

Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle (23) celebrates his touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Set. 24, 2023.
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We go from the NFC North to the NFC East in the 2nd game of the Thanksgiving slate with 2 teams circling the drain as we round out the regular season. The Cowboys (-3.5) are coming off a huge upset over the Commanders on the road while the Giants struggled mightily in their first game without Daniel Jones. Cowboys QB Cooper Rush is coming off arguably the best game of his career in terms of completion percentage, no turnovers and QB rating.

New York will look to prop up Tommy DeVito better than they did against Tampa Bay and Brian Daboll’s seat continues to get warmer. Hopefully we’re eating dinner at this time with the total sitting at 37.5, as there shouldn’t be much to miss in terms of action. However, I’ve got my best Giants vs Cowboys player prop bet for the game, while you can also get our NFL picks for all the Thanksgiving matchups and EVERY game in Week 13.

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Rico Dowdle (DAL) over 15.5 receiving yards (-110)

Odds available at Bet365 at time of publishing.

Rico Dowdle has seen 3+ targets in 4 straight games for the Cowboys and gets a Giants defense that allows the 6th-most receiving yards and 9th-most targets to opposing RBs. Dowdle appears to be entrenched as the starting RB and is coming off his best game of the season, similar to Rush. 8 running backs have cleared this number all season against New York and it’s worth mentioning that 27 of Dowdle’s 37 targets this season came against zone defense. The Giants sit in zone 61% of the time this season; Zeke Elliot offers nothing in terms of receiving out of the backfield and getting Cooper Rush’s high-percentage throws will be the key to stringing together 2 wins for Dallas. 1u

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