Our NFL expert's best player prop bet for Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants on Thursday Night Football: Eric Kendricks loads the box

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) is tackled by Dallas Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks (50) during the third quarter at AT&T Stadium.
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NFL Week 4 gets started with Thursday Night Football and gives us an NFC East divisional matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants (+5.5). From the Dallas perspective, this season has not started as expected; 1-2 with both losses accompanying double-digit deficits to the Ravens and Saints. While both may be good losses, the solo win against the Cleveland Browns is growing weaker with every Deshaun Watson snap. For the Giants, expectations were low going in, but rookie WR Malik Nabers looks every bit the part of star wide receiver while Daniel Jones is trending in the right direction following a Week 3 win against those reeling Browns we mentioned earlier. Let’s dive into my best Cowboys vs Giants player prop bet on TNF, while you can also find out our experts’ NFL picks on the side and total for every Week 4 matchup.

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Eric Kendricks (DAL) over 8.5 tackles + assists (-120)

Odds available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing.

Kendricks is the middle linebacker for the Cowboys in this new-look Mike Zimmer defense that’s been god-awful against the run. Zimmer brought Kendricks over from their time together in Minnesota and in the stat sheet, he put up numbers. He’s 12th overall in total tackles in the league, and has 2 sacks and 1 interception in 3 games. He’s hit this number in 2 of 3 games so far. The reason I’m on it this week at 8.5 is the mobile QB factor from New York. Kendricks posted a season-high 12 tackles last week against the Ravens and Lamar Jackson. 3 of his 12 came against Lamar in the run game. It’s a tactic teams will use to neutralize the Micah Parsons/DeMarcus Lawrence pass rush. These planned runs in addition to Dallas being the worst rush defense in the NFL should give Kendricks enough opportunities to cruise past this number. 1u

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