The Best Player Prop Bet For Panthers-Texans On Thursday Night Football

• To the dismay of New York Jets fans everywhere, Sam Darnold has looked like a franchise quarterback for the Carolina Panthers through two weeks, completing 68.5% of his passes for 584 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for a 100.5 QB rating. 

• On Thursday night, he will try to lead Carolina (-8) to a perfect 3-0 start against the Houston Texans, who will be without starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor due to injury. 

• DraftKings is listing his passing yard over/under at 264.5, but BetQL is projecting him to throw for just 220 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in a Carolina win. Therefore, the under (-115) is clearly the best bet.

• Since the Panthers are expected to play from ahead and try to control the ball for as long as possible, they most likely won’t need Darnold to rack up passing yardage to earn the win. 

• Keep reading to get more insight about this prop bet.

Efficiency Over Volume 

To the dismay of Jets fans everywhere, Sam Darnold has looked like a franchise quarterback for the Panthers through two weeks, completing 68.5% of his passes for 584 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for a 100.5 QB rating. 

Oh, and Carolina is 2-0. 

The Panthers are an 8-point road favorite against the Texans in Week 3 and Houston will be playing without starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor.

Rookie Davis Mills will get the start.

Since the Panthers are expected to play from ahead and try to control the ball for as long as possible, they most likely won’t need Darnold to rack up passing yardage to earn the win. 

If they're in firm control of the game, running back Christian McCaffrey and even backup Chuba Hubbard will probably get quite a bit of action in the backfield.

DraftKings is listing Darnold’s passing yardage over/under at 264.5, but BetQL is projecting him to throw for just 220 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in a Carolina win. 

Therefore, it might not be sexy, but it'll be enough to get the job done.

Therefore, the under (-115) is clearly the best bet.

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