Thursday Night Football Same Game Parlay: Can Lamar Jackson Find the End Zone Against Bengals?
The Baltimore Ravens will host the banged-up Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday Night Football. Can Lamar Jackson get in the end zone and help the Ravens get an important divisional victory? Ben Rajavuori breaks down it down with his TNF same game parlay.
Ben Rajavuori - November 16, 2023, 4:48 PM EST
5 minThursday Night Football Same Game Parlay: Can Lamar Jackson Find the End Zone Against Bengals?
The Baltimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night football in an AFC North matchup. The AFC North is looking like the best division in football this season, as the Bengals are somehow at the bottom of the division with a 5-4 record. The Ravens lead the division at 7-3 and are coming off a loss to the Browns. With a hot divisional game ahead of us on primetime, what can we expect in tonight's game? I have a +1120 played over at FanDuel to help line our pockets for the weekend.
Bengals vs. Ravens Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: November 16, 2023
- Game Time: 8:15 pm ET
- Where to Watch: Prime Video
Thursday Night Football Same Game Parlay
Leg One: Tyler Boyd 6+ Alternate Receptions
Tyler Boyd is second on the team with 44 receptions to Ja'Marr Chase's 69. Boyd is averaging 4.8 receptions per game, and that is considering Tee Higgins has been healthy for 7 of those 9 games. Without Tee Higgins? Well, in Week 5, Boyd had six receptions on seven targets for 39 yards. Last week, when Higgins was out for his second game, Boyd had eight receptions on 12 targets for 117 yards.
Even with Higgins in, Boyd is arguably the number two guy behind Chase, but he for sure is when Higgins is out of the equation. Boyd played 92% of offensive snaps last week in the absence of Higgins, and he should play the full snap share again. With the Ravens focusing so heavily on Chase, Boyd has the potential to be the WR1 tonight. The Ravens sent everything at Chase in week two in the first meeting and Chase ended with five receptions for 31 yards. Boyd had six catches for 52 in that first game against the Ravens, and that was with Higgins healthy in that game. Boyd can easily hit six again tonight and hit our +194 alt line.
Leg Two: Lamar Jackson Anytime Touchdown
Only one quarterback has more red zone rushing attempts than Lamar Jackson, and to no one's surprise, it's Jalen Hurts. Hurts has 28, but Jackson is right behind him with 24. Josh Allen is third with 16. Jackson has converted those 24 attempts into five rushing touchdowns.
The Bengals allow the 5th-most rushing yards to quarterbacks with 35.3 per game, and everyone knows how much Lamar likes to take it himself. Jackson has two rushing touchdowns against the Bengals in his last seven games, but he has torched them on the ground the last five meetings without scoring, so I like him to find the end zone at least once himself tonight.
Leg Three: Tanner Hudson Under 22.5 Receiving Yards
Tanner Hudson has seen an uptick in usage over the last two weeks, which has brought his receiving line up to 22.5 yards. He had 45 receiving yards two games ago and 33 yards last week. However, I like his under here.
Irv Smith Jr., Drew Sample, and Tanner Hudson all fight for snap counts every week. Over the last few weeks, all three have floated around 30%, but Hudson has actually been the lowest the last two weeks. Still, Hudson has managed to get some receptions in the offense, but the tight end targets seem to be mostly random for Cincy. With three tight ends all healthy and fighting for snaps, I find it hard to believe Hudson's recent uptick in receiving yards is sustainable. The Ravens are also 2nd in the NFL against tight ends, giving up just 15 yards to tight ends per game.
Bengals vs. Ravens Same Game Parlay (+1120) (Bet $100 to Collect $1220)
Leg One: Tyler Boyd 6+ Alternate Receptions +194
Leg Two: Lamar Jackson Anytime Touchdown +165
Leg Three: Tanner Hudson Under 22.5 Receiving Yards -114
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