Best NFL prop bets for Chargers vs. Jaguars in Wild Card Weekend (Ride Travis Etienne)

January 14, 2023 ndowd

The Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars face-off on Saturday night in the first AFC Wild Card game of the weekend.

Justin Herbert and the Chargers set as 2.5-point favorites in what’s going to be an all-time hair matchup with Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars.

But, what about player props? If you’re looking for those, you’ve come to the right place.

Let me break down my favorite prop bets for this playoff game.

Best NFL prop bets for Chargers vs. Jaguars

Justin Herbert UNDER 284.5 passing yards
Travis Etienne OVER 78.5 rushing yards
Christian Kirk UNDER 57.5 receiving yards

Justin Herbert UNDER 284.5 passing yards

No disrespect to Justin Herbert, but the Jaguars secondary got hot down the stretch of the season. In fact, over each team’s last three games, the Jaguars are allowing the fewest yards per pass attempt, giving up just 4.9 yards per throw.

They’ve also allowed only 238.5 passing yards per game this season and 173 passing yards per game over their last three.

Herbert is averaging 278.8 passing yards per game this season, less than the set total for this game. I’ll take the UNDER on his passing total.

Travis Etienne OVER 78.5 rushing yards

The Chargers have the worst rushing defense in the NFL and it’s not even close. They’re allowing 5.4 yards per carry this season, which is the worst mark in the league by 0.2 yards per rush. Over their last three games, they’re allowing 5.8 yards per carry.

That’s going to set Travis Etienne up for a monster game. He’s averaging 5.1 yards per carryt his season, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the Jags ride him all game long.

Christian Kirk UNDER 57.5 receiving yards

Christian Kirk’s production is too inconsistent to trust the OVER on his receiving total. Sure, he’s averaging 65.2 receiving yards per game, but he seems to be boom or bust on a weekly basis.

For example, he racked up 99 yards in Week 18, but the two weeks prior he wasn’t able to surpass 22 yards.

With the Chargers main weakness being their inability to stop the run, I expect Jacksonville to lean on the run game which is going to hurt Kirk’s production.

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