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The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

Monday Night Football PROPS and PICKS | Bucs vs Lions & Texans vs Seahawks

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks

Football, Sports

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Our NFL Experts of Sia Nejad, Larry Hartstein, Mackenzie Brooks, Mike McClure, and Danny Brasco break down all the Props and Bets for Monday Night Football's Bucs vs. Lions game and Texans vs. Seahawks game!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

We're back on the early edge.

0:06.5

Mackenzie Brooks joins the group.

0:08.7

It's McKenzie, it's Larry, it's Danny, and it's props.

0:11.5

A lot of props to discuss for these two Monday night games.

0:14.1

Mackenzie, I'm going to start with you for two reasons.

0:16.7

One is because you just joined us.

0:18.1

The other is I owe you a bit of an apology because last time you were on the show, we did this court thing, and I ruled against you on the Jaden Daniels interception. Now, if you recall, Jaden Daniels was a favorite in that game against the Chicago Bears. You took his I&T prop anyway, and here we are. I'm asking you the first question on a passing prop,

0:39.2

and you're taking a favorite, a favorite quarterback, if you will, to throw an INT.

0:44.5

Well, here's the thing about these quarterbacks. Like for some of them, they can still have a good

0:49.4

game throwing an interception, right? I think Sam Darnold, who we have projected to have an interception, he's a type of guy that rather have three passing touchdowns and an interception than one passing touchdown and no interceptions, right? So as much as the Seattle team wants to believe they have a two-headed monster with their running backs here, they really just haven't been that efficient. I think he will be forced to stretch the ball down the field.

1:11.3

And again, I think Sam Darnel could have a great game.

1:13.5

I think the CILT will win this game. But I just think, I don't want to say he's due, but he's been playing some pretty good, clean football. And we know Sam Darnel has it in him. So when we get around even money, I'm going to take the interception. Jared Goff is really in a great spot tonight. First of all, he gets back his blindside protector, Taylor Decker, the left tackle. That's going to make him feel very comfortable. He's also going to feel comfortable because they're going to be throwing the ball a lot. The last three times they've faced the bucks over a 63% pass rate, because that's how you attack Tampa Bay. You don't want to run into Vita Vaya.

1:46.0

You want to throw with all the weapons he has, perfect indoor environment, a terrible

1:51.3

Tampa Bay pass defense. I love Jared Gough over 256.5 is what I got it at. I would play this up

1:58.0

to 260 and a half. And if Larry's riding with G golf to air it out, I expect Baker Mayfield to respond in kind. Give me the over 33 and a half pass attempts. Now, Mayfield has only been over this number in two games thus far, but it's really the matchup that it sets up for. We know the Lions play a heavy rate of man defense, but they're down almost half their secondary, like Larry alluded to before. So you've got to attack them through the air. They get Aleem McNeil back on the defensive line. Bucky Irving remains out. I think Mayfield knows that it's through the air that he can beat this Lions team, and it'll take it on the own, they'll take the onus on himself to throw at least 34 times in this game. I totally agree. I'm going to volley right off of that sentiment, Danny Brasco, because it's not that I think rushing the ball is going to be a wasted down. They're going to have to try to establish some semblance of a running game. I just don't think it's going to be very successful, especially when you consider you mentioned it, the defensive line for the lines, it's pretty healthy, especially with the Lee McNeilback. It's that back end that Baker is going to have to expose. We think we're getting Abuka and Lee Evans.

2:54.2

Excuse me, not Lee Evans. Wow, blast from the past. Mike Evans, either way, even if we get one of those two guys, we know Baker can do it with secondary and third-tier receivers. So over 242 and a half passing yards. This is anywhere between 240 and 250.

3:07.9

I like it as high as maybe 245, 246. And I do want to mention, I like his over one and a half touchdown passes. That's pretty juicy as well, but you can still find minus 145 to minus 150 out in the market. All right, let's go to rushing props. Larry Hartstein, I'm starting with you. Well, Nick Chubb is a great story, and he's come back

3:25.1

from such a serious injury and played pretty well so far, but under 38.5 is the way I'm going in

3:31.6

this game because you do not want to run into the teeth of that Seattle run defense. At home,

3:36.9

the Seahawks giving up 2.9 yards per carry. And what I really like about this bet is we're

3:42.1

coming off the buy. That was a chance to get Woody Marks more involved in the offense.

3:46.6

He's obviously the more explosive option in the Houston backfield. So I think Nick Chubbs' touches

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