The Houston Texans (6-2) will visit the New York Jets (2-6) on Thursday Night Football to kick off NFL Week 9 on October 31. The game is set to begin at 8:15 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime Video.
Read below for PropBetGuy's Jamien Sherwood player prop for Texans vs. Jets on Thursday Night Football.
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PropBetGuy's Texans vs Jets Player Prop
- Jamien Sherwood Over 8.5 Tackles + Assists (+110, bet365)
Jamien Sherwood’s emergence has been a bright spot in what’s been a bleak season for the Jets thus far. The off-ball linebacker has been thrust into a prominent role with CJ Mosely having battled injuries for most of the campaign.
Mosely is once again ruled out for this matchup, which means Sherwood will once again be in for a massive workload: he’s been on the field for 97% of the defensive snaps since Week 3.
Overall, Sherwood has cleared this combined tackle line in five of the last seven games. He leads the Jets with 73 total tackles this season, easily outpacing his off-ball linebacker counterpart, Quincy Williams. In fact, Sherwood has equaled or exceeded Williams’ tackle total in each of his starts this season.
In the matchup against the Texans, I’m expecting Sherwood to have ample opportunity to rack up the tackles. Overall, the Texans have allowed their opponents 63.9 combined tackles per game, which is the 9th-highest mark in the NFL.
The Texans defense has been stellar at killing drives early. In fact, at 5.1 plays allowed per drive and 23.9 yards allowed per drive, Houston’s defense ranks first and second respectively.
The Jets offense should struggle to move the ball – they rank in the bottom-half of the NFL in terms of plays and yards per drive. As a result, I expect Gang Green’s defense to be on the field plenty tonight, lending to the upside on Sherwood’s tackle chances.
Houston’s offense will be without two of their star receivers: Nico Collins and Stefon Diggs. With limited opportunities for chunk-yardage plays, I’m expecting the Texans to lean on their run game with Joe Mixon. Sherwood will be directly involved defending both Mixon and tight end Dalton Schultz on the ground and through the air.
I have the fourth-year pro projected north of nine combined tackles tonight. I love the value at plus-odds and would play this line to -115.
Pick: Jamien Sherwood Over 8.5 Tackles + Assists (+110)
