Thursday Night Football this week feels like a win-or-go-home kind of contest. Playoff hopes for the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens are on life support. All eyes are on the quarterbacks in this one, with Tua Tagovailoa playing for his starting job on a week-to-week basis. Can he put on a convincing performance this week? Or will his and coach Mike McDaniel’s seats continue to heat up?
Looking at the odds for this week’s Thursday Night Football matchup, the Ravens are favored by 7.5 points and hold -440 odds on the moneyline on DraftKings Sportsbook. The Dolphins hold +340 odds of getting the outright victory, with the game total set at 51.5 points. Now, let’s dig into my favorite Tua Tagovailoa prop bet for Thursday’s game.
Best Tua Tagovailoa Prop Bets
This poor, poor Ravens defense keeps getting decimated. Last year, Baltimore finished ninth in total defense; this year, they’re down to 30th. More than anything, it has affected the pass defense.
Baltimore’s secondary is giving up 250 passing yards per game, 6.7 net yards per passing attempt, and 14 total passing scores on the year. Those are all bottom ten marks in the league. A lack of strong corner play plus the absence of defensive playmaking has cratered a once-solid group. This bodes extremely well for Tua.
It hasn’t been a great year passing the ball for Tua. He leads the NFL in total interceptions while putting up a career low in yards per attempt. So, what happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object?
When push comes to shove, Tua will be able to get chunk gains against this depleted secondary. I’m banking on Miami’s signal caller putting up a solid box score performance to get his season back on track.
