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Week 7 of the NFL season will feature a heavyweight Sunday Night Football matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on NBC.
Our player props for Sunday Night Football target Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sam Darnold, and Jalen Royals.
Let's dive into our Chiefs vs Seahawks player props for Sunday night.
Chiefs vs Seahawks Player Props
- Jalen Royals Over 19.5 Receiving Yards (-116, DraftKings)
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba Over 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115, bet365)
- Sam Darnold Over 0.5 Interceptions (-111, BetMGM)
Chiefs vs Seahawks Prop Picks, Preview
Jalen Royals Over 19.5 Receiving Yards (-116)
The Chiefs will be without Rashee Rice again for Sunday Night Football, which means another week of trying to predict their strategy in the passing game.
Xavier Worthy remains their best and most effective pass catcher, and the player they’re trying to get the ball in the hands of, but it was Jalen Royals who saw the biggest bump in routes against the Chargers.
Last week, Royals caught two of his four targets for 24 yards, but what really stood out is that he ran routes on 81% of Patrick Mahomes’ dropbacks, behind Worthy but way ahead of everybody else by margin.
Due to that metric alone, I want to back the rookie to cover his yardage total here.
Pick: Jalen Royals Over 19.5 Receiving Yards (-116, DraftKings)
Jaxon Smith-Njigba Over 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115)
At this point, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the Seahawks offense. The ground game hasn’t really gotten going this season, and Jadarian Price and Zach Carbonnet are both still missing.
With the Chiefs allowing a measly 88.8 yards on the ground per game, the Seahawks will continue to rely on Sam Darnold and his favorite target, JSN.
Smith-Njigba has run 202 routes this season — an average of 33.6 per game — and sits third in the NFL for targets per route run. He’s had 100+ receiving yards in five of six games this season, but what really stands out is a yards-per-catch average of 14.6.
With Smith-Njigba continuing to get volume, he’s worth backing again here.
Anything up to 94.5 yards is worth a play.
Pick: Jaxon Smith-Njigba Over 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115, bet365)
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Sam Darnold Over 0.5 Interceptions (-111)
It’s been a season to forget for Sam Darnold, with just two wins to his name so far this season (he missed the Week 2 win over the Cardinals). What’s worse is that he’s thrown as many touchdowns as interceptions, with seven of each.
The run game isn’t really working that well, and without that it’s adding pressure to the passing game. That’s led to Darnold forcing it too often and taking too many risks — he has an interception in four straight games, and now he faces a Chiefs defense that is averaging a pick per game.
Pick: Sam Darnold Over 0.5 Interceptions (-111, BetMGM)
Chiefs vs Seahawks Prop Bets
- Jalen Royals Over 19.5 Receiving Yards (-116, DraftKings)
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba Over 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115, bet365)
- Sam Darnold Over 0.5 Interceptions (-111, BetMGM)
