The winless New York Jets (0-2) head west this weekend to serve as the opponent in the 2-0 Denver Broncos’ home opener. Kickoff is set for 4:05 p.m. ET Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High. Below, we look at the Jets vs. Broncos prop bets odds and lines, and make our best NFL picks, predictions and bets.
The Jets, led by first-year head coach Robert Saleh and rookie QB Zach Wilson, opened with a 19-14 road loss to the Carolina Panthers. The Jets’ home opener a week ago was then doomed by 4 Wilson interceptions in a 25-6 loss to New England Patriots.
The Broncos, meanwhile, have turned down the temperature on head coach Vic Fangio’s hot seat by opening with convincing road wins over the New York Giants (27-13) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (23-13). New QB Teddy Bridgewater is off to a stellar start with Denver, completing 54 of 70 passes (77.1%) for 4 touchdowns and no interceptions.
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Jets at Broncos prop bets picks and predictions
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 9 a.m. ET.
Jets WR Corey Davis OVER 3.5 receptions (-120) and OVER 45.5 receiving yards (-119)
The Jets’ prized free-agent addition had a strong debut in Week 1, reeling in 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and 2 TDs — New York’s only TDs on the season so far.
Last Sunday, Davis was targeted five times but caught only 2 of those for 8 yards as the Patriots defense did what it does best in curtailing the opposition’s top offensive threat. The Broncos possess a strong secondary, but look for Davis to win his share of battles in a bounce-back performance.
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Broncos WR Courtland Sutton UNDER 67.5 receiving yards (-105)
Sutton, coming off a 2020 early-season ACL tear, enjoyed a huge Week 2 outing in Jacksonville, catching 9 of 12 targets for a career-high 159 yards after only snaring 1 of 3 targets for 14 yards in Week 1.
As a result, though, Sutton can expect the Jets’ secondary to pay him extra attention and offer more resistance as New York has allowed the fourth-fewest yards to opposing wideouts so far with 232 total.
The savvy Bridgewater isn’t likely to force the issue and count on him looking elsewhere as he has plenty of other capable targets with nine Broncos owning at least 2 receptions so far.
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Total sacks OVER 5.5 (+110)
Among quarterbacks who have played in two games, Wilson has been the second-most pressured QB (on 34.1% of his dropbacks with a league-high-matching 10 sacks) while Bridgewater, surprisingly, has been under the fourth-most heat (31.6% of his dropbacks with five sacks).
Those matchups — especially Broncos LB Von Miller teeing off on an injury-depleted Jets’ offensive line with crowd noise drowning out the snap count — favor the Over.
SECOND HALF to be highest-scoring half (+105)
The Jets (17-3) and Broncos (30-20) have both put up more points after halftime this season, and with the season’s first game at mile-high altitude figuring to wear on the defenses late, the plus-payoff on more second-half points is too tempting to pass up.
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