Kicking off a solid early Sunday slate, the ever-popular Lions (-5.5) host the Seahawks at Ford Field after these squads enjoyed vastly different results in Week 1. Detroit will be 10 days removed from its huge season-opening victory over the reigning-champion Chiefs at Arrowhead, while Seattle will be looking to rebound from a disastrous 30-13 home-opener against the Rams.
Today, we will highlight our four favorite SuperDraft props from this NFC clash, a game that's almost certainly going to be one of the better offensive shootouts of the weekend. As we wrote in our Lions-Seahawks betting preview, both of these teams have above-average offenses and below-average secondaries, a recipe for points and a welcome sight for fans of player prop overs.
For SuperDraft users looking to make a Seahawks-Lions entry via SuperDraft's Fantasy Props feature, we're here to guide you in the right direction. Users can win 3X the amount wagered if their two-legged player prop parlay hits. Consequently, the more legs you add to your player prop parlay, the larger your potential payout becomes, but as the long odds indicate, completing a clean sweep is challenging.
Below, we'll break down four of our favorite SuperDraft player props for Sunday's Lions-Seahawks game. Users don't necessarily have to parlay all four picks together, though. Instead, you could make separate multi-leg parlays to increase your win probability or attempt to hit it big if all three picks come through.
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Best Lions-Seahawks prop bets: SuperDraft player prop picks for Week 2
*10x potential payout if users parlay all four correct picks
1. Geno Smith, QB, Seahawks — OVER 239.5 passing yards (4/5 confidence)
Smith enjoyed a career year in 2022, finishing the season as the most accurate starting QB with a 69.8-percent completion rate. He also quietly finished in the top eight of the league in passing yards with 4,282, which averages out to 251.8 yards per game. Yet, everyone and their mom seems to be fading this guy after one bad game against a resurgent Rams team?
We had Geno in our preseason fantasy wolf pack, and we're not remotely close to leaving him in the woods just yet. The Lions allowed Patrick Mahomes to amass 226 passing yards without Travis Kelce, and that number would have been much higher if not for the fact that Kansas City receivers dropped an NFL-high five passes during that season-opening contest.
DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett already formed one of the best receiving duos in the NFL last season. Now they're rejoined by a healthy Kenneth Walker III, and they have the added benefit of two solid rookie playmakers, wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba and running back Zach Charbonnet. The Lions' secondary remains shaky at best, so we have Smith and this Seahawks passing game enjoying a bounce-back effort in Motown this Sunday.
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2. David Montgomery, RB, Lions — OVER 59.5 rushing yards (4/5 confidence)
Look, it doesn't need to make sense to us as fans that Montgomery is operating as the bell-cow back in Detroit after the Lions spent the 12th overall pick to draft Jahmyr Gibbs. What matters to us as bettors is that it is happening, and Dan Campbell's squad beat the world champions with that game plan.
Montgomery got the ball again and again last Thursday, powering through a Chiefs' d-line that sorely missed Chris Jones. All said, Monty amassed 74 yards and a TD on 21 carries, while Gibbs managed 42 yards on just seven attempts. A 75/25 carry split — seems rational to us.
But like we said, it's happening! Now Montgomery draws a matchup with a Seattle defense that just allowed the Rams' Kyren Williams to rush for 52 yards and two scores on 15 totes. The Seahawks did shut down Cam Akers, but Akers just isn't all that good of an NFL running back. Look at the fact that Seattle allowed the third-most ground yards in the NFL last season (151.9 per game).
Montgomery should see plenty of work once again this week, especially if Detroit is playing with a lead. Part of Campbell and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson's strategy for keeping QB Jared Goff protected is to run the ball early and often. Keeping Seattle's front-seven honest will go a long way toward opening up Detroit's downfield passing game. Sixty yards seems very doable here.
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3. DK Metcalf, WR, Seahawks — OVER 65.5 receiving yards (3.5/5 confidence)
Metcalf remains Smith's favorite target, and who can blame him? The dude's 6-4, 240 pounds with sure hands and an insane workout routine that make him one of the scariest skill-position players to defend. The fifth-year pro has probably been licking his chops looking forward to this matchup.
Only one team in the NFL surrendered more yards to wide receivers than Detroit last season (3,235), and in the two games that Metcalf has played against the Lions in his career, he has accumulated 13 catches for 212 yards and three TDs. As Lil Scrappy might rap, "Money in the bank, D.K. whatcha drink!?" Cheers to the receiver prop of the game.
4. Kenneth Walker III, RB, Seahawks — UNDER 63.5 rushing yards (3/5 confidence)
Walker was one of the Seahawks' lone bright spots in Week 1, churning out 64 rushing yards on just 12 carries (5.3 ypc), but we wouldn't be surprised if he's used more as a pass-catcher this week to get some of the Lions' pass-rushing pressure away from Smith. Detroit's d-line looked surprisingly good against the Chiefs and ultimately limited Isiah Pacheco and Clyde Edwards-Helaire to 45 total ground yards on 14 combined carries.
KW3 will be good — he almost always is, to be honest — but we don't think he'll be 5.3 yards-per-carry good, nor do we envision him getting the carry volume needed to hit 64 yards for a second consecutive week.
