Monday Night Football Best Same-Game Parlay for Cardinals vs. Rams in NFC Wild Card

The fact that the Wild Card is extending into Monday Night is a bit weird, but I’m here for it. The Los Angeles Rams and the Arizona Cardinals will clash for the third time this year as a pair of NFC West familiar foes square off.

Let’s put together a same game parlay based on an expected game script of a high-scoring game.

Let’s start with the odds via WynnBET.

Best Same Game Parlay for Steelers vs Chiefs

• Total OVER 44.5 
• Kyler Murray 45+ Rushing Yards
• Matthew Stafford 1+ Interception Thrown
• Christian Kirk 45+ Receiving Yards
• Cooper Kupp 85+ Receiving Yards

Total OVER 44.5

I’m planting my flag that this is going to be a high-scoring affair, and 44.5 isn’t even that high of a total. 24-21 would do it, and that feels perfectly doable in this game.

These two teams played each other on Dec. 13, and had a final score of 30-23. Kyler Murray and Matthew Stafford are both plenty capable of putting up a lot of points, as the Rams have averaged the 8th-most points per game this season (27.1) and the Cardinals have averaged the 11th most (26.4), despite Murray missing three games this year.

Kyler Murray 45+ Rushing Yards

The Los Angeles Rams passing defense has been absurdly good as of late. They’ve given up the second-fewest passing touchdowns this year with only 16, and have only given up 2 passing touchdowns in the last four weeks.

Murray is going to struggle to find room to operate in the secondary. While he might still be able to find success through the air, if everything is blanketed downfield, Murray should use his legs to open up the Rams defense. I’ll take the largest rushing prop available for Murray at 45+, knowing that he has averaged 46 rushing yards per game over his last six games. 

Matthew Stafford 1+ Interception Thrown

Matthew Stafford, for as good as he has been this year, has struggled with some poor decision making lately. Stafford has thrown eight touchdowns and eight interceptions in his last four games, making poor decisions down the field on some questionable throws while attempting to get the ball to Odell Beckham Jr. 

The Cardinals have generated 13 interceptions this season, which is tied with five other teams in the middle of the pack across the league. Stafford’s decision making will be a huge point of discussion in this game, and he feels like a safe bet to trust his arm one too many times in this game. 

Christian Kirk 45+ Receiving Yards

Without DeAndre Hopkins, Christian Kirk has taken on a larger role in this offense. Kirk saw 30 targets between Weeks 15-17, catching 22 of them for 221 yards. He averaged 73.7 receiving yards in those three games.

As mentioned above, the Rams pass defense is a tough one, but Kirk remains one of the chief targets in this passing attack for Kyler Murray, and he’ll get plenty of opportunities to carve out some yards. 

Cooper Kupp 85+ Receiving Yards

The simple rule for Cooper Kupp is “bet the over on, like, everything.” Kupp has had a monster of a year. He secured the triple crown of receiving, leading the league in receptions, yards, and receiving touchdowns. His 1,947 yards is a huge number, and he and Stafford have an incredible chemistry going.

Over the last four weeks (I like using recent timelines to see how teams are performing lately, not just on the season), the Cardinals have allowed the sixth-most receiving yards to the to the wide receiver position. Kupp has gone over 85 receiving yards in all but one game this season, which is just lunacy. I’ll give him the nod once again.

Parlay Odds: +1000