Week 3 NFL player props, best bets, picks, predictions: Expert says T.Y. Hilton goes over 4.5 receptions

Jen Ryan is 7-2 on NFL player prop picks this season.

The NFL's last two regular season MVPs square off on Monday Night Football when Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs meet Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Mahomes won the MVP in 2018 after throwing for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns. Last season, Jackson earned MVP honors after becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season.

William Hill has set the over-under for Mahomes' passing yards at 295.5 on Monday, while the total for Jackson's rushing yards is 61.5. Those are just two of many NFL player props you can make in Week 3. Before you lock in any NFL prop bets, you need to see what SportsLine fantasy and sports betting expert Jen Ryan has to say. 

A finalist for the Best Football Series award from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association in 2016, Ryan is a fantasy football guru who also is a frequent guest on Football Diehards' show on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio. Every week, she uses NFL lines to make fantasy decisions in both season-long leagues and daily contests.

So far this season, she has been hot with her NFL prop bets. In fact, she has gone 7-2 through two weeks and is up $535. This week, Ryan has attacked the NFL player props from William Hill and found five strong bets. You can only see them here.

Top NFL player prop bets for Week 3

Ryan loves Colts receiver T.Y. Hilton to go over 4.5 receptions against the Jets. The big-play Indianapolis receiver has gotten off to a slow start this season with just seven receptions for 81 yards, but over his career, he's averaging 4.7 catches a game. 

"Hilton has a new quarterback who was supposed to make him like Keenan Allen in terms of targets and receptions," Ryan told SportsLine. "Hilton has seen 14 targets in two weeks and converted half of them. He is the WR55 in PPR scoring. There's nowhere to go but up. Hilton needs a confidence boost, and what better team to flex on than the New York Jets?"

How to make NFL player prop bets for Week 3

Ryan also is high on a tight end to smash his projected catch total, and who it is will surprise you. She's only sharing who it is, and all of her top NFL prop picks, here.

Which tight end is a must-back this week? And which other NFL prop bets should you target? Visit SportsLine now to see the top Week 3 NFL bets, all from the fantasy guru who is 7-2 and up $535 on prop bets this season.