Bills vs Vikings Player Props: Best Bets and Predictions

Monday night football closes out with the Buffalo Bills (-3) heading to Minnesota to take on the Vikings. Carson Wentz is expected to be under center for Minnesota in Week 9, and it will be an interesting wrinkle to the Vikings offense that has struggled with Kyler Murray this season. Wentz did go 2-0 in weeks 1 and 2 for the Vikings, totaling 276 passing yards on 23/39 (59%) passing for three TD and no INTs. We shall see if the Vikings offense has a little more pop with Wentz playing quarterback.

On the Buffalo side of this matchup, they are 6-1 and winners of four straight. Josh Allen is the favorite to win MVP at the moment, and their offense is #1 overall in the league in scoring (33.3), while the Vikings defense ranks 1st overall in scoring on the other side (13.3). It will be a stark contrast in these teams, and I'm excited for the matchup.

MNF Player Prop: Justin Jefferson (MIN) Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+155)

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Jefferson is having one of the worst seasons of his career, and it's directly attributed to the poor quarterback play. I'm grabbing his TD odds at just north of +150 in the hopes that Wentz makes it a priority to target Jefferson as much as humanely possible Monday night. The Bills defense allows 25.9 PPG and the most TDs (11) to opposing WR's all season (ahead of this week). My expectation is that this is a redzone look, but with Jefferson he can always break one, which helps when you're playing a Bills team ranked 30th in missed tackles this season.

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MNF Player Prop: Khalil Shakir (BUF) over 38.5 receiving yards (-114)

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Stop me if you've heard this before: The Vikings blitz more than any team in the NFL. I'm using this information to grab Josh Allen's favorite receiver against the blitz in Khalil Shakir. Per Fantasy Points Data, when Allen is blitzed, Shakir sees 29% targets per routes run (+10% vs non-blitz). Also, his yards per routes run against the blitz is 3.6 (+2.3 vs non-blitz). DJ Moore does not have an ideal matchup against the Vikings as a perimeter receiver, and Dalton Kincaid has too much variability for my liking, but Shakir is tried and true in these spots. His median yardage on the season is 57 per game, and I think he benefits from Moore's return, allowing for more open looks into the middle of the field.

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