Week 2 kicks off with a matchup of potential playoff teams in the NFC loaded with fantasy football options, and what better way to start your second week of the season than with some Same Game Parlay picks for the Minnesota Vikings versus the Philadelphia Eagles?
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Minnesota Vikings vs. Philadelphia Eagles Odds
- Spread
Eagles -6.5 - Moneyline
Vikings +210, Eagles -270 - Total
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Trivia Question: These two teams played in Week 2 of last season. Can you name the only player currently on one of these rosters to haul in a touchdown pass in that game?
Both the Vikings and Eagles underachieved last week, with Minnesota stubbing its toe against the Buccaneers and Philadelphia surviving a late rally from the Patriots. This is going to be a significant bounce-back spot for one of these teams, and all signs point to the home crowd going home happy as big favorites.
Over Philly’s past seven regular-season wins, their two alpha receivers, DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, have seen at least six targets apiece. In fact, both of them have hit eight targets in the majority of those games, something I expect to be the case against a Minnesota defense who, last season, was a bottom-four unit in pass attempts, passing yards, and yards per pass attempts against.
- Smith (career): 8.64 yards per target
- Brown (w/PHI): 10.16 yards per target
In those games, Jalen Hurts averages 236.3 passing yards per game. That makes sense — feed your elite playmakers consistently, and the yardage total is going to impress.
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Cooking up a Thursday Night Football SGP that lands in the +500 to +900 range, depending how you aggressive you want to be.
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On the Minnesota side of things, this looks like a one-dimensional spot. The Eagles allowed just 3.5 yards per attempt last week in New England, while the Vikings managed just 41 yards on 17 carries in their Week 1 loss (zero runs of 10-plus yards).
It’s pretty easy to label this as a pass-heavy game script for the visitors, and passes against Philadelphia tend to cluster near the line of scrimmage. In addition to RBs and TEs combining to see 25 targets against them last Sunday:
- Super Bowl: Travis Kelce/JuJu Smith-Schuster: 60% target share
- NFC Title Game: George Kittle/Deebo Samuel: 66.7% target share
- NFC Divisional Round: Richie James: 38.5% target share
With Nakobe Dean on injured reserve, the Eagles are even more vulnerable in the short pass game than normal, a role that T.J. Hockenson (eight catches for 35 yards in Week 1) has been pigeon-holed into. His volume is safe, and while I like his yardage props, I’ll take a more conservative route for my official pick.
Trivia Answer: Quez Watkins (53-yard TD)
Same Game Parlay Pick: Jalen Hurts 225+ passing yards, 60+ receiving yards for both A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, T.J. Hockenson 5+ receptions, Eagles moneyline
Odds: +528 (FanDuel)*
*If you want to juice things up and add in Hockenson to reach 60 receiving yards, your odds jump to +895