The Detroit Lions (0-4) and Minnesota Vikings (1-3) are tangling Sunday afternoon at 1:00pm ET on FOX. Is it a good game? God no. I bet some fans of both teams are going to go apple picking with their families instead of watch this nonsense. But, we as bettors have an opportunity to make this game as exciting as we want it to be. Just like MacGuyver could get out of any situation with limited means, we can make any game worth watching by betting it. All we have to do is slap a same game parlay down and bam, instant excitement. Sky is the limit people.
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Jared Goff 275+ passing yards (+118)
Dalvin Cook 70+ rushing yards (+116)
Quintez Cephus 60+ receiving yards (+235)
Parlay odds: +947
Jared Goff 275+ passing yards (+118)
I think the Minnesota Vikings are going to hang points all over the Detroit Lions. They got stonewalled last week by the Cleveland Browns and they are too good to have the same thing happen against the Detroit Lions. Only 1 team in the NFL is worse defensively (DVOA) than Detroit and Minnesota has the weapons to take advantage. So if that’s what happens, Jared Goff should be busy especially in the second half. Goff has gone over this total in 2 of his 4 games and the Vikings have given up this amount in 2 of 4 tries. If the Lions are chasing points in this one Goff is more than capable racking up meaningless yards. All we need is 275+ and at +118 it’s worth the bet.
For more on this one, check out our full game preview for Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings.
Dalvin Cook 70+ rushing yards (+116)
This one is about health and I think Cook is likely to be good to go. I’m not a doctor and I’ve never even met Dalvin Cook but the Vikings let him play last week. He got 9 carries so in my head he should be good to go 1 week later. We’re talking Dalvin Cook here. If he gets even 3/4 of a workload, he’ll fly over 70 yards. We’re talking Dalvin Cook here. Only 2 defenses in the NFL are worse than Detroit against the run (DVOA). Minnesota should be able to sustain drives early in the game which will go a long way in getting Cook home if they decide to lighten his load in the second half. At +116, this is a bet worth making.
Quintez Cephus 60+ receiving yards (+235)
If the Vikings run out to a lead and Jared Goff is forced to throw, then someone has to catch the balls. That someone is our guy Quintez Cephus. What he lacks in target share he more than makes up for in the percentage of air yards he sees (20%). His ADOT is 12.05 on the season which is the highest on the team. He doesn’t need a ton of volume to get over this number as he did it last week on only 5 targets. This kid is the best wide receiver the Lions have on their roster and he’s hit this number in 2 of his last 3 games. The line shouldn’t be +235 for this.
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