Minnesota Vikings

Picks

The Chicago quarterback has 140 rushing yards over his last three games and scored on the ground last week. When he faced the Vikings in Week 1, he ran six times for 58 yards and a touchdown. He’s logged 17 red-zone carries this season, with at least one in every game. Only Jalen Hurts has more red-zone carries among quarterbacks this year, making this price a steal for that kind of volume. The Vikings have also allowed at least 24 points in four straight games. This is a great spot to back him again.

Jones is a threat to run it in or catch a touchdown pass, which he did against Chicago in Week 1. In fact, he loves playing against the Bears. He’s scored a TD in both meetings last season – his first year in Minny - and if we go back to his time in Green Bay he has 14 total TDs in 16 career meetings with Chicago. He scored his second touchdown of the year last week in the loss to Baltimore and got the lions share of carries in Week 10, including that four-yard goal line TD. 

The Bears have bullied some bad defensive teams, knocking off the likes of the Giants, Bengals, Ravens, Saints, Commanders, Raiders and Cowboys. Those clubs all sit near the bottom of the NFL in many advanced (and not so advanced) stats. Minnesota lost 27-19 to Baltimore on Sunday but didn’t play poorly, at least not on defense. The Vikings limited Lamar & Co. to just 4.9 yards per play and 2 for 5 in the red zone. However, 13 penalties (101 yards against) on both sides of the ball and three turnovers made things look a lot worse than it was. Chicago QB Caleb Williams faces a blitz-happy Minnesota stop unit that runs a zone base behind that chaos. The second-year QB struggles under duress (and runs around like his ass is on fire) and has significant issues passing against zone schemes. He went 21-of-35 passing for 210 yards and one TD in Week 1.