We’re heading out West for an interconference Thursday Night Football matchup featuring the Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers. Both teams lost last week, so getting back on track will be the key objective for the two teams.
As the home team, the Chargers are 3-point favorites and the over/under on total points is listed at 44.5; both the spread and total haven’t moved much (if at all), leaving us with a straightforward approach to the game.
If you want to move the line to Chargers -2.5 or Vikings +3.5, I’m all in favor of that for either side. However, those moves will cost you a bit up front, and you can pair it up with something like, oh I don’t know, a prop bet to negate the cost!
After digging in on this matchup a bit, I have narrowed down three trends to turn into winning props as best bets. Quentin Johnston, Jordan Mason, and the great Justin Jefferson will all be listed below as candidates to play a part on how tonight’s Vikings-Chargers story is told.
Let’s take a look at the three best bets from the Thursday Night Football game between the Vikings and Chargers:
What are the Best Prop Bets to Make for Vikings at Chargers on Thursday Night Football?
Quentin Johnston: Longest Reception: Over 20.5 Yards (-115)
On Sunday, the Vikings were torched by the Eagles’ AJ Brown (4-121-2) and DeVonta Smith (9-183-1); within these numbers, there were big catches of 37 and 45 yards by Brown, and a 79-yarder by Smith. Looking back at this season as a whole, eight different WRs have posted catches of 21+ yards against the Vikes, with five of them coming in the last three games.
This matchup against Minnesota profiles best for Johnston, who just returned to the Chargers’ lineup after a brief one-game absence. Fellow LA WRs Ladd McConkey and Keenan Allen typically operate with shorter routes, leaving our guy to flourish deep. In fact, Johnston has a catch of 21+ yards in all but one game this season!
Jordan Mason: Anytime TD (+115)
Mason has fit in quite comfortably as the Vikings’ RB1, with four TDs in his last four games. LA has been quite generous to opposing RB1 TDs, allowing the last three to score 2+ TDs. At plus-odds, we’re just looking for Mason to do it once.
Justin Jefferson: Over 79.5 Receiving Yards (-114)
The Chargers have also been vulnerable to opposing WRs, allowing a 95+-yard receiver in each of the last three games. I don’t even need to list the WRs that hit mark because J-Jettas is better than all of them put together.
Jefferson has at least 75 receiving yards in five straight, and you have to imagine the Vikings will be in catch-up mode on the short week playing on the road. In fact, Minnesota’s last two games away from home have produced 100-yard days for Jefferson.
