NFL game

Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions

Nov 1, 1:00 PM ET · 11/1 - 1:00 PM EST

Minnesota Vikings · Detroit Lions

Data: ESPN · observed Oct 31, 3:30 AM ET Source

Matchup details observed Oct 31, 1:21 AM ET.

Matchup

Detroit Lions

Record: 4-2

ESPN home spread -3 · ESPN total 46.5.

DraftKings

Players to watch

Jared Goff · DET: Passing Yards: 150/223, 1,788 YDS, 14 TD · season
Jahmyr Gibbs · DET: Rushing Yards: 134 CAR, 620 YDS, 7 TD · season
Amon-Ra St. Brown · DET: Receiving Yards: 46 REC, 525 YDS, 5 TD · season
DJ Wonnum · DET: Sacks: 5 · season
Jack Campbell · DET: Tackles: 54 · season
Kyler Murray · MIN: Passing Yards: 83/125, 812 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT · season
Aaron Jones Sr. · MIN: Rushing Yards: 105 CAR, 436 YDS, 2 TD · season
Justin Jefferson · MIN: Receiving Yards: 23 REC, 302 YDS, 3 TD · season
Dallas Turner · MIN: Sacks: 6 · season
Blake Cashman · MIN: Tackles: 54 · season

Source

Fantasy outlook · Week 8

PPR projections · observed Oct 31, 1:54 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Jared Goff

DET · QB · Rank 12 · Tier 2

17.6 PPR points · floor 12.2 · ceiling 23

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 7.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	22	32	303	2	2	-1	1
5	19	30	271	3	1	1	1
4	32	52	412	1	0	0	0
3	25	32	269	2	4	6	0

Kyler Murray

MIN · QB · Rank 16 · Tier 3

16.3 PPR points · floor 8.6 · ceiling 24

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 25.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	14	24	150	1	0	5	39	0
5	24	30	229	1	0	10	51	1
4	27	37	247	0	0	6	16	3
3	15	29	168	1	1	2	17	0

Carson Wentz

MIN · QB · Rank 18 · Tier 3

15.6 PPR points · floor 5.5 · ceiling 25.7

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 25.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
2	11	20	143	0	0	3	6	0
1	12	19	133	3	0	5	-1	0

Jahmyr Gibbs

DET · RB · Rank 3 · Tier 1

16.7 PPR points · floor 6.9 · ceiling 26.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 16 RB fantasy points a game (14.5% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	29	116	0	6	5	27	7
5	25	151	2	6	5	56	9
4	15	46	1	7	4	31	3
3	20	99	2	8	7	65	10

Aaron Jones

MIN · RB · Rank 24 · Tier 3

10.1 PPR points · floor 4.9 · ceiling 15.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	8	26	0	1	1	0	1
5	25	113	1	3	3	4	5
4	20	94	0	8	4	34	4
3	17	58	0	6	5	34	0

Jordan Mason

MIN · RB · Rank 42 · Tier 5

7.6 PPR points · floor 4.1 · ceiling 11.1

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	15	68	0	2	0	0	1
1	15	59	1	0	0	0	4

Max Bredeson

MIN · RB · Rank 76 · Tier 6

3.9 PPR points · floor 3.9 · ceiling 3.9

Why

Last 2 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sione Vaki

DET · RB · Rank 82 · Tier 7

3.5 PPR points · floor 2.1 · ceiling 4.9

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
7	1	5	0	0	0
5	6	11	0	0	0
4	0	0	2	1	17
3	6	26	1	1	11

Demond Claiborne

MIN · RB · Rank 83 · Tier 7

3.3 PPR points · floor 2.7 · ceiling 3.9

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
5	0	0	1	1	6
4	3	12	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0
2	0	0	1	1	2

Jacob Saylors

DET · RB · Rank 85 · Tier 7

3.1 PPR points · floor 3.1 · ceiling 3.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DeeJay Dallas

MIN · RB · Rank 107 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
7	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	1	1	11
4	0	0	1	1	10
3	1	2	0	0	0

Jameson Williams

DET · WR · Rank 9 · Tier 2

13.7 PPR points · floor 6.1 · ceiling 21.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	9	5	91	2	89	29%	2
5	4	2	47	2	118	13.8%	1
4	8	6	102	0	136	15.7%	1
3	4	4	49	0	48	12.9%	0

Amon-Ra St. Brown

DET · WR · Rank 13 · Tier 3

12.9 PPR points · floor 3.7 · ceiling 22.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	11	9	153	0	139	35.5%	0
5	11	6	69	0	92	37.9%	2
4	11	8	75	0	98	21.6%	1
3	8	4	19	1	57	25.8%	3

Justin Jefferson

MIN · WR · Rank 24 · Tier 4

10.3 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 21.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	7	4	44	0	75	29.2%	1
5	7	6	79	1	74	24.1%	1
3	2	2	32	0	18	8%	0
2	6	3	55	0	91	31.6%	0

Jordan Addison

MIN · WR · Rank 38 · Tier 5

8.2 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 16.5

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share
7	3	2	20	0	57	12.5%
4	6	4	52	0	51	18.2%
3	9	5	90	1	151	36%
2	5	2	21	0	43	26.3%

Isaac TeSlaa

DET · WR · Rank 86 · Tier 6

5 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 10.4

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	1	10	17	6.5%	0
5	2	0	0	25	6.9%	0
4	8	4	95	107	15.7%	0
3	3	3	66	27	9.7%	1

DeAndre Carter

DET · WR · Rank 87 · Tier 6

4.9 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Jauan Jennings

MIN · WR · Rank 89 · Tier 7

4.8 PPR points · floor 2.4 · ceiling 7.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	3	2	34	36	12.5%
5	1	0	0	19	3.4%
4	1	1	8	4	3%
3	2	1	1	22	8%

Tai Felton

MIN · WR · Rank 104 · Tier 7

4.1 PPR points · floor 1.7 · ceiling 6.5

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	1	0	0	14	4.2%
5	3	2	27	30	10.3%
4	1	1	14	8	3%
3	2	0	0	8	8%

Myles Price

MIN · WR · Rank 119 · Tier 7

3.6 PPR points · floor 2 · ceiling 5.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0%	0
5	4	3	20	-7	13.8%	2
4	2	2	6	2	6.1%	0
3	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Tay Martin

DET · WR · Rank 134 · Tier 7

2.8 PPR points · floor 2.8 · ceiling 2.8

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Jeshaun Jones

MIN · WR · Rank 179 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	1	32	0	31	3.4%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Odell Beckham Jr.

MIN · WR · Rank 200 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	0	0	0	17	4.8%	0

Tom Kennedy

DET · WR · Rank 209 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

T.J. Hockenson

MIN · TE · Rank 11 · Tier 3

9.1 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 18.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	5	4	35	1	38	20.8%	1
5	1	1	7	0	2	3.4%	0
4	13	13	119	0	83	39.4%	3
3	4	2	11	0	44	16%	0

Sam LaPorta

DET · TE · Rank 14 · Tier 4

8.1 PPR points · floor 0.9 · ceiling 15.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 6.9 TE fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	1	18	0	11	6.5%	0
5	5	5	88	1	44	17.2%	0
4	13	8	84	1	119	25.5%	2
3	4	3	44	0	39	12.9%	0

Gavin Bartholomew

MIN · TE · Rank 36 · Tier 5

5.7 PPR points · floor 1.6 · ceiling 9.8

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	1	1	17	2	4.2%	0
5	6	5	33	20	20.7%	1
4	1	1	4	4	3%	0

Ben Yurosek

MIN · TE · Rank 42 · Tier 5

5.2 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	1	10	0	5	3.4%	0

Jackson Meeks

DET · TE · Rank 49 · Tier 5

4.3 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 6.9 TE fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	1	8	0	5	3.2%	0

Tyler Conklin

DET · TE · Rank 54 · Tier 5

4 PPR points

Why

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	1	1	4	0	4	3.2%	0

Brock Wright

DET · TE · Rank 67 · Tier 6

3.2 PPR points · floor 2.3 · ceiling 4.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
5	1	1	11	6	3.4%
4	2	1	8	9	3.9%
3	2	2	7	4	6.5%
2	0	0	0	0	0%

Josh Oliver

MIN · TE · Rank 107 · Tier 7

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
3	0	0	0	0	0%
2	1	1	24	5	5.3%
1	4	2	22	13	17.4%

Will Reichard

MIN · K · Rank 7 · Tier 2

10 PPR points · floor 6.3 · ceiling 13.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 4.5 K fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	3	4	1
5	3	3	2
4	5	5	0
3	3	3	2

Jake Bates

DET · K · Rank 9 · Tier 2

9.1 PPR points · floor 5.1 · ceiling 13.1

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 5.8 K fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	2	2	2
5	1	1	6
4	4	4	2
3	1	1	4

MIN defense / special teams

MIN · DST · Rank 8 · Tier 3

7.6 PPR points · floor 4.4 · ceiling 10.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Detroit Lions allow 2 DST fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	10	4	1
5	13	1	3
4	10	2	1
3	16	6	2

DET defense / special teams

DET · DST · Rank 13 · Tier 3

6.1 PPR points · floor 1.4 · ceiling 10.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Minnesota Vikings allow 6 DST fantasy points a game (7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	17	1	1
5	21	5	1
4	32	3	0
3	24	5	1

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Pick or pass

Model: home spread +1.2 · total 45.

away · model-to-line gap -4.2 points. Line: ESPN.

Recorded Oct 31, 12:00 AM ET · original home spread -3.

Model candidate; no claim of a proven betting edge.

Injury impact

Minnesota Vikings

Availability-impact index: 1

Jay Ward (S) · Questionable · Knee · Oct 30

Detroit Lions

Availability-impact index: 9.5

Roger McCreary (CB) · Questionable · Foot · Oct 30
Kerby Joseph (S) · Out · Knee · Oct 30
Isiah Pacheco (RB) · Injured Reserve · Back · Oct 30
Ben Bartch (G) · Injured Reserve · Foot · Oct 17
Devin White (LB) · Injured Reserve · Forearm · Oct 16

The availability-impact index weights listed players by position and reported starter status when available. It is a relative report-weighting index, not a medical assessment or a point-spread adjustment. An empty report does not confirm availability.

Coaching Room

Minnesota Vikings

Head coach: Kevin O'Connell · 4 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 6 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	0.8	rank 28 of 32	6
Fourth-down conversion rate	80 %	rank 2 of 32	6
Red-zone trips per game	2.3	rank 32 of 32	6
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	47.5 %	rank 31 of 32	6
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	52.5 %	rank 2 of 32	6
Time of possession per game	32.7 min	rank 6 of 32	6
Turnovers per game	0.7	rank 28 of 32	6

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Detroit Lions

Head coach: Dan Campbell · 6 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 5 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	2.6	rank 2 of 32	5
Fourth-down conversion rate	61.5 %	rank 14 of 32	5
Red-zone trips per game	4.4	rank 2 of 32	5
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	58.6 %	rank 12 of 32	5
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	41.4 %	rank 21 of 32	5
Time of possession per game	28.9 min	rank 24 of 32	5
Turnovers per game	0.4	rank 30 of 32	5

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Game-day weather

Indoor venue or confirmed closed roof. Outdoor weather flags do not apply.

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues. Projections start with three current-season games or a prior-season rating; early-season estimates are excluded from picks.

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