Minnesota Vikings narrowly beat Detroit Lions 27-24
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NFL Week 10 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming information for the Sunday football game between Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings.
The jury remained very much out on McCarthy prior to his Week 2 ankle injury. Sunday was a big step in the right direction for the second-year Vikings quarterback.
The Lions and their offense are in the zone early on as they strike first with a big play from Jared Goff to Sam LaPorta. The Lions tight end had over 60 yards on the opening drive that was capped off by a 40-yard touchdown in which he carried multiple Vikings defenders into the endzone with him.
The SportsLine Projection Model agrees with two legs of the SGP above, as it backs Lions -8.5 and the Over on 48.5 Detroit covers the spread in 54% of simulations and the Over hits in 58% of simulations. The model is backing Minnesota on the money line, though, as the Vikings win in 26% of simulations to bring value as +368 underdogs.
Coming into the Vikings-Lions matchup, Jefferson had recorded 536 catches for 8,034 yards and 41 touchdowns during his six-year NFL career. But with one minute, 38 seconds remaining in the second quarter, McCarthy hit Jefferson for a loss of a yard, marking the former LSU Tigers wide receiver's fourth catch of the game and 540th of his career.
The Minnesota Vikings have been dealing with a variety of issues on both sides of the ball. However, their special teams unit has been one of the bright spots on the team throughout 2025. Whether it is Will Reichard and his field goal efficiency, or Ryan Wright flipping the field for the defense with his punts, it has all been working for them.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy had multiple highlight moments in his team's 27-24 win over the Detroit Lions in Week 9.
The Vikings badly needed a win, and they got it, even though McCarthy didn’t have the greatest of performances. He completed 14 of 25 passes for an anemic 143 yards, and while he threw two touchdown passes and added a rushing touchdown,