Thursday Night Football Respected Money Breakdown: Vikings vs Chargers
Week 8 of the 2025 season gets under way on Thursday Night featuring Justin Jefferson and the Vikings (3-3) heading on the road to face Justin Herbert and the Chargers (4-3).
Written by Frank Taddeo, @RespectedMoney on X
The oddsmakers have the ‘Bolts installed as 3.5-point home favorites with the total sitting at 44.5
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TOP PLAYS
QB – Justin Herbert Over 251.5 Passing Yards (-108)
Fresh off tossing a career-high 420 passing yards and three touchdowns last week against the Colts, my model ranks Herbert’s passing yards as a very solid play to invest in on Thursday night. Sitting as fantasy football’s overall QB7, Herbert ranks 1st in Passing Attempts (271) and 1st in Passing Yards (1,913). The veteran signal-caller has thrived at home this season averaging 301 passing yards at SoFi Stadium (318 vs Kansas City, 300 vs Denver, 166 vs Washington and 420 vs Indianapolis). Facing a stout Vikings run defense, with a struggling run game, expect Los Angeles to air it out once again under the primetime lights.
WR Jordan Addison Over 54.5 Receiving Yards (-114)
Since returning from his three-game suspension to start the year, Addison has thrived thanks to solid volume from QB Carson Wentz. The Vikings third-year wideout has turned 26 targets into 18 receptions for 283 yards in three games. Listed at 94.3 receiving yards per game this season, Addison will now face a Chargers defense allowing an average of 11.3 receptions for 136.9 yards per game to opposing wide receivers. Dating back to last season, the speedy wideout has surpassed this projection of 54.5 receiving yards in 7 of his last 11 regular season games (63.6%).
RB – Jordan Mason – Anytime Touchdown (+120)
Mason, who sits tied for 9th in rushing touchdowns (4) among all running backs, has been a major contributor in his first season in Minnesota. The veteran back, who has found the end zone in three of his last four games, now draws a favorable matchup against a vulnerable Chargers run defense. Over the last three games, Los Angeles has surrendered an eye-popping 7 rushing touchdowns to opposing running backs. At attractive plus-odds, Mason’s Anytime Touchdown value lands a target worthy of attention.
TE – Oronde Gadsden Over 42.5 Receiving Yards (-114)
The rookie tight end has emerged as a top passing weapon in the Chargers offense over the last two games turning 17 targets into 14 receptions for 232 yards and a score. Having eclipsed this projection of 42.5 receiving yards in 3 of 5 games, Gadsden projects as a player the books have failed to fully adjust, due to a solid trio of Chargers wideouts (McConkey, K. Allen and Q. Johnston). Quietly ranking 9th among all tight ends in receiving yards (308), Gadsden is the overall TE2 in fantasy football posting 41.2 PPR points on the strength of being tied for a league-best 5 receptions of 20+ yards (G. Pickens, 5; D.K. Metcalf, 5) over the last two weeks.
Performance Recap
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