For the first time since Week 2, Thursday Night Football features a matchup that is NOT a divisional rival. To kick off the Week 8 slate, we’ve got Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers hosting Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings. To get you set for it, we’ve shared our NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football.

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NFL Picks, Predictions & Best Bets for Thursday Night Football, 10/23

We mentioned Justin Jefferson above, and as his Vikings took on the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, he climbed the leaderboard in terms of the most receptions in the first six years of his career. However, it was in a 28-22 home loss - sure to have many fans not wanting to focus their NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football on Minnesota.

That dropped Minnesota to a .500 record at 3-3 as they continue to have the question - is JJ McCarthy starting this week? Backup Carson Wentz has been far from awful, but we’d highly doubt that anyone would choose him over Justin Herbert. As for the Chargers QB, they too were at home in their bright, all-yellow unis.

If there’s anyone who can relate to JJ’s reception pace, it’s LA’s Keenan Allen; he’s been a target monster his entire career, even if it has been riddled with hamstring injuries. While he yet again had a strong outing, the Chargers were handled with relative ease by the surprise of the NFL season - the Indianapolis Colts.  

Two teams desperately needing to avenge some losses on a short week makes NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football even more of a must.
 

 

 

Thursday Night Football Prediction for Vikings vs. Chargers 

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of this interconference clash is the polarization of the Vikings' defense. In general, it’s a feared one led by Brian Flores, and specifically, it’s one that has especially excelled against the pass more than the run.

Well, after entering Week 7 with the NFL’s best EPA per pass, they allowed Eagles QB Jalen Hurts - a QB not known for lighting up the box score with yards through the air - to throw for a whopping 326 yards and three touchdowns. That translates to plenty of NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football targeting the Chargers' passing game.

Of course, having a WR duo of AJ Brown and Devonta Smith helps quite a bit with that, but Justin Herbert has been able to make fantasy free agent pickups out of virtually any WR. We’d highly doubt that anyone was starting Oronde Gadsden this week, who had seven catches for 164 yards and a touchdown!

If the Vikings want to be the focus of NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football, they need to take advantage of the Chargers having virtually no RB of note and focus on shutting down Herbert and the LA attack through the air.
 

 

 

Vikings vs. Chargers Best Bet for NFL Week 8: Justin Jefferson Anytime TD (+145 at Rebet)

Having worked through all that, where should you focus your NFL picks for TNF? Well, given that we just saw Colts RB Jonathan Taylor score three rushing TDs (again) against the Chargers, Vikings RB Jordan Mason should be licking his chops.

He came through for us this past weekend with an overall best bet for the entire slate of him finding the endzone, so we’ll leave him on cooldown for now. If you think that’s too good of a spot to pass up for your NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football, for what it’s worth, Alexander Mattison had 93 rushing yards against LA when these teams met in 2023.

On the flip side, Justin Herbert nearly led the team in rushing that game, which he just did this past Sunday. That may be a theme moving forward, given the Chargers' injuries not only to RBs, but also to key offensive linemen. Therefore, we are instead going to focus our NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football on the Vikings side of the game.

That would be where our breakdown all began - with All-Pro WR Justin Jefferson. He’s played LA twice in his career and has torched them in both meetings. Those games consisted of 7 catches on 13 targets for 149 yards & a touchdown and 9 catches on 11 targets for 143 yards.

He’s had double-digit targets in three straight games now, so it’s time that he finds the endzone again. No matter if it’s Carson Wentz of JJ McCarthy, the top pick from our NFL best bets for Thursday Night Football is Justin Jefferson anytime TD scorer (+145 at Rebet).
 

 

 

Top NFL Player Props & Picks for Thursday Night Football, 10/23

For even more considerations for your NFL picks this week, here are some popular Vikings vs. Chargers player props for TNF:

Passing Yards:

Receiving Yards:

Anytime TD Scorer: 

 

 

 

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