Detroit at Minnesota

This is a huge test for Detroit, which kept it close against Philadelphia before defeating Washington 36-27. Jared Goff threw two of his four touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St. Brown and the Lions racked up 191 yards on the ground and that would have been almost unheard of from recent Lions teams. The defense also came through with five sacks of Carson Wentz and the Commanders didn't have a first down until their sixth possession. Minnesota is on a short week after a terrible performance on Monday night in a 24-7 loss to the Eagles. Kirk Cousins finished 27 of 46 for 221 yards and three interceptions, but the Vikings never got much going and totaled only 264 total yards compared to 486 for the Eagles. Detroit is #4 in the NFL in total offense yards and #3 in rushing yards and Minnesota is #29 in total yards allowed. The Lions are 7-1 ATS their past eight games versus NFC teams and they have covered five of their last seven road contests and 13 of their past 19 overall. Detroit got its long-awaited first win of the 2021 season on this field and the Vikings barely won the first meeting last season in the final minute 19-17. Take the points with the Lions as a Max Play.