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Green Bay at Minnesota

September 13, 2026
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Minnesota opens the season by breaking in a new starting quarterback in Kyler Murray, who arrives fresh off his release in Arizona and will take his first snap in a Vikings uniform this weekend. Carson Wentz is the backup, and J.J. McCarthy, a former top-ten pick, has been dropped all the way to third string after a rough camp, which tells you the Vikings still aren't settled at that position even with Murray now the answer. Green Bay counters with a defense running an entirely new scheme: Jonathan Gannon takes over as coordinator and shifts the unit to a 3-4 front, with new faces coaching nearly every position group behind him. A new quarterback learning a new offense for the first time against a defense installing a new scheme of its own is not a recipe for a crisp, high-scoring opener, and that's exactly why a small number of points is worth taking on the Packers, who kept their own offensive structure fully intact under Matt LaFleur. Take Green Bay with the points, and take the UNDER on the total.

1 unit on Green Bay +2 (-110) (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 46.5 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
LOSS
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