The Indianapolis Offense has not been great this year, but it should get a shot in the arm now that Joe Flacco has been named the starter for the rest of the season. He has far better numbers than Richardson had and he will help their 21st ranked passing attack. It also helps that Flacco will be facing Minnesota's 30th-ranked pass defense. Minnesota has a solid offense as they are 7th in scoring at 26.9 ppg and they have put up 27.5 ppg in their four home games so far. The Vikings will be facing a Colts' defense that is 24th against the pass and 30th against the run. Once Minnesota gets its ground game, then Darnold will hit some huge plays down the field.

Trends: All Non-Division Home favorites of 4 or more that are after a Thursday Game and the OU is 40 or more has gone 11-0 to the Over the last three years. Also, the Over is 7-1-1 in Minnesota's last nine as a non-conference home game and 7-3 in Indy's last 10 in the 2nd of BB Road Games.