New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings, 7:10p (Vikings -3, O/U 48)
AP coming home, with a new team. Saints running game has not been all that great since Drew Brees has come to town. With AP and Ingram in the backfield, the load isn’t all on Brees’ right arm. Given the Saints addition of the Vikes former franchise star, the Vikes still have that staunchy defense and Bradford has brought some consistency to their air game since Favre retired after the 2010 season. Brees will be missing Brandon Cooks badly but he is still great and can make something out of that offense however I feel the loss is bigger than the gain. Yes, I’m aware that AP lead the league in rushing after his major knee injury 3 years ago but he’s 32 and now in a high powered passing offense with Ingram taking touches from him. Expect the Vikings to play well. Vikings win 24-20
Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos, 10:20p (Broncos -3, O/U 43)
Not much has really changed with the Chargers other than a city change and oh yeah, Keenan Allen is back and healthy again. It seems as if he’s had some horrible season ending injuries the last bunch of years but when he’s healthy, the Chargers are hard to beat. That being said, their going into Denver. This defense is still mostly staffed with players who helped get them to the Super Bowl a few years back. Don’t count out the Chargers defensive front, lead by Joey Bosa. They made their presence known last year. Don’t expect anything less from them. Denver still doesn’t have a formidable QB which spells trouble for Thomas and Sanders in the fantasy realm but CJ Anderson is giving them another weapon to use. There isn’t an expectation that there are going to be any major scoring but I do expect it to be over the 43 point O/U marker. Chargers win 24-21
Necessary Roughness 