NFL Monday Night Football Week 9 Player Props & Betting Odds

The NFL wraps up the first half of the 2026 regular season with a juicy Monday Night Football matchup in Week 9 featuring the 6-1 Minnesota Vikings hosting the 6-1 Buffalo Bills at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. It doesn’t get much better than this for a midseason prime time matchup.

The Vikings lost their first game of the season last week in a tight divisional tilt, while the Bills have won three straight as they look to take a stranglehold on the No. 1 seed in the AFC. But the question is: which players will show up and show out for their side in prime time? Read on for our three favourite player prop bets for the matchup as well as the best and latest NFL betting odds!

NFL Week 9 Thursday Night Football: Buffalo Bills @ Minnesota Vikings Player Prop Best Bets

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Carson Wentz, QB, Minnesota Vikings - Over 1.5 Passing TDs (+110)

There’s no Kyler Murray for the Vikings this week. And depending on who you ask, that could be a good thing. Minnesota has been winning, but they’ve really been struggling to move the ball and score on offence. Wentz has not played since his Week 2 win against the Bears. He threw for 143 yards and no TDs in that one, but it was a slog they won 9-3 because of the wet conditions.

In his first appearance of the season, coming on in relief in Week 1, he threw three touchdown passes. And this matchup at home against the Bills’ swiss cheese secondary seems like another one where he could shine. Buffalo may be 6-1, but at over 254 yards per game, they’re allowing the third-most passing yards a game in the NFL this year.

Not only that, but they’ve allowed 15 touchdown passes in seven games this season. That includes 2+ passing TDs allowed to five of the seven QBs they’ve played. The only ones that didn’t get there were Justin Herbert and Joe Fagnano. Plus money here was too hard to resist.

T.J. Hockenson, TE, Minnesota Vikings - To Record 40+ Receiving Yards (-125)

Justin Jefferson is one frustrated guy right now. Last year he had to suffer through J.J. McCarthy, and Kyler Murray was supposed to be an improvement on him. But that’s not how things have gone so far. Murray has struggled to feed Minnesota’s superstar wideout, and even a guy as magnanimous as Jefferson has his limits.

Wentz acknowledged that publicly this week, and while we think that means Minnesota will try to force the ball to their All-Pro, that also means Buffalo will be paying a little extra special attention. Elsewhere, tight end T.J. Hockenson will be left by his lonesome.

And Buffalo’s allowing over 70 yards a game to tight ends, fourth-most in the NFL. They’ve allowed four tight ends to go for 50+ this year, and we’re getting Hockenson down at 40 yards here. Hockenson has scored in two straight games and went for 58 yards last week.

James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills - To Record 80+ Rushing Yards (-110)

The Vikings don’t have a lot of holes in their defence, but they can be run on a little bit. They allow over 100 rushing yards per game to running backs, which means getting James Cook going could be the key to unlocking this unit for the Bills.

Cook has been quietly consistent this year, rushing for 75+ in each of his last six contests, including five with 80+ and three with 100+. Buffalo will need to ride their running back in this one, because they don’t want to allow Brian Flores’ defence to tee off on their MVP candidate more times than they need to.