If you are someone who enjoys placing moneyline bets on NFL games, Sunday night’s matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills was either the greatest way to start the 2025 NFL season or the absolute worst.
The Bills came back to defeat the Ravens after being down 15 points in the fourth quarter to secure a 41-40 victory on Sunday Night Football.
For the final game of Week 1, the Chicago Bears will host the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.
There is a high chance it won’t live up to what transpired between the Ravens and Bills, but there is still plenty of opportunity to cash in on some bets.
Here is a parlay worth taking in Monday night’s game using DraftKings Sportsbook:
D’Andre Swift and Aaron Jones rushing attempts
You can get D'Andre Swift 14+ (-148) attempts and Aaron Jones 14+ (+140) attempts for +395 on DraftKings Sportsbook, and here is why this should hit.
Starting with Swift, he will carry the majority of the workload. Roshon Johnson was listed as questionable with a foot injury on Saturday’s injury report. Rookie Kyle Monangai had a hamstring injury at the beginning of the week, but has no injury designation going into this Monday night matchup.
Even though Monangai is healthy, it’s still a lot to ask of a seventh-round draft pick to play significant minutes against a Brian Flores defense. Johnson could be an option for more pass-blocking situations, but Swift should still receive a majority of the reps.
Against the Vikings last season, while Ben Johnson was the offensive coordinator with the Lions, running back Jahmyr Gibbs had 15 rushing attempts in the first game and 23 in the second matchup. Johnson wants to run the football, and Swift is easily the best playmaker he has at the running back position.
If this game is close, which it should be, 14 attempts for Swift shouldn’t be an issue. He hit that mark in 11 of 17 games last season.
As for Jones, he had 22 rushing attempts in the first matchup against the Bears and 18 in the second one. Even though the Vikings added Jordan Mason, Jones should get the bulk of the carries in this matchup.
He had plenty of success against Chicago last season – rushing for 210 yards on 40 carries and scoring two rushing touchdowns. His job becomes easier because Bears middle linebacker, T.J. Edwards, is likely to be out for tonight’s game as he was listed as doubtful with a hamstring injury.
Quarterback J.J. McCarthy is making his first regular-season start, and an effective rushing attack could help ease the second-year quarterback into the game.
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The running back props in this Monday night matchup are the way to earn some money to close out Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season.