3 Bold Vikings Predictions for Sunday vs. Eagles
The Minnesota Vikings embark on Week 7 after a bye with a 3-2 record, facing stiff competition in the Jalen Hurts-led Philadelphia Eagles. Accordingly, we have bold predictions for the contest.
As a slight underdog, the Minnesota Vikings will host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Consider these three bold predictions for that event.
The team is becoming increasingly healthier, and Minnesota enters the showdown as a 1.5-point underdog.
Remember, “bold” predictions are supposed to be a bit eccentric or unconventional.
Hot Takes for Vikings-Eagles
Getting a few bold prognostications on record.
1. Max Brosmer Plays in the 2nd Half
J.J. McCarthy is probably about two games away from resuming his QB1 development. Carson Wentz injured his left shoulder in London but has evidently bounced back in time for Week 7.
So, yes — that means Minnesota has two somewhat injured quarterbacks at the top of the ticket.
Max Brosmer, an undrafted rookie from the University of Minnesota, has already seen the regular season field twice this season, and against the Eagles, he’ll be called upon once again. Wentz will re-injure his shoulder, prompting Brosmer’s insertion into the lineup.
Then, it’s anybody’s ball game on how he performs. That man played wonderfully in the preseason, but sometimes exhibition games are fool’s gold.
2. Adam Thielen Scores His First Touchdown of the Season
Adam Thielen has 4 catches this season for 37 yards (and a two-point conversion in Week 1 against the Chicago Bears).
General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah brought him aboard in late August for WR2-WR3 duties, and he just hasn’t stepped up to the plate for that task. The trade — a deal with the Carolina Panthers centered around a 4th-Round pick — already looks a little cringeworthy. Thielen must barnstorm the next few games to make it worthwhile.
He may not be sitting on monster games, but Thielen will get off the schneid at U.S. Bank Stadium and score at least one touchdown from Wentz or Brosmer.
3. DT Jonathan Allen Logs 2 Sacks
Minnesota found Allen during 2025 free agency, signing the two-time Pro Bowler to a contract worth $51 million over three seasons. So far, Minnesota has paid about $4 million (Allen’s earnings through five games) for 11 quarterback pressures, which ranks 29th among all the NFL’s interior defensive linemen.
We refuse to believe that Allen has hit an age-related decline at 30, so it just makes more sense that Allen forges a breakout in the coming weeks.
He’ll do that against the Eagles, a team he knows intimately after spending eight seasons in Washington.
The Athletic‘s Alec Lewis wrote about the Vikings’ interior defensive linemen, specifically Allen and his teammate Javon Hargrave, as the offseason plan, this week: “Reaching this uncertain place was always possible once the Vikings decided not to re-sign Jonathan Bullard and to trade Harrison Phillips. Those choices were, in many ways, bets.”
“It’s too early for either of those gambles to be considered losses. Cashman’s presence — and, eventually, the return of edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel, who has missed the last two games with a neck injury — could fortify the run-stopping unit. The Vikings would then be able to do what they originally planned in terms of forcing headaches upon opposing offensive lines. When it comes to the assessments of Hargrave and Allen, their influence on opposing quarterbacks is undeniable.”
Minnesota has enjoyed the unforeseen emergence of Jalen Redmond and Levi Drake Rodriguez this season. Those breakouts may not have occurred without the Harrison Phillips trade to New York.
“They have combined for 24 pressures through five games; Phillips and Bullard totaled 22 in all of last season. Minnesota’s average time to pressure is significant, too. The Vikings rank No. 1 in the NFL in quickest time to pressure at 2.33 seconds, which explains why their previous two opponents designed game plans to get rid of the ball more quickly. All of this brings us back to the original intent of the 2025 season,” Lewis added.
“The Vikings believed they could do more defensive damage than last year, buoying an offense they knew would need time. The roles Hargrave and Allen must play in achieving that goal are still massive. The defense will only go as far as the two veteran free agents will take it.”
Allen will wrestle Jalen Hurts to the turf twice, and for the first time this year, fans will leave the game thinking, “Okay, I see why people said this guy was a stud.”
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