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Justin Jefferson is 194 yards away from setting the single-season record for receiving yards and he is facing a Bears defense that has been awful all year and will be without their top four cornerbacks. The Bears also appear to be fully content taking the loss here to give themselves a shot at the #1 pick. The Vikings have talked about potentially resting some guys this week, but I have a hard time seeing Jefferson not having a huge first half that puts the record in reach and it’s going to be really hard to pull him off the field in that scenario. I predict that he gets the record and doesn’t need the entire game to do it.
Gary Brightwell is a cheap running back who is likely to play most of the game for the Giants. We saw a similar situation last Week 18 for the Bengals when Joe Mixon was held out and people thought Samaje Perine would be the feature back – but Perine had a tangible backup role that was valuable for the Bengals playoff run so he barely played and left Chris Evans the majority of the work. I see a similar situation playing out here, with Matt Breida being used sparingly and Brightwell operating effectively as the feature back against an Eagles team that has actually struggled against the run.
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