Minnesota at Las Vegas

Minnesota has a new coach in Kevin O'Connell, who was the Los Angeles Rams' offensive coordinator and a new defensive coordinator in Ed Donatell, who comes over from Denver, which was third in scoring defense in 2021. The Vikings were #30 in total defense in 2021, but they had a good draft with five of the first six picks being defenders. The Raiders already have a game under their belts as they defeated Jacksonville 27-11 in the Hall of Fame Game with backups Jarrett Stidham and Nick Mullens combining for 16 of 26 for 168 yards passing with no touchdowns. They'll see most if not all of the action in this game as Derek Carr hasn't played in a preseason game since 2019. Las Vegas coach Josh McDaniels now is 3-6 straight up and 4-5 ATS in preseason, including his stint with the Broncos. Minnesota will be without Kirk Cousins, who had a positive test for COVID, but he probably wouldn't have played much if at all anyway. The backups are Sean Mannion and Kellen Mond as the Vikings will try to implement some new schemes offensively. Mannion is in his sixth season and went 22-for-36 for 189 yards in the one game he got into in 2021. Mond played in one game his rookie year and attempted three passes. Minnesota has covered six of its past seven preseason openers and a new coach usually wants to impress in his first game. The Raiders are 1-7 ATS their past eight in Game Two of the preseason. Take the Vikings.