Monday Night Football: Titans at Bills (6:15 CT), Vikings at Eagles (7:30 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

If your NFL Sunday was soured by that Bears-Packers game last night, there’s a Monday Night Football double header lined up to close out Week 2 of the NFL season.

First, we’ve got the Tennessee Titans visiting the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park. Josh Allen and the Bills dominated the Rams in Week 1, and they’ll likely see similar success against the Titans tonight.

Game Info

Tennessee Titans (0-1, T-3rd AFC South) at Buffalo Bills (1-0, 2nd AFC East) – ESPN (Steve Levy, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, Laura Rutledge), Westwood One (Tom McCarthy, Ross Tucker)

Kickoff Time: 6:15 p.m. CT
Site: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
Referee: Shawn Smith
Odds: BUF -9.5, O/U 47.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Titans: Mike Vrabel (41-25) vs. Bills: Sean McDermott (50-32)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Titans: Ryan Tannehill: 23/34, 234 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 16 rushing yards

versus

Bills: Josh Allen: 23/35, 257 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 7 carries, 38 rushing  yards, 1 TD

Week 2 projected stats via ESPN projections

Titans Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Ryan Tannehill
•   RB Derrick Henry
•   WRs Robert Woods, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
•   TE Geoff Swaim
•   LT Taylor Lewan, LG Aaron Brewer, C Ben Jones, RG Nate Davis, RT Nicholas Petit-Frere

Defense
•   LDE Jeffery Simmons, NT Tear Tart, RDE DeMarcus Walker
•   WLB Denico Autry, LILB David Long Jr., RILB Zach Cunningham, SLB Bud Dupree
•   LCB Roger McCreary, RCB Chris Jackson
•   FS Kevin Byard, SS Amani Hooker

Specialists
•   Randy Bullock (kicker), Ryan Stonehouse (punter, holder), Morgan Cox (long snapper), Trenton Cannon, Kyle Phillips (kick and punt returns)

Bills Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Josh Allen
•   RB Devin Singletary
•   WRs Stephon Diggs, Gabe Davis, Isaiah McKenzie
•   TE Dawson Knox
•   LT Dion Dawkins, LG Rodger Safford, C Mitch Morse, RG Ryan Bates, RT David Quessenberry

Defense
•   LDE Greg Rousseau, LDT Ed Oliver, RDT DaQuan Jones, RDE Von Miller
•   SAM Matt Milano, MIKE Tremaine Edmunds, WILL Terrell Bernard
•   LCB Kaiir Elam, RCB Dane Jackson
•   FS Jordan Poyer, SS Micah Hyde

Specialists
•   Tyler Bass (kicker), Sam Martin (punter, holder), Reid Ferguson (long snapper), Isaiah McKenzie, Khalil Shakir (kick and punt returns)

Inactives


Next up, we’ve got the Minnesota Vikings traveling to Philly to take on Jalen Hurts and the Eagles in a matchup of two early season unbeaten teams.

This will be Bears fans’ first look at the Vikings this season and a look at their pass rush that terrorized Aaron Rodgers in Week 1.

Game Info

Minnesota Vikings (1-0, 1st NFC North) at Philadelphia Eagles (1-0, 2nd NFC East) – ABC (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters), Westwood One (Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner)

Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. CT
Site: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Referee: Scott Novak
Odds: PHI -2.5, O/U 49 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Vikings: Kevin O’Connell (1-0) vs. Eagles: Nick Sirianni (10-8)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Vikings: Kirk Cousins: 24/36, 270 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 6 rushing yards

versus

Eagles: Jalen Hurts: 19/31, 230 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries, 53 rushing  yards, 1 TD

Week 2 projected stats via ESPN projections

Vikings Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Kirk Cousins
•   RB Dalvin Cook
•   WRs Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen
•   TE Irv Smith Jr.
•   LT Christian Darrisaw, LG Ezra Cleveland, C Garrett Bradbury, RG Ed Ingram, RT Brian O’Neill

Defense
•   LDE Dalvin Tomlinson, NT Harrison Phillips, RDE Jonathan Bullard
•   WLB Danielle Hunter, LILB Eric Kendricks, RILB Jordan Hicks, SLB Za’Darius Smith
•   LCB Patrick Peterson, RCB Cameron Dantzler Sr.
•   FS Camryn Bynum, SS Harrison Smith

Specialists
•   Greg Joseph (kicker), Ryan Wright (punter, holder), Andrew DePaola (long snapper), Kane Nwangwu, Jalen Reagor (kick and punt returns)

Eagles Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Jalen Hurts
•   RB Miles Sanders
•   WR A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Quez Watkins
•   TE Dallas Goedert
•   LT Jordan Mailata, LG Landon Dickerson, C Jason Kelce, RG Isaac Seumalo, RT Lane Johnson

Defense
•   LDE Brandon Graham, LDT Fletcher Cox, RDT Javon Hargrave, RDE Josh Sweat
•   WLB Kyzir White, MLB T.J. Edwards, SLB Haason Reddick
•   LCB James Bradberry, RCB Darius Slay
•   FS C.J. Gardner-Johnson, SS Marcus Epps

Specialists
•   Jake Elliott (kicker), Arryn Siposs (punter, holder), Rick Lovato (long snapper), Quez Watkins (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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