Monday Night Football closes Week 1 with Caleb Williams leading the Bears against J.J. McCarthy making his NFL debut for the Vikings, signaling a potential early quarterback rivalry. Williams benefits from Chicago’s revamped line and new talent around him, while Williams’ counterpart McCarthy faces a purple-unproven receiving corps with Jordan Addison serving a three-game suspension. Expect Williams to push a high-ceiling offense featuring Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III, while Minnesota leans on an unsettled ensemble to support its rookie QB.

The betting backdrop highlights Bears +1.5 and a 44-point total, with a model showing Chicago covering in roughly half the simulations and the Under hitting slightly more than half. That dynamic, plus multiple sportsbook promos, shapes a Week 1 fantasy and wagering landscape where leverage lies in target distribution and game-script edges rather than clean stat lines.