Game Info
Kickoff: Sunday, November 15, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI
Network: FOX
Minnesota Vikings
Quarterback
Kirk Cousins: SIT, QB2 (Startable in Superflex)
Kirk Cousins was traded back to the Vikings on Tuesday, and regardless if Kyler Murray is healthy enough to start, it’ll be Kirk under center. He’s proven to still have a bit of Kirko Chainz left in the tank. However, against a Packers defense with the second-highest pressure rate and second highest turnover rate, including 13 interceptions, I’d prefer to wait a week in 1QB before throwing Cousins in the starting lineup. I have zero qualms if you’re ready to toss him right in, though.
Running Back
Aaron Jones Sr.: FLEX, RB3
Jordan Mason: FLEX, RB3
Deejay Dallas: SIT
A top-five fantasy matchup against a Packers defense that’s given up 13 touchdowns to running backs makes both Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason startable. The problem is that due to the workload split between the two, neither can be viewed as anything more than a FLEX play. Mason doesn’t have a single game this season in double digits, and Jones hasn’t hit the mark since before the Vikings’ bye.
Wide Receiver
Justin Jefferson: START, WR1
Jordan Addison: START, WR3
Jauan Jennings: SIT
That sound you hear is the rejoicing of Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison fantasy managers worldwide. Cousins is a few years older since the last time he wore purple and gold, but he should bring enough stability to the quarterback position to raise the floors and ceilings of both pass catchers back to their standards. It may seem off-kilter for the Packers to be a fantasy-friendly matchup for receivers when they’re quite the opposite for quarterbacks, but they allow nearly 14 catches per game to the position (second-most) and have given up nine receiving touchdowns to the position, tied with Dallas for fourth-most. Fire up both Jefferson and Addison with confidence.
Tight End
T.J. Hockenson: STREAMER
Cousins should only help the case for T.J. Hockenson as a weekly TE1. Hock has a 20.9% target share this season, but Green Bay allows the second-fewest points to tight ends and the lowest aDOT to the position. If you roster him, you’re probably starting him, but he’s more of a streamer than a must-start in Week 10
Defense/Special Teams
Minnesota Vikings: START
Minnesota allows the fewest points in the league and is tied for the most sacks per game. They’re good.
Green Bay Packers
Quarterback
Jordan Love: START (in Superflex), Borderline QB1
Most quarterbacks playing against Minnesota are auto sits. But not when you’re playing as lights-out as Jordan Love has. Over his last three games, Love has a 69.6% completion percentage, 934 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 13 rushing yards, and one rushing score. He has a wide receiver duo that’s as good as any in the league in Christian Watson and Matthew Golden, both of whom currently sit inside the top 10 at the position on a points-per-game basis. The matchup does make him sitable in 1QB leagues if you happen to have a Jared Goff type also. But Love is startable in all formats.
Running Back
Kaleb Johnson: SIT
Marshawn Lloyd: SIT
Josh Jacobs: OUT
With MarShawn Lloyd inactive for Week 9, Kaleb Johnson was the main beneficiary of the Josh Jacobs injury and basically had the backfield all to himself. I guess you can say he took full advantage, scoring double-digit fantasy points for the first time in his career, taking 14 carries for 68 yards and a score. But Lloyd is expected to return against the Vikings, and Johnson didn’t do anything to suggest he deserves a heavy workload. I expect both to be involved, with a sprinkling of Pierre Strong from time to time. Minnesota is a bottom-five matchup and keeps me from putting either in FLEX consideration.
Wide Receiver
Matthew Golden: START, WR1
Christian Watson: START, WR1
I don’t really care that Minnesota is a terrible matchup for receivers. Matthew Golden and Christian Watson have both shown enough this season that they can be considered, at worst, borderline WR1s in any matchup. The first time these teams met, the duo combined for 48.3 fantasy points, with Watson putting up a 30-point game. Do their floors and ceilings shift down a smidge against Minnesota? Sure. But they’ve earned the matchup-proof moniker until proven otherwise.
Tight End
Tucker Kraft: TE1/2 Borderline
I gotta say, the emergence of Golden and Watson has done a number on the fantasy value of Tucker Kraft. He’s gone over 10 fantasy points four times and scored in three of them. Kraft is teetering on gLob status, and against a Vikings defense that allows the fewest points and the lowest catch rate to tight ends, he’s just a borderline starter.
Defense/Special Teams
Green Bay Packers: START
Green Bay is tied for the most takeaways per game and is in the top 10 for sacks.