NFL Opening Odds: Vikings open as home underdogs for second straight time

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty ImagesFor the second consecutive week, the Minnesota Vikings (+6.5)

will be a significant underdog on their home turf. . .and, for the second consecutive week, that’s not really a surprise.

The Vikings will host the San Francisco 49ers (-6.5)

on Monday Night Football in Week 7, and the folks at the DraftKings Sportsbook have established them as a 7-point underdog to Kyle Shanahan’s team.

This past week saw the Vikings struggle with the Chicago Bears (+3)

in the first game of what will hopefully be an abbreviated stretch without star receiver Justin Jefferson. The Vikings held off the Bears by a final score of 19-13 in a game that nobody will be putting into the…