Green Bay Packers Vs Minnesota Vikings NFL Betting Odds & Spread

Written November 7, 2008 by Jason Lowry

This week the Green Bay Packers head to Minnesota to take on the Vikings in a very important game for both teams, as they both trail the Bears by a game for first place in the NFC North. Last week the Vikings took home an impressive 28-21 win over the Texans at home, and the offense has now clicked in back to back games, as for the Packers things didn’t go so well, as they fell just short to the undefeated Titans 19-16 in overtime. The oddsmakers have the Vikings 2.5 point favorites coming into this one over the Packers at Sportsbook.com

The Packers did everything they could to beat the Titans last week, as they shook off a little rust early and found a way to tie the game in regulation. The offens really put up some solid numbers as Aaron Rodgers threw for 314 yards, including a 5 yard strike to Donald Driver for the offenses only touchdown. Driver was the man in this one, as he grabbed 7 balls for 136 yards. Running back Ryan Grant had a pretty solid day considering how well the Titans play up front, as he was able to run the ball 20 times for 86 yards, but was unable to bust the big one when the Packers got into Titans territory. Look for the Packers to have a little better day this week, but the Vikings have a solid D as well, so don’t count on this team putting up huge numbers.

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The Packers defense just didn’t have an answer for the Titans running game as Chris Johnson and LenDale White combined for 166 yards and a score on just 32 carries. This week they face Adrian Peterson who has turned it up a notch over the last few weeks, so if they fail to stop him, it is going to be a long day for the Packers on the road this week, but we think the way these two teams play this one will come down to the last few minutes of the 4th quarter Bet Packers +2.5 at Sportsbook.com

The Vikings come into this one really rolling on offense putting up 69 points the last two games, and Gus Frerotte seems to have things clicking at least for now. Now Frerotte didn’t throw it much, just 18 times, but was very efficient completing 11 of those passes for 182 yards and 3 scores. We already mentioned Peterson has picked up his game of late, and last week he ran it 25 times for 139 yards and a score. This week we look for Peterson to have another big day at home, and as long as Frerotte doesn’t throw to the other team the Vikings have a good shot at taking this one home.

The Vikings defense played pretty well last week considering they held the Texans to just 62 yards on the ground and knocked starting quarterback Matt Schaub out of the game. The defense forced 2 interceptions and forced a fumble, and it seems whenever this unit creates turnovers the offense gets going and the team wins football games. The scary part is it just doesn’t seem like this unit has reached its full potential, so a late second half surge might be in the books for this team. Bet Vikings -2.5 at Sportsbook.com

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