Last minute heroics by Brett Favre simply weren’t enough as the Vikings were stunned during a Monday Night Football betting loss to the Chicago Bears last weekend. With the New York Giants on the docket playing for respect to close out their season, the Vikings will need to snap a two-game losing skid to keep their hopes of a first-round bye alive.
The Minnesota Vikings are rolling smoothly this season and will try to end the 11 point underdogs Chicago Bears playoffs hopes at 4:15 PM ET at Metrodome in a NFC North clash.
The 10 point underdog Seattle Seahawks travel to Minneapolis to face the Vikings at 1:00 at Metrodome in NFC matchup.
NFL Football Betting Odds:
Seattle Seahawks +10
Minnesota Vikings -10
O/U 46
The Vikings are basically coming of two bye weeks as they easily beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 last weekend; meanwhile the Seahawks put up a hard fight against the Cardinals over three quarters but ended up losing 31-20.
Detroit Lions (1-7 SU, 2-6 ATS) at
Minnesota Vikings (7-1 SU, 5-3 ATS)
Sunday, November 15 – 1 PM ET
In the BetUS NFL betting odds, the Vikings are listed as a 16.5-point favorite, with a posted total of 47.5 points.
Brett Favre is a good old boy from Mississippi, and he proved earlier this week just why the percentage of good old boys from Mississippi in Mensa is pretty low.
In a seeming never-ending effort to stick it to the management of the Green Bay Packers, who signed his hefty paychecks for some 16 years, Favre said that his current employer, Minnesota, is the most talented team he’s ever played on.
Up is down is up in Pittsburgh, where the running game is in shambles and Ben Roethisberger and Hines Ward have become the most dangerous pass-catch combination in the league.
The defending Super Bowl champs have basically re-invented themselves on the fly after early-season losses losses to Chicago and Cincinnati put them in an early hole in the AFC North. Gone is the reliance on the power running game, replaced by Roethlisberger firing the ball all over the field.
Brett Favre Faces off Against Ravens
All the preseason chatter surrounding the Vikings circled around Brett Favre coming in after training camp, and Adrian Peterson being God’s gift to football. But what about Jared Allen, who ranks third overall with 6.5 sacks, with a fumble recovered in to a touchdown and a safety on top of it all?
Sunday October 11 – Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
Betting Line: Vikings -9.5, O/U: 41
Coming off an epic performance against his former team, Brett Favre and the Vikings hit the road on a short week to take on the Rams in St. Louis. On paper this is quite the mismatch as the Vikings are 4-0 while the Rams are 0-4 and have been shut out in two of its losses.
San Francisco 49ers (2-0 SU & ATS) at Minnesota Vikings (2-0 SU & ATS)
Sunday, September 27 – 1 PM ET
BetUS NFL betting odds: MINNESOTA -6.5, Total 40
In the BetUS NFL football betting odds, the Vikings are listed as a 6.5-point favorite, with a posted total of 40 points.
Minnesota Vikings (1-0) vs. Detroit Lions (0-1)
Sunday, September 20 th
Ford Field, Detroit — 1:00pm EST
NFL Betting Line: Minnesota -10 (46.5)
The Lions are winless in 2009 so far, and that fact will hold true after Week 2 is in the bag. After allowing Drew Brees to throw for six touchdowns, the Lions are inviting Brett Favre to Ford Field to try and do the same. To make matters worse, the Vikings present a much more dynamic attack, boasting the league’s leading MVP candidate, Adrian Peterson.
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With NFL training camps opening in a little more than a month, all eyes will be on the rookie class of 2009. Teams today no longer have the luxury of allowing their first round draft picks to ride the bench as they learn from the veterans, rather they are looking for an immediate return on their investment by inserting them in the starting line- up from day one. Looking at this year’s crop of first round picks, the question is which players will have the biggest impact for their respective team?
The Eagles got a lot of help in the last week of the regular season. More than anything else, however, they helped themselves, with a 44-6 win over Dallas that propelled them into this position after all may have seemed lost the week before against Washington. Meanwhile, the Vikings got a one-point win over the Giants, in a game they didn’t necessarily need, since Chicago lost its “must win” game against Houston.
BetUS Sportsbook bettors who follow pro football know that the New York Giants (12-3 SU, 11-4 ATS) have clinched home field advantage in the NFC playoffs. The Minnesota Vikings (9-6 SU, 6-9 ATS) can clinch a spot in the playoffs with a win when these two teams get together in Sunday’s NFL betting action that is scheduled to get underway at 1 PM ET at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (artificial turf) in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Vikings (9-5 SU, 6-8 ATS) are desperate to hang on to their NFC North division lead. The Atlanta Falcons (9-5 SU, 8-6 ATS) are desperate to garner a playoff spot. On Sunday these two teams will meet to see who can take a step toward that next level. Kickoff is set for 4:15 PM ET at the Metrodome (artificial turf) in Minneapolis.
The afternoon schedule of Week 16’s NFL betting slate finds us in Minneapolis, MN at the HHH Metrodome for a fantastic sports betting affair between the Atlanta Falcons (9-5, 8-6 ATS) and Minnesota Vikings (9-5, 6-8 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:15 ET and can be seen nationally on FOX. Atlanta currently holds the sixth and final playoff spot, while Minnesota holds a one-game lead over the Chicago Bears for the top spot in the NFC North.
