{"id":28783,"date":"2010-10-29T23:43:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T04:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=28783"},"modified":"2010-10-29T23:43:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T04:43:39","slug":"spreads-minnesota-vs-new-england-wk8-free-prediction-291010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/handicapping\/spreads-minnesota-vs-new-england-wk8-free-prediction-291010\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings vs. Patriots Gambling & NFL Free Prediction (Week 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday Football Gambling – Minnesota Vikings vs New England Patriots<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Vikings at Patriots Matchup \/ Lines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday October 31 – 4:15PM<\/strong>
\nGillette Stadium – Foxboro, Massachussetts<\/strong>
\nBroadcast:<\/strong> FOX
\nMinnesota (2-4) +200\u00a0 vs New England (5-1) -240<\/strong> (odds courtesy of Betus)
\nSpread Favourite: <\/strong>New England -5
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>44
\n(odds courtesy of BetUS – BET NOW Click Here!<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Minnesota<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Vikings had a chance to resurrect their season with a win against Green Bay but fell short in familiar fashion.\u00a0 They are already two wins behind NFC Central leaders GB and Chicago and are losing ground in a very crowded NFC playoff picture.\u00a0 The rest of their schedule is not too daunting though, so if they could come up with an upset win this week they would have a chance at a nice run in November.<\/p>\n

It is anybody\u2019s guess whether Favre will start or even play this weekend.\u00a0 Given everything that is swirling and the quality of his play he is due for a sit down but I doubt the coach will have the stones to do it unless he is truly unable to go.\u00a0 No matter who starts you can bet on two things.\u00a0 The first is that Randy Moss will be itching to provide some drama to his return to New England and that Bill Belichick will look to make it a very confusing game for the opposing pivot.<\/p>\n

Regardless of who is the QB the best strategy for the Vikings if they want to win is to lean on Adrian Peterson and the running game – isn\u2019t his nickname All Day.\u00a0 If Peterson is going well they can take the pressure of the QB and try and shorten the game a bit.\u00a0 New England\u2019s passing D is not highly rated but the Vikings are still better off sticking to what they do best which is running the football. <\/p>\n

New England<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Patriots team is not as good as previous editions but they have played more than a third of the season and they have only one loss to the Jets.\u00a0 Although they are nowhere near the top of the yardage rankings New England is averaging more points per game than any other team at just under 30.\u00a0 They have been very opportunistic with their chances even though they have not looked like an elite team for long stretches. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the wins there is something up with the offense this season.\u00a0 QB Tom Brady\u2019s numbers are OK but even before the trade of Moss things seemed a little off.\u00a0 Wunderkind WR Wes Welker is averaging only 8 yards a catch and the leading receiver is a rookie TE, Aaron Hernadez.\u00a0 This is no knock to Hernandez but that is not what the team was expecting at the beginning of the season.\u00a0 If they want to keep their winning ways this team needs to step it up and make some plays…something Moss was really good at.<\/p>\n

There will be some juice to this one with the return of Moss but other than that there is not much connection between these two teams.\u00a0 Both have been very good for most of this decade but because they reside in separate conferences they have not played each other since 2006.\u00a0 New England owned them in that one 31-7 but I think a much closer battle can be expected this Sunday.\u00a0 This one should be entertaining from the get go.<\/p>\n

The Pick: <\/strong>The Minny QB situation is a mess no matter how it plays out on the field.\u00a0 New England is perfect at home this season and the Vikings haven\u2019t won on the road.\u00a0 Both those streaks should continue.<\/p>\n

NFL Gambling Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vikings are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games following a S.U. loss.
\nVikings are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss.
\nVikings are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog.
\nPatriots are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games as a home favorite of 3.5-10.0.
\nPatriots are 4-1-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. win.
\nPatriots are 24-7-2 ATS in their last 33 games in October.<\/p>\n

Score Prediction: New England 30 – Minnesota 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Foxboro. Odds currently have the Pats listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[37663,37862,752,967,1303,37658,37659,37863,37660,37661,3311],"class_list":["post-28783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-handicapping","tag-minnesota-vikings-vs-new-england-patriots","tag-minnesota-vs-new-england","tag-nbc","tag-patriots","tag-vikings","tag-vikings-patriots-lines","tag-vikings-patriots-odds","tag-vikings-patriots-picks","tag-vikings-patriots-spread","tag-vikings-vs-patriots","tag-week-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28784,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28783\/revisions\/28784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}