The Vikings are not setting the world on fire but they are still in the hunt for a playoff spot as they head down the stretch. They are coming off their bye week and with the extra prep and Chicago missing their starting QB they may be catching the Bears at the perfect time. <\/p>\n
Minnesota Vikings (6-4) vs Chicago Bears (7-3)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Minnesota<\/strong><\/p>\n A win this week would could really put them in driver\u2019s seat for a playoff spot but it won\u2019t be easy as this Vikings squad does not travel very well.<\/p>\n This will be a rare game where the Vikings have an advantage at quarterback. \u00a0Christian Ponder has had some ugly games this season but is coming off a great one against Detroit last week in a critical victory. \u00a0Of course the VIkings try and take the pressure off him by using Adrian Peterson as much as possible. \u00a0He is on one of the best runs of his career with 4 straight games rushing for 123 yards and more.<\/p>\n As one of the pleasant surprises of the league you would think the Vikings would have a better ATS record than 4-5-1. \u00a0They got their first ATS win in more than a month last week and are catching more points than I would have made the game given how bad Chicago looked last week. \u00a0<\/p>\n I am not saying you have to play them but I don\u2019t think you can fade them this week.<\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bears looked as bad as could be in getting spanked by San Francisco last Monday night in a battle of backup QBs.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n \u00a0The offense was a mess but more concerning is that the defense which has put them in their current position seemed kind of disinterested. \u00a0Now they have an even bigger game really against Minnesota a team they are going to have to beat twice in the next three weeks if they want to maintain their playoff positioning.<\/p>\n Jay Cutler is still out this week so the Bears are looking to QB Jason Campbell once again. \u00a0He may not inspire tremendous confidence but he also won\u2019t be facing the 49ers defense. \u00a0<\/p>\n Rush end Aldon Smith ate up the Bears last week and they can\u2019t let Jared Allen do the same thing. \u00a0<\/p>\n Running the ball effectively would help. \u00a0The Bears have the 10th best rushing attack in the league but it was shutdown against San Francisco. \u00a0If that happens again the result may be similar too.<\/p>\n Some of the Bears have to be thinking to themselves \u201chere we go again\u201d. \u00a0Other than Brandon Marshall at receiver I am not sure they are a better team than last year which frittered away a hot start down the stretch. \u00a0This game is critical both because of its opponent and for confidence. \u00a0<\/p>\n It is a hard one to handicap so I would stay away from the Chicago side.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: Minnesota +5 Vikings vs Bears NFL Football Spread\/Handicapping The Vikings are not setting the world on fire but they are still in the hunt for a playoff spot as they head down the stretch. They are coming off their bye week and with the extra prep and Chicago missing their starting QB they may be catching the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":26356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1652,1549,38652,3400,4898,10717,844,4864,3501,4848],"class_list":["post-57779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-chicago-bears","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesota-vikings-vs-chicago-bears","tag-minnesota-vs-chicago","tag-nfl-football-odds","tag-nfl-football-predictions","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-week-12-lines","tag-vikings-vs-bears","tag-week-12-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57779","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=57779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57810,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57779\/revisions\/57810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Sunday November 25<\/strong>
\n Soldier Field – Chicago, IL<\/strong>
\n 1:00PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: Chicago -227, +185 at GTBETS.eu<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: Chicago -5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: 41<\/strong><\/p>\nCLICK TO GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2012 NFL FOOTBALL Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick: Over
\nScore Prediction: Chicago 23 – Minnesota 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"