Vikings Week

[Cheesehead Craig]

So the betting odds as of today has this as a pick 'em game.

Given how both teams have been playing over the last month, that smacks of disrespect for the Vikes.

[Rutnstrut]

Unless the Packers really come out of this funk they are in, this will be a pretty easy win for the Vikes.

[denverYooper]

Unless the Packers really come out of this funk they are in, this will be a win for the Vikes.

I agree with it if you take the "pretty easy" part out. Carolina and Detroit beat the funked Packers but it didn't end up being easy by the end.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Packers win 24-17, 3 game funk streak comes to an end, just in the nick of time.

[denverYooper]

As to the OP, I think the lines are still reflecting a belief that the Packers offense probably won't stay stagnant all year.

[Fritz]

If the line shifts to favor the Vikes by three or more, the Packers will win.

[Smidgeon]

If the line shifts to favor the Vikes by three or more, the Packers will win.

When was the last time the Pack wasn't a favorite in a divisional game?

[Fritz]

Dunno. But it just seems like this is the game where, if this team has aspirations, they need to get it together. Another clusterfuck performance by the offense, combined with the defense's slipping at key moments and the special teams giving up some big plays, and then it's time for serious anger and panic.

[Freak Out]

So the betting odds as of today has this as a pick 'em game.

Given how both teams have been playing over the last month, that smacks of disrespect for the Vikes.

No doubt....didn't they have them as road favorites the last two weeks as well?

[Rutnstrut]

I agree with it if you take the "pretty easy" part out. Carolina and Detroit beat the funked Packers but it didn't end up being easy by the end.

The Vikes are playing pretty damn good football in all phases right now. The Packers on the other hand aren't even mediocre in any phase.

[mraynrand]

The Vikes are playing pretty damn good football in all phases right now. The Packers on the other hand aren't even mediocre in any phase.

I think MN 31, GB 6. This is the one where the wheels come off. No way the Packers handle MN's defense if they can't control Detroit. This is MN's first real chance for a signature win under Zimmer and they are gonna lay the lumber. Might look as horrible as GB at Baltimore in 2005.

If it really turns out as bad as I think it will, this could be the game we look back on as the beginning of the end for Stubby and TT.

[Freak Out]

I think MN 31, GB 6. This is the one where the wheels come off. No way the Packers handle MN's defense if they can't control Detroit. This is MN's first real chance for a signature win under Zimmer and they are gonna lay the lumber. Might look as horrible as GB at Baltimore in 2005.

If it really turns out as bad as I think it will, this could be the game we look back on as the beginning of the end for Stubby and TT.

Noted. I have a feeling the Packers come out ready for this one but I'm probably wrong....the Homer in me refuses to give up.

[3irty1]

I think MN 31, GB 6. This is the one where the wheels come off. No way the Packers handle MN's defense if they can't control Detroit. This is MN's first real chance for a signature win under Zimmer and they are gonna lay the lumber. Might look as horrible as GB at Baltimore in 2005.

If it really turns out as bad as I think it will, this could be the game we look back on as the beginning of the end for Stubby and TT.

This is what I'm expecting. An absolute donkey show that's in garbage time by the half.

[Joemailman]

I hasn't happened very often, but when the Packers under McCarthy go into a game where few expect them to win, they usually come out and play pretty well. I'm thinking at New England in 2010, at Houston in 2013(?) and at Seattle last year in NFC Title Game.

[Rastak]

I hasn't happened very often, but when the Packers under McCarthy go into a game where few expect them to win, they usually come out and play pretty well. I'm thinking at New England in 2010, at Houston in 2013(?) and at Seattle last year in NFC Title Game.

I think they'll be plenty of people that expect the Packers to win. Rich Gannon was on NFL radio saying he was sure the Packers wouldn't lose a 4th in a row this weekend.

Packers are not playing well right now and the Vikings defense sure is....that said, Minnesota's offense other than Peterson running roughshod isn't the most dynamic thing I've ever seen.

I think it will be a pretty close game.