{"id":2244,"date":"2008-10-06T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/vikings-saints-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-06T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T11:19:00","slug":"vikings-saints-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/vikings-saints-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings-Saints Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Louisiana Superdome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings lost to Tennessee 30-17 as a 3-point underdog in Week 4. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (36). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gus Frerotte passed for 266 yards with an interception for Minnesota, while Adrian Peterson rushed for 80 yards on 18 carries with two touchdowns. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Saints defeated San Francisco 31-17 as a 7-point favorite in Week 4. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Brees passed for 363 yards with three touchdowns and an interception for New Orleans, while Lance Moore caught seven passes for 101 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota: 1-3 SU, 1-3 ATS
New Orleans: 2-2 SU, 3-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

New Orleans most recently:
When playing in October are 5-5
When playing on turf are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing New Orleans
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota’s last 8 games when playing New Orleans
Minnesota is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Orleans’s last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans’s last 8 games when playing Minnesota
New Orleans is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota home to Detroit, Sunday, October 12
New Orleans home to Oakland, Sunday, October 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Louisiana Superdome. Oddsmakers currently have the Saints listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. The Vikings lost to Tennessee 30-17 as a 3-point underdog in Week … Continue reading Vikings-Saints Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}