{"id":2308,"date":"2008-10-11T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/lions-vikings-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:34:00","slug":"lions-vikings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/lions-vikings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions-Vikings Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions lost to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-7 as a 3-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jon Kitna passed for 74 yards before betting benched for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Kevin Smith rushed for 31 yards on eight carries with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan Longwell kicked a late field goal on Monday Night Football in Week 5 to give the Vikings a 30-27 win over the Saints. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Saints had been pegged as 3-point home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night’s posted total (47). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-4 SU, 0-4 ATS
Minnesota: 2-3 SU, 2-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on turf are 3-7
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing in October are 5-5
When playing on turf are 7-3
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the division are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit’s last 10 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Minnesota is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings meet at The Metrodome. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. The Lions lost to Chicago 34-7 as a 3-point underdog in Week … Continue reading Lions-Vikings 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-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","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=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}