{"id":2607,"date":"2008-11-09T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/packers-vikings-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T07:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T12:56:00","slug":"packers-vikings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/packers-vikings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers-Vikings Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at The Metrodome will be treated to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings when they take their seats on Sunday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Packers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Packers lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 19-16 as a 3-point underdog in Week 9. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (41). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aaron Rodgers passed for 314 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Donald Driver caught seven passes for 136 yards with a touchdown. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Vikings defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-21 as a 6-point favorite in Week 9. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Gus Frerotte passed for 182 yards with three touchdowns for <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Adrian Peterson rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 4-4 SU, <st1:date Month=\"4\" Day=\"3\" Year=\"2001\">4-3-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Minnesota: 4-4 SU, 3-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Green Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the division are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 6-4<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 6-4<br \/>When playing within the division are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Green Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Green Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Green Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>Green Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Minnesota is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against Green Bay<br \/>Minnesota is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 16<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, November 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at The Metrodome will be treated to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Packers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. The Packers lost to Tennessee 19-16 as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/packers-vikings-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Packers-Vikings Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","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=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}