{"id":2852,"date":"2008-11-30T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/beers-vikings-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-30T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T05:03:00","slug":"beers-vikings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/beers-vikings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Beers-Vikings Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings meet at The Metrodome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 42. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bears defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 27-3 as a 7.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Forte rushed for 132 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 20 carries for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Kyle Orton passed for 139 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 30-12 as a 2.5-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (41). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adrian Peterson rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Gus Frerotte threw for 120 yards with an interception in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-5 SU, 5-5-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Minnesota: 6-5 SU, 4-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing in November are 6-4
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 3-7
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Minnesota most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on turf are 8-2
After being outgained are 8-2
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games
Chicago is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 7
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings meet at The Metrodome. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 3-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game’s total is sitting at 42. The Bears defeated St. Louis 27-3 as a 7.5-point favorite last week. The … Continue reading Beers-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-2852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852","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=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}