{"id":2945,"date":"2008-12-07T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/vikings-lions-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T14:54:00","slug":"vikings-lions-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/vikings-lions-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings-Lions preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-14 as a 3.5-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adrian Peterson rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Gus Frerotte passed for 210 yards with a touchdown and an interception and a TD run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions lost their 12th<\/sup> straight with a 47-10 defeat at the hands of the powerful Titans in Week 13, as 11-point underdogs. The game’s 57 points sailed OVER the posted total of 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Daunte Culpepper threw for 134 yards with a touchdown in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 12 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS
Detroit: 0-12 SU, 4-8 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in December are 4-6
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing within the division are 6-4<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing in December are 2-8
When playing on turf are 1-9
After being outgained are 0-10
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games on the road
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit’s last 14 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games at home
Detroit is 5-15 ATS in its last 20 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, December 14
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Ford Field. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Vikings defeated Chicago 34-14 as a 3.5-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER … Continue reading Vikings-Lions 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-2945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945","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=2945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}