{"id":5660,"date":"2009-09-19T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-handicapping-vikings-vs-lions\/"},"modified":"2009-09-19T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T02:50:00","slug":"nfl-football-handicapping-vikings-vs-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-handicapping-vikings-vs-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Football Handicapping: Vikings vs Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n
Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions meet at Ford Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 10-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated the Browns 34-20 as a 4.5-point favorite in Week 1. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (40). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adrian Peterson rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Brett Favre passed for 110 yards with a touchdown pass to Percy Harvin for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lions lost to New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 45-27 as a 14-point underdog in Week 1. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (50). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Stafford passed for 205 yards with three interceptions and a TD run for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Calvin Johnson caught three passes for 90 yards. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS
Detroit: 0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in September are 3-7
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games when playing Detroit
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Detroit’s last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit’s last 15 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Detroit is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to San Francisco, Sunday, September 27
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

 <\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions meet at Ford Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Vikings listed as 10-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. The Vikings defeated the Browns 34-20 as a 4.5-point favorite in Week 1. … Continue reading NFL Football Handicapping: Vikings vs Lions<\/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-5660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5660","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=5660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}