Can Packers stop Vikings?
Today’s marquee matchup didn’t draw exactly marquee attention from VSiN’s crew of Best Bet columnists.
Only VSiN.com senior editor Zach Cohen stepped to the plate on the Packers-Vikings matchup (4:25 p.m. ET):
Minnesota has won eight games in a row. The Vikings are the hottest team in football right now, and Sam Darnold has been playing out of his mind lately. Darnold started the season well, but he cooled off a bit. Naturally, many thought he was coming back down to earth. But Darnold has thrown for 15 touchdowns and just one interception over the last six games. He has also had a Passer Rating of at least 107.0 in five of his last six games. Minnesota is now very much alive in the NFC North race, as the team is 13-2 and tied with Detroit. But the Vikings really need to win out, and this meeting with the Packers (11-4) will be challenging. But given the way Darnold is playing, I don’t see any reason Minnesota can’t win this at home.
>>Zach’s pick on this game and more.
In search of some more opinions, I turned to the Circa Friday Football Invitational selections page to see what — if anything — the contestants did with the game:
Pete Wilder: Packers (+1) at Vikings BEST BET
Chris Macero: Packers at Vikings – OVER (48.5)
Chris Fallica: Vikings (-1) vs Packers
Paul Bovi: Packers at Vikings – OVER (48.5)
Paul Bovi: Vikings (-1) vs Packers
If you aren’t inclined to play the side or total, here are some props from Prop Points host John Hansen from our NFL Picks page.
Jordan Love (Packers) OVER 2.5 Passing TD (+270)
Jayden Reed (Packers) Anytime TD (+160)
TJ Hockenson (Vikings) OVER 43.5 Receiving Yards (-120)
TJ Hockenson (Vikings) Anytime TD (+210)
More Best Bets on other games from:
More Week 17 resources
>Look for Josh Appelbaum‘s Sharp Report later this morning.
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits: At the top of this section, the chart shows a comparison of the betting splits from DraftKings and Circa Sports. Keep an eye on them this morning for late action.
Everything we have on Week 17 will be posted here.
Contest Corner
The Colts are the top pick in Circa Survivor with 16 selections out of the remaining 34 entries. Ten picks are already throught to Week 18 with 8 on the Rams and 1 on the Chargers. Other picks: 4 apiece on the Bills and Bucs and 1 on the Eagles.
In the Circa Million, the top picks were Lions -4 (2,084), Commanders -4 (1,735), Bengals -3 (1,600), Cowboys +9.5 (1,566 and Chargers -4 (1,404), so that’s two winners already with the Bengals and Chargers.
>Go to our Circa contest resources page for current standings and individual picks, plus the updated standings and picks for the Circa Friday Football Invitational and our Average Joe Contest.
Jansanity resumes
If you entered the VSiN Road to Jansanity Contest, the window for quarterfinals selections opens today at 7:30 p.m. ET and closes on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET.
All of our upcoming bowl and CFP previews are listed here.
Today in college basketball
Greg Peterson has posted his Best Bets for today’s menu.
Quick Hits
NBA: Zach Cohen will post his Best Bets by mid-morning.
NHL: Look forJonathan Davis‘ picks by mid-day on our NHL page.
Soccer: Nigel Seeley has his top plays for EPL action today and Monday.
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