Packers vs. Vikings: A Close Match with Surprising Odds

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00:00is Packers at Vikings and despite how well the Vikings have played all season long, we just

00:06keep doubting them and they keep winning, but the odds makers are still telling us maybe they're

00:12buying in a little more, but not even enough. Like, I mean, Matt, they're only a point and a half

00:15favorite at home for a team with this record. I understand Packers are good. I get it. But like

00:21you would think, three-point favorites, that's pretty standard for a game like this, but nope,

00:25there's still, you know, some pull here on the Packers plus one and a half, total of 48 and a

00:30half. Hopefully this is the best game of the week because it looks, I think we're gonna have a lot

00:33of duds this week. Yeah, I think so too, but I do think this one's gonna be a great game and,

00:38you know, I don't know how much people remember the first time these two teams played way back

00:42in week four. It's 28-0 Minnesota before Green Bay made a furious rally. It finished 31-29.

00:48Probably wasn't that close, but nonetheless, you know, these are two very evenly matched teams.

00:53Green Bay, the only team that has beaten them since that loss to Minnesota, is Detroit twice

00:58over. Very close games, or at least one of them was a close game. These teams are very evenly

01:03matched. The Vikings have kind of a fatal flaw, which is their pass defense. Part of that's

01:08because the run defense is so good, but nonetheless, they can be beaten through the air. Green Bay,

01:12I think, is just a better all-around team. The problem is, is Jordan Love gonna stop the

01:18turnovers? He's done a pretty good job this year, but he's had some rough games. Sam Narno's just

01:22been playing pretty clean all year. A few red zone turnover issues. It's going to be close.

01:27I think the odds makers are right not to give Minnesota that full three.