ESPN universally selects the Vikings to win. I’m a little worried that Accuscore was so good last week and picks the Vikings, too. Fanhouse picks the Vikings 30-13. CHFF also picks the Vikings 27-20, with actual explanation: No one thinks we’re pulling this off.
Leave it to the mainstream media to give an intellectually lazy argument like that. Its all to our benefit though, we've played much better as underdogs over the past few years.
Do you know how many times we were favorites last year? Four. We're actually 8-22 vs the spread over the last 6 years as favorites. 33-30 as underdogs, or something like that. Just saying.
I would've agreed, until I read all of the preseason doom and gloom threads. And of course if we win tomorrow and next week, the Super Bowl or bust threads will be flooding the board. IMO, the spread is a more accurate assessment of a team's performance than won loss record. Of course the Bolts will win more games than the Lions will this year. But if the Lions are 12-4 vs the spread and the Chargers are 4-12, then I'd say Detroit had a better season. Not saying it's an infallible metric, but its pretty useful IMO.
To be honest, I don't think we're pulling it off either. I hope we win, but if I were forced to bet my house on the game, I'd bet the Vikes.
