Ed Scimia breaks down his early Packers vs. Vikings predictions ahead of Sunday's NFC North finale. Free NFL picks for January 4.
Two storied rivals will face off to wrap up the regular season this Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers in a Week 18 matchup. There’s not much at stake in this game for Green Bay, and I’ll explain why that means Minnesota may be a good bet on the spread in my early Packers vs.
Vikings predictions.Here are our early thoughts on the spread and total for this week’s game. We will have a full game preview later in the week.are now locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFL, which means there’s nothing to play for ahead of the playoffs. This will be a week in which Green Bay focuses on getting healthy, as they have many starters and rotational players on the injury list who they’ll want available for the postseason. While Matt LaFleur hasn’t detailed exactly how the Packers will approach this game just yet, it feels certain that they’ll be careful withas he potentially comes out of the concussion protocol. Perhaps he’ll play a series to stay sharp, but it’s hard to imagine we’ll see him more than that. BackupThat means we might see a lot of former Houston Cougars star Clayton Tune behind center on Sunday. Tune has extremely limited NFL experience and has already thrown three picks in his 27 career attempts. That doesn’t inspire confidence against aThe Vikings' defense will probably be the difference here against a Packers offense that isn’t playing its best weapons. I’m taking Minnesota to cover as long as the spread remains less than a touchdown.I’ve already talked a bit about why the absence of Love — and potentially Willis as well — will handicap the Packers offense against Minnesota’s outstanding defense. But I’m not expecting many points out of the Vikings, either.has a little more experience than Tune, but he hasn’t shown an ability to move the ball all that effectively for the Vikings, either. He’s shown up in seven games this year without throwing a single touchdown pass, meaning we might be looking at a Week 18 matchup where both quarterbacks are looking for their first career scoring toss. Regardless, the Vikings have been able to put together a fair amount of offense over the past couple of weeks, thanks to an outstanding running game that has gone for 286 yards over its last two games. Even as Green Bay is likely to play a bit more talent on defense to try to right the ship heading into the postseason, the Minnesota running game should do well against a Packers defense that allowed 307 yards on the ground last week. I’d watch the quarterback matchup here, but if this looks like it’ll be primarily Tune vs. Brosmer, the Under is the play.: Our team of experts has thoroughly researched and handpicked each product that appears on our website. We may receive compensation if you sign up through our links. Ed Scimia has been writing about the gaming industry for over 15 years. He graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in Magazine Journalism and Political Science in 2003, and has covered major gambling events like the World Series of Poker in his career. Since joining Covers in 2022, Ed has offered his sports betting analysis primarily on MLB, NFL, college football, and college basketball games, but is willing to take on any sport. His betting strategy focuses more on finding line value based on deviations from the market rather than traditional handicapping, primarily shopping between DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics in his home state of Connecticut, though he’s not afraid to do deep game analysis to find profitable bets at any book. Outside of gambling, Ed is an avid curler who competes in mixed doubles on the World Curling Tour and runs a popular curling YouTube channel, Chess on Ice. That experience has come in handy during the Olympics, when he has proven to be a successful curling bettor as well. Ed's advice to new bettors is to always open multiple sportsbook accounts and check the odds at each before placing any bet. Successful sports betting is about consistently beating the closing line value, which requires finding spots where one book is offering odds far better than the rest of the market and jumping on those opportunities.Rams vs Falcons: Time, Channel & Free Live Streaming Info for Monday Night Football NowRams vs Falcons Props & Best Bets for Tonight's Week 17 Monday Night Football GameCopyright © 1995 - 2025 CS Media Limited All Rights Reserved. If you choose to make use of any information on this website including online sports betting services from any websites that may be featured on this website, we strongly recommend that you carefully check your local laws before doing so.It is your sole responsibility to understand your local laws and observe them strictly.Covers does not provide any advice or guidance as to the legality of online sports betting or other online gambling activities within your jurisdiction and you are responsible for complying with laws that are applicable to you in your relevant locality.Covers disclaims all liability associated with your use of this website and use of any information contained on it.As a condition of using this website, you agree to hold the owner of this website harmless from any claims arising from your use of any services on any third party website that may be featured by Covers.
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