NFL Preview: Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter
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When: 1:00 PM ET,
Friday, September 18, 2015
Where: TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Where: TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Televised: FOX
Odds: The line opened with Minnesota
listed as 3 point favorites, but it has been bet down slightly to Minnesota
-2.5. The OU line opened at 43 and is now up to 43.5.
The
Detroit Lions really suffered a bad loss in week one as hey just out to a 21-3
lead midway through the third 2nd period, before San Diego turned the game
around and won it by a score of 33-28. It was the biggest blown loss for Detroit
since blowing a 21 points lead over Washington back in 1990. Detroit really
struggled offensively in the game as the put up just 302 yards of total
offense, which includes just 69 from their ground attack. The Passing game was
very average as Stafford threw for just 246 yards with 2 Ds and 2 INTs. The
Detroit defense played well early as they intercepted a pass for a TD, but
overall at was not a good showing by this group as they allowed Rivers to throw
for over 400 yards in the game. You can bet they will look to change that this
week.
The
Minnesota Vikings were to be a surprise team this year in the NFL, but were
anything but that in their 20-3 loss to San Francisco on Monday night. The
Vikings struggled on both sides of the ball in the loss. Their defense was to
be a major strength of the team, but they allowed 230 yards rushing, including
168 yards to Carlos Hyde. Guess the Niners knew what they were doing when they
let Frank Gore go. On offense Teddy Bridgewater just couldn’t really get
anything going in the game. He did hit 23 of 32 passes for 231 yards, but was
also sacked 5 times for 54 yards and threw a pick. Adrian Peterson struggled as
well as he had just 10 carries for 31 yards. Minnesota has a lot to fix as they
head into this game, but Mike Zimmer is an excellent coach and he will have
them ready to play.
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[268] Detroit/ Minnesota Under 43
I
have to look at the Under in this game. Neither offense looked good at all last
week and I see them struggling here as well. Both teams need to run the ball in
order to make their offenses go, yet Detroit had just 69 yards rushing in their
opener, while the Vikes had just 17 carries for 71 yards. 17 carries? Are you
serious? When you AP back there he should have 2 carries on his own The Vikes
never even tried to establish the run in that game. I look for them to do so
here and be the more ball control offense that they are used to being. The
Detroit defense will bounce back here and both teams should run a lot more,
which will chew clock.
The
Clinchers: The Under is 10-4 the last 14 in the series and 13-3 in the Vikings
last 16 game 2s of the season.
Let’s
look for a low scoring one here.
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