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The VikingsTerritory collective employees prediction for the Minnesota Vikings on the Los Angeles Rams is in.
Our Official Playoff Prediction: Vikings at Rams
Minnesota misplaced to the Detroit Lions by a rating of 31-9 final Sunday night time, the membership’s first loss since October. The defeat price the Vikings homefield benefit all through the postseason, handing the respect to Detroit.
This Monday, the Vikings are on the street (in Arizona) to battle the Rams, a squad that flipped a 1-4 begin to the season right into a 10-7 report and NFC West crown.
The writers at VikingsTerritory predict Minnesota will advance to the Divisional Spherical of the match.
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Writers practically unanimously selected the Vikings, evidently assured that the smelly loss in Ford Area wasn’t a pattern.
Right here’s how the panel sees the rating for Wildcard Weekend:
Dustin Baker: Vikings Win, 27-21Brevan Bane: Vikings Win, 31-16Sean Borman: Lions Win, 34-32Janik Eckardt: Vikings Win, 24-17Josh Frey: Vikings Win, 24-17Henrique Gucciardi: Vikings Win, 27-19Wes Johnson: Vikings Win, 24-20Kyle Joudry: Vikings Win, 31-27Adam New: Vikings Win, 34-28Ted Schwerzler: Vikings Win, 28-17Ali Siddiqui: Vikings Win, 27-23Cole Smith: Vikings Win, 27-19
Mathematically en masse, we predict the Vikings will prime the Rams by a rating of 28-22.
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And 2024 season standings for our writers’ predictions:
Henrique Gucciardi: 14-3Wes Johnson: 14-3Ted Schwerzler: 14-3 Cole Smith: 13-4 Dustin Baker: 12-5 Brevan Bane: 12-5 Janik Eckardt: 12-5 Kyle Joudry: 12-5 Adam New: 12-5Ali Siddiqui: 12-5Josh Frey: 11-6 Sean Borman: 10-7
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In Week 18, Dustin Baker most precisely predicted the end result of Lions-Vikings. He forecasted Minnesota to lose by a rating of 30-27, and the Lions gained by 22.
The Vikings are favored to prevail by three factors over the Rams, and in that case, Minnesota would embark on the Divisional Spherical of the postseason, taking up the Lions, Eagles, Buccaneers, or Commanders.
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USA Right now’s Tyler Dragon picked the Vikings over the Rams, 28-25. “The Rams stunned Minnesota in Week 8. Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp combined for 12 catches 157 receiving yards and one touchdown. This time around, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and T.J. Hockenson have big-time performances as the Vikings’ offense gets back on track. Jefferson produced a game-high 115 receiving yards the last time these two teams met,” he wrote.
Minnesota hasn’t gained two playoff video games in the identical season in 37 years.
The sport shall be held in Glendale, Arizona after the NFL moved the venue as a consequence of Southern California wildfires.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options company, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple group, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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