Our Official Prediction: Packers at Vikings

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The VikingsTerritory collective workers prediction for the Inexperienced Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings is in.

Our Official Prediction: Packers at Vikings

Minnesota defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a rating of 27-24 final Sunday afternoon, the membership’s eighth straight win. The dub maintained the flamboyant win streak, stored homefield benefit hopes alive for the postseason, and nudged the win-loss file to 13-2.

This Sunday, the Vikings are at dwelling to battle the 10-4 Packers, a squad locked right into a Wildcard playoff spot however hoping to spoil Minnesota’s grand hopes for the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

The writers at VikingsTerritory predict Minnesota will win its 14th recreation of the season.

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Writers principally selected the Vikings, evidently assured that the Vikings’ 13-2 file will climb to 14-2.

Right here’s how the panel sees the rating for Week 17:

Dustin Baker: Vikings Win, 24-21Brevan Bane: Packers Win, 30-26Sean Borman: Packers Win, 32-30Janik Eckardt: Vikings Win, 21-17Josh Frey: Vikings Win, 27-24Henrique Gucciardi: Vikings Win, 27-17Wes Johnson: Vikings Win, 34-30Kyle Joudry: Packers Win, 38-34Adam New: Vikings Win, 30-29Ted Schwerzler: Vikings Win, 24-20Ali Siddiqui: Vikings Win, 31-27Cole Smith: Vikings Win, 27-25

Mathematically en masse, we predict the Vikings will prime the Packers by a rating of 28-26.

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And 2024 season standings for our writers’ predictions:

Henrique Gucciardi: 13-2Wes Johnson: 13-2 Ted Schwerzler: 13-2 Kyle Joudry: 12-3Cole Smith: 12-3 Brevan Bane: 11-4 Janik Eckardt: 11-4 Ali Siddiqui: 11-4 Dustin Baker: 10-5Josh Frey: 10-5 Adam New: 10-5Sean Borman: 9-6

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In Week 16, Wes Johnson most precisely predicted the result of Seahawks-Vikings. He forecasted a three-point win for Minnesota, and it, certainly, received by three.

The Vikings are favored to prevail by 1.5 towards the Packers, and in that case, Minnesota could be one step nearer to securing homefield benefit all through the postseason. If the Vikings win their subsequent two video games, all purple playoff video games will happen at U.S. Financial institution Stadium.

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USA Right now’s Lorenzo Reyes picked the Vikings over the Packers, too, 25-21. “I’ve been dubious of the Vikings throughout this season, expecting Sam Darnold to eventually fall off. Minnesota has proven me wrong time and time again, and their track record should give them some benefit of the doubt, even in a huge NFC North showdown like this,” he wrote.

The Vikings haven’t overwhelmed the Packers twice in the identical season since 2017.

Inexperienced Bay will even hope to keep away from sliding into the NFC’s seventh playoff seed, a spot presently inhabited by the Washington Commanders.

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 staff, 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 intently because the NFL. 

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