Packers Would Love to End Vikings Perfect Start to Season

The big question heading into Sunday’s game is will Jordan Love play after suffering a knee

injury in the opening game of the season? Even if he doesn’t play Green Bay is still a slight

favorite at home as the NFC North foes renew their rivalry at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay Packers

The coaching staff has done a fabulous job for Willis and the offense. In two games, he is

25-for-34, 324 yards, and two touchdowns. WIllis also has added to the ground game rushing

for 114 yards and a score in those games. Green Bay is the number one rushing team in the

NFL racking up 204 yards per game. But the Pack face a big challenge as the Vikings are #2 in

the NFL allowing just 71 yards on the ground. The defense has been playing lights out. Last

week, 8 sacks and two interceptions including a pick-6. With or without Love the Packers are

built well to end Sam Darnold’s undefeated run.

Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings have been the surprise team of the season thus far as Sam Darnold has revitalized

his career, throwing for 657 yards and 8 touchdowns with just two interceptions through three

games. And he’s looked quite comfortable for the first time in his NFL career.

Minnesota sits fifth in rushing success but has faced three of the worst rushing defenses to start

the season. Now they take on one of the better defensive units that has 7 interceptions and two

fumbles, Green Bay’s turnover ratio of +7 is the best in the league. Minnesota’s path to victory

relies heavily on Justin Jefferson having success against the secondary. Over his career, JJ

has been held to 59 or fewer yards in 5 of the 7 games. But in the other two, he had 169 and

184 yards, and two scores in each game, both wins by the Vikings.

Player Prop Best Bets

Aaron Jones: Over 57.5 Rushing Yards (-118)

Aaron Jones was the heart and soul of the Packers during his 7 seasons in Green Bay. You

know he’ll be looking to impress his former team and has had a great start to the season. Jones

rushed for 102 yards vs the Texans and another 94 against the Giants. He’s also rushed for at

least 51 yards in 8 of his last 9 games and with the extra motivation, he should hit this mark

Sunday.

Sam Darnold: Over 0.5 Interceptions (-139)

This seems like a game where the defense will be too much for Darnold to avoid throwing an

errand pass. The Packers have been all over opposing quarterbacks picking off 7 passes.

Xavier McKinney leads the league with 3 while Jaire Alexander has 2. Playing in a hostile

environment can only lead to bad decisions.

Game Betting Odds

Vikings +2.5 (+103)

Packers -2.5 (-117)

Total: 43.5

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