10-19-2019, 09:07 AM
Vikings (-1) at LionsA little road chalk! The Vikings are a much better home team and I would guess that everyone is on them here -- Action Network percentages confirm as much, with 66 percent of the bets landing on Minny. Detroit is a good team with a good defense, but Minnesota is a better team with a better defense. In a battle of two quarterbacks who don't love beating good teams, we've seen Kirk Cousins come up big against the Lions in Ford Field, going 21-of-28 for 253 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions against this team last December. Detroit's weakness actually lies in stopping the run, which means we could get a Dalvin Cook special in this matchup. Cook has fallen to fourth overall in terms of NFL rushing yards on the season, but he's still a threat to pop up with a monster game and the Lions are coughing up 5.1 yards per carry on the season. If Cook gets rolling it will open up some serious play-action opportunities for Cousins to Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. I tend to think you'll see a deflated Lions team after they got hosed in Green Bay on a short week as well.
