{"id":18804,"date":"2011-10-21T19:35:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18804"},"modified":"2011-10-21T19:35:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:35:57","slug":"nfl-week-7-picks-green-bay-packers-vs-minnesota-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-7-picks-green-bay-packers-vs-minnesota-vikings-18804\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 7 Picks: Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings
\nSunday, 10\/23\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has tallied incredible numbers indoors during his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay has won eight straight regular-season games and extend it out to 12 consecutive if you includes last year\u2019s playoffs.\u00a0 The Packers have gone on to win the NFL title in all six previous seasons when starting a season 6-0.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve put good numbers up, but we have to get better,\u201d commented Packers head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to be running on all cylinders and we\u2019re not there, yet.\u201d\u00a0 The team is off to its second 3-0 start on the road in the past 39 seasons.\u00a0 The Packers have also tallied a 12-5 record in the game heading into the bye since the 1994 campaign.\u00a0 Green Bay is 15-8 ATS on the road and the \u2018under\u2019 is 15-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Packers have enjoyed tremendous success in tallying a 22-9 record in regular-season games against NFC North opponents under head coach Mike McCarthy, a mark that includes a 10-6 mark on the road.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers continues to be the main story, as the offense ranks No. 1 in the league in averaging 32.8 points per game.\u00a0 He has had well-known success inside of domes, coming in with a 112.0 passer rating in 14 career indoor starts, throwing for 30 touchdowns and just six interceptions.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is 1-5 on the season and has made a chance under center in naming Christian Ponder the start Sunday.\u00a0 He was the team\u2019s first-round selection from a year ago, completing 9 of 17 passes for 99 yards against the Chicago Bears last week.\u00a0 \u201cFor a guy who gets limited reps in practice, it seems he had a good grasp,\u201d commented head coach Leslie Frazier.\u00a0 Minnesota is 4-11 ATS as a underdog of 7.5 to 10 points, while the total is 8-8 over\/under in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Vikings will be looking to gain revenge in this series, losing both meetings a year ago, including a 31-3 loss as three-point home underdogs on Nov. 21, 2010.\u00a0 Minnesota is coming off a 39-10 defeat to the Chicago Bears as one-point road underdogs a week ago.\u00a0 Defensively, Jared Allen will need to come up big off the edge for any chance of an upset, as the defensive end has tallied 10 sacks in seven career games against the Packers.\u00a0 Running back Adrian Peterson is the key offensively, rushing for a combined 203 yards and a touchdown in the two meetings a year ago.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Packers due to their 11-3-1 ATS mark versus teams with a losing record, while the Vikings are 0-5-1 ATS as a home underdog.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Sunday, 10\/23\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay has won eight straight regular-season games and extend it out to 12 consecutive if you includes last year\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,3326,1119,73,2589],"class_list":["post-18804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-christian-ponder","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfc-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18805,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18804\/revisions\/18805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}