{"id":19466,"date":"2011-11-18T09:52:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19466"},"modified":"2011-11-18T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:54:57","slug":"nfl-picks-week-11-oakland-raiders-vs-minnesota-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-11-oakland-raiders-vs-minnesota-vikings-19466\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 11: Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland Raiders at Minnesota Vikings
\nSunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Raiders<\/a>
The Oakland Raiders are slight road favorites against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oakland will enter this contest in a favorable situation after having a few extra days of preparation and rest time after coming away with a 24-17 win over the San Diego Chargers as seven-point road underdogs on Nov. 10.\u00a0 The Raiders are sitting atop the AFC West division at this juncture of the season for the first time since 2002, while the offense hopes that star running back Darren McFadden will be back soon in dealing with a foot injury.\u00a0 \u201cI know we\u2019re getting closer to getting him back out here,\u201d stated Raiders first-year head coach Hue Jackson. \u00a0 Oakland is 3-5 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Raiders have to be happy with the progress that quarterback Carson Palmer has shown since being acquired from the Cincinnati Bengals, as he averaged 14.95 yards per passing attempt in last week\u2019s game.\u00a0 He posted a perfect 158.3 passer rating through the first three quarters.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Oakland ranks 26th in allowing 378.4 yards per game and 28th in giving up 25.9 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Minnesota comes off a disappointing 45-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football, which was the team\u2019s worst loss in terms of point differential since Jan. 14, 2001.\u00a0 \u201cJust disgusted,\u201d commented Vikings star defensive end Jared Allen.\u00a0 It was a disappointing result against the only undefeated team in the NFL and getting swept in the NFC North divisional series.\u00a0 The team is set to play its first home game since Oct. 23, coming in with a 1-3 record in front of the home fans.\u00a0 Minnesota is 4-1 ATS after playing in front of a prime-time audience on Mondays.<\/p>\n

The Vikings pass rush will need to apply pressure to Palmer and the Raiders passing game, as he\u2019s averaging 9.83 yards per pass attempt.\u00a0 Minnesota always has an advantage when playing inside the dome, but Oakland ranks second in sacks allowed per pass play.\u00a0 Another key will be the Vikings rush defense trying to limit the punishing Raiders rushing attack with Michael Bush in the backfield.\u00a0 Minnesota is sixth in the league in limiting opponents to just 93.9 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Raiders due to their 5-0 ATS mark on the road, while the Vikings are 0-6-1 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

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Oakland Raiders at Minnesota Vikings Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oakland will enter this contest in a favorable situation after having a few extra days of preparation and rest time after coming away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[506,1070,74,73,300],"class_list":["post-19466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-carson-palmer","tag-darren-mcfadden","tag-jared-allen","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-oakland-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466","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=19466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19471,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466\/revisions\/19471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}