{"id":20479,"date":"2011-12-22T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20479"},"modified":"2011-12-22T18:38:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:38:13","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-16-minnesota-vikings-vs-washington-redskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-16-minnesota-vikings-vs-washington-redskins-20479\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 16: Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins
\nSaturday, 12\/24\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen figures to play a major role in Saturday's game against the Washington Redskins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota will aim to snap a six-game losing streak and has gone \u2018over\u2019 the total in five of those contests.\u00a0 The Vikings are coming off a 42-20 defeat against the New Orleans Saints as seven-point home underdogs.\u00a0 A lot of changes may take place during the offseason for a proud franchise that has missed the playoffs for a second straight season.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s a lot at stake,\u201d commented Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the worst record in franchise history was 3-13 in a 16-game season, which was set in 1984.\u00a0 Minnesota is 3-1 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Vikings have been absolutely terrible in defending the pass this year, allowing opposing quarterback to register a 110.8 passer rating against them.\u00a0 Minnesota has blown through 11 different defensive backs and could be without cornerback Asher Allen, who suffered a concussion last week.\u00a0 Minnesota will definitely try and control the game on the ground and keep its defensive unit off the field, which starts with getting star running back Adrian Peterson the football.\u00a0 He needs 68 yards in the final two weeks to register his fifth straight 1,000-yard season.<\/p>\n

Washington comes off an impressive 23-10 win over the New York Giants as 5.5-point road underdogs and will now be favored for the first time since Week 4.\u00a0 The Redskins will have Rex Grossman under center again and he will look forward to facing a porous secondary that has allowed an average of 271.9 passing yards over the last nine games.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been feeling the rhythm again once Rex got back out there,\u201d commented Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss.\u00a0 Washington has failed to cover its last six opportunities as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points.<\/p>\n

The Redskins are hoping that left offensive tackle Willie Smith can handle Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, who comes in second in the league with 17.5 sacks.\u00a0 Washington will be seeking revenge from last year\u2019s 17-13 loss to Minnesota as one-point home underdogs.\u00a0 Offensively, the team was limited to just 216 yards in that contest, which includes a dismal 29 yards on the ground.\u00a0 Total players will be interested to know that the \u2018under\u2019 has cashed in seven of the last 10 meetings.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Vikings due to their 4-0 ATS mark on Saturdays, while the Redskins are 8-22-3 ATS when playing a team with a losing record.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins Saturday, 12\/24\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Minnesota will aim to snap a six-game losing streak and has gone \u2018over\u2019 the total in five of those contests.\u00a0 The Vikings are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[393,74,73,5331,1691,345],"class_list":["post-20479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-adrian-peterson","tag-jared-allen","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-rex-grossman","tag-santana-moss","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20479","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=20479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20480,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20479\/revisions\/20480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}