{"id":27125,"date":"2013-01-05T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T15:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27125"},"modified":"2013-01-05T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T15:35:09","slug":"nfl-playoff-picks-minnesota-vikings-vs-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-playoff-picks-minnesota-vikings-vs-green-bay-packers-27125\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Playoff Picks: Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
\nSaturday, 1\/5\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has put up incredible numbers against NFC North opponents in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota won its last four games of the regular season to reach the NFL playoffs, which included a 37-34 victory over Green Bay as three-point home underdogs last week, while going OVER the posted total of 45.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re very confident,\u201d stated Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.\u00a0 \u201cI feel like we\u2019re peaking at the right time.\u201d\u00a0 He has averaged 106.2 rushing yards in six games at Lambeau Field, but the team is 0-3 when he eclipses the 100-yard mark at the historic venue.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that teams with a 100-yard rusher are a combined 157-37 in playoff games during the Super Bowl era.\u00a0 Minnesota is 7-3 ATS as an underdog this year, with the UNDER going 6-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Vikings are obviously dangerous underdogs when looking over the pro football odds page, with Peterson running for an incredible 861 yards in the month of December.\u00a0 \u00a0 Minnesota will have to create pressure on the defensive side of the ball, as Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked a career-most and NFL-worst 51 times this year.\u00a0 The team\u2019s own signal-caller will need to continue his strong play, as Christian Ponder compiled a 95.5 passer rating over his final three games.<\/p>\n

Green Bay has gone 4-1 against divisional foes in the postseason since 1967, while it holds a 54-49-1 all-time advantage against Saturday\u2019s foe, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread.\u00a0 The Packers have won 26 of their last 28 home games, which is the best mark in the league since Week 10 of the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Rodgers has played a major part in the team\u2019s success since taking over for veteran Brett Favre a few years back\u2014passing for 61 touchdowns and throwing just 15 interceptions against NFC North opponents.\u00a0 Green Bay is 3-1 ATS when revenging a road loss versus an opponent the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Packers have been known to force turnovers at home, as they\u2019ve generated a plus-45 turnover differential since 2009 in that situation.\u00a0 Green Bay has generated at least two takeaways in 23 of 32 home games since 2009, which has led directly to a 22-1 record.\u00a0 In 10 career starts versus the Vikings, Rodgers has a combined 116.4 passer rating, with 24 touchdowns and four interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Packers due to the home team being 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings in this series.<\/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

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Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers Saturday, 1\/5\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Minnesota won its last four games of the regular season to reach the NFL playoffs, which included a 37-34 victory […]<\/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":[416,393,1119,3608,73,2589],"class_list":["post-27125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-adrian-peterson","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-lambeau-field","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfc-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125","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=27125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27126,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125\/revisions\/27126"}],"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=27125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}