{"id":34828,"date":"2014-08-08T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34828"},"modified":"2014-08-08T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:49:08","slug":"oakland-raiders-vs-minnesota-vikings-nfl-preseason-week-1-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/oakland-raiders-vs-minnesota-vikings-nfl-preseason-week-1-betting-odds-and-predictions-34828\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings: NFL Preseason Week 1 Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings
\nFriday, 8\/8\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 36.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Vikings<\/a>
Minnesota Vikings RB Adrian Peterson will likely sit out the entire preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oakland head coach Dennis Allen certainly has his best roster entering his third year on the job, but with an upcoming schedule that ranks the toughest in the league\u2014expectations will need to be tempered in the early going.\u00a0 The Raiders will start former Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub under center, which is important to consider when making your NFL predictions, while rookie Derek Carr is expected to land the No. 2 spot on the depth chart at the position.\u00a0 The running game figures to be the team\u2019s strength early on with Maurice Jones-Drew and Darren McFadden leading the way.<\/p>\n

The Raiders\u2019 pass rush will have a new look in this matchup that will take place at TCF Bank Stadium, with Antonio Smith, Justin Tuck and LaMarr Woodley combining for 21 sacks with different teams in 2013, which will result in a boost from Oakland\u2019s mediocre total of 38 as a team a year ago.\u00a0 All eyes will be focused on No. 5 overall pick Khalil Mack, who has been compared to Denver Broncos star Von Miller in his ability to disrupt opposing offenses.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has one of the more intriguing quarterback battles in the league, with Matt Cassel expected to play a few series\u2014followed by rookie Teddy Bridgewater potentially playing up to two quarters.\u00a0 The Vikings won\u2019t have the luxury of handing the ball off to running back Adrian Peterson, who hasn\u2019t seen action during the exhibition season since 2011\u2014something to consider when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Now that offensive coordinator Norv Turner has arrived, Peterson expects the unit to be less predictable than previous years.<\/p>\n

The Vikings have plenty of question marks on the defensive side of the football, especially in the secondary due to the potential of both starting safeties remaining on the sidelines for this affair.\u00a0 Minnesota also has numerous problems at the cornerback position, which is bad news for a group that\u2019s looking to rebound from allowing more points than any team in the NFL during the 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as both teams will take to the air with new quarterbacks needing to gain experience.<\/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":"

Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings Friday, 8\/8\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 36.5 Current Total:\u00a0 38 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Oakland head coach Dennis Allen certainly has his best roster entering his third year on the job, but with an upcoming schedule that ranks the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[393,452,73,31,300,8420,6238],"class_list":["post-34828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-adrian-peterson","tag-matt-schaub","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-oakland-raiders","tag-tcf-bank-stadium","tag-teddy-bridgewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34828","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=34828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34829,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34828\/revisions\/34829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}