{"id":36312,"date":"2014-11-16T09:16:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=36312"},"modified":"2014-11-16T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T14:17:36","slug":"nfl-week-11-predictions-minnesota-vikings-vs-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-11-predictions-minnesota-vikings-vs-chicago-bears-36312\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 11 Predictions: Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 11\/16\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bears have dominated this rivalry when playing at Soldier Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota has won and covered the number in back-to-back games, including a 29-26 victory over the Washington Redskins as one-point home underdogs on Nov. 2, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Vikings are being led offensively by quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and running back Jerick McKinnon, which is important to consider when making your Week 11 NFL predictions, as star Adrian Peterson is still suspended.\u00a0 Minnesota is 0-2 SUATS following a bye week the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Vikings have been happy with McKinnon\u2019s production on the field, as he\u2019s ran for 240 yards and averaged 4.9 yards per carry in his last three games played, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Minnesota is hoping to add another weapon for Bridgewater to target downfield, as the team anticipates the return of tight end Kyle Rudolph after missing the last six affairs.<\/p>\n

Chicago is arguably the worst team in the league at this point, as it suffered a 55-14 setback to the Green Bay Packers as 9.5-point road underdogs last time out, while getting out-gained by a triple-digit margin for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Bears need signal-caller Jay Cutler to protect the football in order to snap their three-game losing streak, as he\u2019s tied for the league lead with 15 giveaways, but he\u2019s won all five of his career games against the Vikings at Soldier Field.\u00a0 Chicago is 2-7 SU and 1-8 ATS in weeks 10 through 13 since the start of the 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Bears are allowing 30.8 points and 268.6 passing yards per game this season, as they\u2019ve produced little to no pass rush the entire year, but they\u2019ve got an opportunity to turn things around in this spot.\u00a0 Chicago has proven victorious in 12 of its last 13 games in this NFC North series when playing in the Windy City.\u00a0 Expect a big game from Bears running back Matt Forte, as he averaged 156.0 yards from scrimmage in two meetings a year ago.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears due to the home team covering nine of the last 12 installments of this rivalry.<\/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":"

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears Sunday, 11\/16\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 46 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Minnesota has won and covered the number in back-to-back games, including a 29-26 victory over the Washington Redskins as one-point home underdogs on Nov. 2, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[359,763,425,73,2589,6238],"class_list":["post-36312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfc-north","tag-teddy-bridgewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36312","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=36312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36314,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36312\/revisions\/36314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}