NFL Spreads: Minnesota Vikings Given Edge in Chicago Over the Bears

November 12, 2010   ·   Jimmy Boyd   ·   Jump to comments

With Green Bay on its bye week, the Chicago Bears can move into a tie for first place in the NFC North with a win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. Chicago figures to have a pretty good shot, considering Minnesota has lost its last eight road games.
NFL odds makers are basically calling this one a toss up, listing the Vikings as a 1-point favorite with the total set at 40.5.
Minnesota hasn’t won away from the Metrodome in over a year. It has also lost eight of its last nine on the road in the Windy City.
The Vikings, who are two games behind Chicago in the division standings, must find a way to win on the road if they have any hopes of making a playoff run.
Minnesota still has a long way to go before we can start any playoff talk, but last week’s win over Arizona may give the team the jump start it desperately needed.
Brett Favre helped bring the Vikings back from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Cardinals. Favre finis...

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