The Minnesota Vikings will travel to face the St Louis Rams in a week fifteen NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from St Louis is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread opened up in this NFL game with the home club St Louis Rams favored by -3 points with a total of 38 points. Early money from the betting public has landed on the side of the road underdog Minnesota Vikings as the St Louis Rams are now favored by -2 ½ points. The total has moved up a ½ point to a current number of 38 ½ points.
The Vikings and Rams meet on Sunday for the first time since the 2009 season where the Vikings posted the 38-10 road win as a -10 point betting favorite. The total landed over 40 ½ points. NFL Trend: Minnesota Vikings are 3-0 ATS in their past three games.
The Vikings enter play with a record of 7-6. They are 1-5 straight up on the road. Minnesota’s only road win came at Detroit. They sit one game behind the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears for the final NFC conference playoff berth. Entering last week’s game with Chicago the Vikings have dropped four of their past five games and two straight. They earn the 21-14 home win last week against the Chicago Bears as a +1 point underdog. The game landed under 40 ½ points. Minnesota was fortunate to win despite 248 offensive yards. The Vikings are a run only team. They are third in the league in rushing offense with 156 yards a game. Their passing game has been poor with just 172 yards passing per game ranking 32nd and last in the NFL. Quarterback Christian Ponder has thrown for 14 touchdowns and 12 picks on the year and completes 62% of his throws.
The St Louis Rams enter play at 6-6-1 on the year. They trail Seattle and Chicago by 1 ½ games for the final NFC playoff berth. They are riding a three game win streak with two wins coming on the road and a home win in overtime against San Francisco. The Rams braved the elements and traveled to Buffalo last week in their 15-12 road win at Buffalo as a +3 ½ point underdog. Sam Bradford completes the game winning touchdown with 48 seconds remaining to earn the win. The Rams turnaround has come from their defense as they are now tenth in the league in total defense by allowing just 336 yards per game. They have allowed 17 points or less to their past three opponents. For St Louis it is still a struggle as the team scores 18 points per game ranking 29th in the NFL. Four of their six wins came when their offense scored 19 or fewer points. Quarterback Sam Bradford has 15 touchdowns and 10 picks on the season. He completes 59% of his passes this season. The Rams are still an offseason away from picking up some playmakers for Bradford. The defense is fixed the offense still needs repair work.
