Vikes are favored by 3, Vikes have been crazy dominant at home (vs crap) and low and behold sport a top 5 defense, last week Vikes offense got healthy against a porous Giants defense but the question remains, can Cousins beat a qualtiy opponent? Let?s look at the Eagles, they struggled early but are sporting wins at Green Bay and against the helpless Jets. Eagles run defense is stout vs a Vikings stout run game.. but but but Philly has a major weakness and that?s in their secondary there are yards to be gained, they have given up a ton of yardage through the air and I expect the Vikes to try and exploit that weakness with their many weapons, philly rushes the passer very very well and will look for Cousins to turn it over..
Let?s look at the Eagles offense, it has struggled And even though they scored over 30 points last 2 games let?s dig in, there is something missing. Only 255 yards of offense last week and 336 the weeek before but the 336 against the pack was effective as it was hard rushing yardage and key packer mistakes that lead to most of that..
The luck runs out in Minneapolis unless Phillly is able to create a few turnovers but the Vikes play with high speed intensity and most of that defense is still there from NFC champ
Game lost a couple years ago ( went fast) look for the Vikes to bottle up the run and mismatch the Eagles passing game with pass rush and coverage, minny will struggle at times running the football and cousins will take some sacks but they should make enough plays against the porous eagles secondary
Vikes 27-16
Let?s look at the Eagles offense, it has struggled And even though they scored over 30 points last 2 games let?s dig in, there is something missing. Only 255 yards of offense last week and 336 the weeek before but the 336 against the pack was effective as it was hard rushing yardage and key packer mistakes that lead to most of that..
The luck runs out in Minneapolis unless Phillly is able to create a few turnovers but the Vikes play with high speed intensity and most of that defense is still there from NFC champ
Game lost a couple years ago ( went fast) look for the Vikes to bottle up the run and mismatch the Eagles passing game with pass rush and coverage, minny will struggle at times running the football and cousins will take some sacks but they should make enough plays against the porous eagles secondary
Vikes 27-16