NFL Playoff Odds: Minnesota Vikings Open as Wildcard Favorites vs LA Rams
The Minnesota Vikings fell flat against the Detroit Lions, in one of the most highly-anticipated regular season games in years. Rather than capturing the top seed in the NFC, the Vikings now find themselves heading out on the road against the Los Angeles Rams.
It’s a redo matchup of Week 8, and follows a sort of deja vu timeline of events from earlier in the season. Their two losses prior to last night’s debacle happened in back-to-back games, within a four-day span between October 20 and October 24.
Because of their loss last night to the Lions, the Vikings will take the second best regular season record in franchise history out to LA, for a Wildcard matchup vs the Los Angeles Rams. Thankfully, they have 8 days to prepare vs just four days, last time. This time around, however, a loss would end their season.
Minnesota Vikings vs Los Angeles Rams Playoff Odds
Maybe it makes you feel better, maybe not. But the oddsmakers do not believe in deja vu this week. Vegas has pinned the Minnesota Vikings as -2.5 point road favorites vs the LA Rams at two of the three major sportsbooks.
| Sportsbook | Spread | Moneyline | Over/Under |
| FanDuel | -2.5 | -130 | 47.5 |
| DraftKings | -1.5 | -125 | 47.5 |
| ESPN Bet | -2.5 | -130 | 47.5 |
In week 18, the Los Angeles Rams rested their starters vs the Seattle Seahawks. Jimmy Garoppolo got a heavy workload, in place of Matthew Stafford. He went 27-of-41 passing for 334 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. The Ram lost 30-25 and finished their season 10-7.
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In the Minnesota Vikings’ first matchup vs the Rams, Puka Nacua surprisingly returned from injury and Brian Flores’ group wasn’t ready. He caught 7 passes (9 targets) for 106 yards. Matthew Stafford threw for 279 yards and 4 touchdowns and Kyren Williams added 97 rushing yards on 23 carries.
Vikings need Darnold, O’Connell to be better vs Rams this time around
If the Minnesota Vikings want to continue one of the best campaigns in its illustrious history, they will need a much better version of their offensive leaders, Sam Darnold and Kevin O’Connell, than what those two displayed in week 18 vs the Lions. The pressure will be on again, and this time it’s win or go on offseason vacation.
It’s fair to assume that O’Connell will be named 2024 Coach of the Year, but his performance against the Detroit Lions was poor, just like the play of his QB, who went 18-of-41 for 166 yards, 0 touchdowns and a 55.5 QB rating. The refs didn’t help the Vikings’ cause… but what else is new?
How was this not a facemask call on Sam Darnold?! Just lost them the game pic.twitter.com/3yP7b1qC1a
— cade (@CadeBuffalow) October 25, 2024
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If the Minnesota Vikings can go on the road to LA and earn a victory they couldn’t two months ago, then a third date vs the Detroit Lions would likely be on the docket. You know what they say, 3rd time’s a charm…
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