Vikings vs. Bears: Key NFC North Clash on Monday Night Football

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00:00We're getting you ready now for Monday Night Football.

00:02We close it out in the NFC North with the Vikings and the Bears.

00:07I'll just say this right off the bat, Joe.

00:09From an odds outlook perspective, I think that this is such an important game

00:15because, and again, we talked about this.

00:18I was impressed by Green Bay, but not like all the way,

00:21oh my goodness, the greatest team of all time.

00:23But I think Detroit could be in some trouble.

00:26And then we get to this game here tonight.

00:28Let's say the Bears hang it on Minnesota, right?

00:31It's like, okay, I think they're going to be in the race.

00:33Maybe, you know, and maybe that's the way I'm leading.

00:35But maybe Minnesota impresses here.

00:37JJ looks great.

00:38They have a chance.

00:39I think the winner of this game, they're not going to be booked

00:42with the second best price to win the North.

00:44But I think they're, again, I think you can overreact and shift odds massively

00:48if one of these teams puts up a really impressive performance.

00:52With that said, are you backing a side here tonight on Monday Night Football?

00:56It's, the line to me suggests that it's Vikings tonight.

01:02And the reason why I just say that is because we're giving all this credit

01:05to JJ McCarthy and making him a road favorite,

01:09and he hasn't even started a game yet.

01:11And so when you look at this line, you say,

01:14how could the Vikings be favored on the road,

01:18even though it's Ben Johnson making his first career start?

01:21Caleb is a second-year starter.

01:23You have players like Adunze and, you know,

01:27all of those playmakers that are in that offense.

01:29Now with Loveland and Cole Komet is still there.

01:32And so I just, it looks like a Minnesota line.

01:36Now, the total I think is interesting because we saw fireworks with Buffalo

01:42and Baltimore, and they lived up to the billing.

01:45You know, 43-and-a-half typically is some of the lines that we had last year

01:49with Caleb and Sam Darnold.

01:51And, again, these games struggle to get through their totals, respectively.

01:57And here we go tonight.

01:58I'm going to play it.

02:00Minnesota, I think, is the side.

02:02I don't love it, but I think I give more.

02:05This line just seems tricky to me.

02:07I mean, everybody's in love with Ben Johnson.

02:10Everybody's in love with Caleb Williams,

02:11and they're catching one-and-a-half at home.

02:14This isn't the Bills, right?

02:15You know, so I don't have confidence that Ben Johnson's going to be able to step up

02:20and be this dominant head coach in game number one.

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