Our Staff Prediction for Steelers at Vikings
Dustin Baker
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The VikingsTerritory collective staff prediction for the Minnesota Vikings date with the Pittsburgh Steelers is ready.
Minnesota can improve to 6-7 after Week 14 if they knock off the 6-5-1 Steelers, who are battling for an AFC wildcard spot.
The writers at VikingsTerritory predict the Vikings will win their sixth game of the season. Last week, we picked the Vikings to win by 14 points over the Detroit Lions. Minnesota lost by two.
Six out of our 11 contributors picked Minnesota to win over Pittsburgh, leaving a rather even split opinion.
Here’s how the panel sees the score for Week 14:
- Dustin Baker: Vikings Win, 24-17
- Sean Borman: Vikings Win, 33-30
- Josh Frey: Steelers Win, 21-19
- Henrique Gucciardi: Vikings Win, 27-22
- Wes Johnson: Steelers Win, 23-20
- Kyle Joudry: Vikings Win, 27-17
- Kirby O’Connor: Steelers Win, 16-10
- Bob Sansevere: Steelers Win, 27-23
- Ali Siddiqui: Vikings Win,31-27
- Andrew Waters: Vikings Win, 24-20
- Mike Wobschall: Steelers Win, 26-20
Mathematically en masse, we predict the Vikings top the Steelers by a score of 23-22
Here are the season standings for our writers’ predictions:
- Kyle Joudry: 9-3
- Dustin Baker: 8-4
- Josh Frey: 8-4
- Sean Borman: 7-5
- Wes Johnson: 7-5
- Andrew Waters: 7-5
- Mike Wobschall: 7-5
- Kirby O’Connor: 6-6
- Bob Sansevere: 6-6
- Ali Siddiqui: 6-6
- Henrique Gucciardi: 5-7
Bob Sansevere most accurately predicted the outcome during the last Vikings game. He was the only person to predict the Lions-over-Vikings upset.
The Vikings are currently three-point favorites to defeat the Steelers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).