Our Official Prediction: Cardinals at Vikings
The VikingsTerritory collective staff prediction for the Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings is in.
Our Official Prediction: Cardinals at Vikings
Minnesota defeated the Chicago Bears by a score of 20-17, the club’s fourth straight win to maintain winning ways and enhance the 2024 win-loss standing to 9-2.
This weekend, the Vikings are at home to battle the 6-5 Cardinals, a team with upstart hopes to win the NFC West.
The writers at VikingsTerritory predict Minnesota will win its 10th game of the season.
Writers mostly chose the Vikings, evidently confident that the Vikings’ 9-2 record will climb to 10-2.
Here’s how the panel sees the score for Week 13:
Dustin Baker: Vikings Win, 27-20
Brevan Bane: Vikings Win, 31-27
Sean Borman: Vikings Win, 31-30
Janik Eckardt: Vikings Win, 27-17
Josh Frey: Cardinals Win, 24-20
Henrique Gucciardi: Vikings Win, 28-21
Wes Johnson: Vikings Win, 28-17
Kyle Joudry: Vikings Win, 33-24
Adam New: Vikings Win, 28-23
Ted Schwerzler: Vikings Win, 25-19
Ali Siddiqui: Vikings Win, 27-20
Cole Smith: Vikings Win, 35-22
Mathematically en masse, we predict the Vikings will top the Cardinals by a score of 28-22.
And 2024 season standings for our writers’ predictions:
Henrique Gucciardi: 9-2
Wes Johnson: 9-2
Ted Schwerzler: 9-2
Ali Siddiqui: 8-3
Brevan Bane: 8-3
Josh Frey: 8-3
|Kyle Joudry: 8-3
Cole Smith: 8-3
Janik Eckardt: 7-4
Dustin Baker: 6-5
Sean Borman: 6-5
Adam New: 6-5
In Week 12, Adam New, Ted Schwerzler, and Henrique Gucciardi most accurately predicted the outcome of Bears-Vikings. They forecasted a four-point win for Minnesota, and it won by three.
The Vikings are favored to prevail by 3.5 points against the Cardinals, and if so, Minnesota would improve its 2024 record to 10-2, firmly in position to visit the postseason tournament.
USA Today’s Lorenzo Reyes picked the Vikings over the Cardinals, too, 25-18. “Minnesota, perhaps quietly, has been stacking quality wins and has been outperforming the spreads it faces. Brian Flores continues to have a diverse defense that disguises pressure. Kyler Murray does present a challenge, but last week’s loss against the Seahawks showed the key is keeping him contained in the pocket.,” he wrote.
Minnesota has an 18-12 (.600) record all-time against Arizona and has beaten the Cardinals six times (in eight attempts) since 2010. The Vikings beat the Cardinals in a squeaker two years ago.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
All statistics provided by Pro Football Reference / Stathead; all contractual information provided by OverTheCap.com.
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