Vikings at Steelers: Here’s Our Prediction
It’s technically a road game for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in Dublin against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and here’s our prediction.
We askedย VikingsTerritoryย writers to predict a winner and score for the Minnesota Vikings at the Pittsburgh Steelers, and here’s what they said.
Our writers opine each week with a forecast of the game’s winner and score, and the group feels good about Minnesota’s chances this week.
Minnesota is 2-2 against Mike Tomlin in the last two decades, and the Week 4 game is a Super Bowl IX rematch.
VikingsTerritory Predictions | Week 4 | Vikings at Steelers
The consensus score predictions and winners by writer.
Writers’ Score Picks
Dustin Baker: MIN Wins, 28-9
Sean Borman: PIT Wins, 31-27
Janik Eckardt: MIN Wins, 27-17
Josh Frey: MIN Wins, 20-16
Henrique Gucciardi: MIN Wins, 28-13
Wesley Johnson: MIN Wins, 23-19
Kyle Joudry: PIT Wins, 23-20
Adam New: MIN Wins, 28-20
Tony Schultz: MIN Wins, 27-20
Ted Schwerzler: MIN Wins, 28-10
Ali Siddiqui: MIN Wins, 30-20
Cole Smith: MIN Wins, 20-7
For Week 3, Dustin Baker came the closest to predicting an accurate final score, picking the purple team to win by 17. Minnesota won by 38, its most lopsided win since 1998. Twenty-seven years.
The Athletic delivered a couple of predictions, too, for PIT-MIN: “Alec Lewis:ย Vikings 24, Steelers 20.ย Both defenses have their hands full here, so I’m expecting more points than the experts out West. Turnovers, special teams and a Rodgers heater feel like the three ways the Vikings could lose the game. All of the other marks are in Minnesota’s favor.”
“Jon Krawczynski:ย Vikings 27, Steelers 23.ย Alec and I are on the same wavelength. I’m a little worried about Andrew Van Ginkel’s injury. I love what Addison’s return can mean for this offense. I think Mason can inflict some punishment. So I like the Vikings in this one.”
2025 Season Standings per Writer
Everyone swung and missed in Week 2 during the Atlanta Falcons game, spoiling any hopes for an undefeated record. But here’s the lay of the land entering Week 4:
Henrique Gucciardi: 2-1
Wes Johnson: 2-1
Ted Schwerzler: 2-1
Cole Smith: 2-1
Janik Eckardt: 2-1
Kyle Joudry: 2-1
Adam New: 2-1
Ali Siddiqui: 2-1
Dustin Baker: 1-2
Josh Frey: 1-2
Sean Borman: 1-2
Consensus Score Pick for PIT-MIN
As a group, our staff predicts that Minnesota will win its second consecutive game, defeating Pittsburgh by a score of 26-17.
Kevin O’Connell’s team basically needs to walk away from the two-week European trip by winning one of two to keep optimism alive in 2025. Losing both games, with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, and Detroit Lions looming, would be pretty brutal.
NFL Media’s Takes
CBS Sports‘ Jordan Dajani rolled with the purple: “I’m all in on Carson Wentz creating a quarterback controversy in Minnesota, and this Vikings team whooped the Cincinnati Bengals so bad last week I think they’ve been relegated to the UFL.”
“The Steelers needed the New England Patriots to turn the ball over five times to win their Week 3 matchup, as Aaron Rodgers and Co. haven’t looked good since the season opener. Did you know the Vikings are 4-0 in international games? Now you do. Prediction: Vikings 16, Steelers 12.”
His coworker, Steven Taranto, disagreed: “Kevin O’Connell has sprinkled pixie dust on yet another quarterback written off as damaged goods, as Carson Wentz turned in a performance that turned back the clock to his early days on the Eagles in a 48-10 win over the Bengals. But the offense’s performance was complemented by an outstanding defensive performance with multiple touchdowns by Brian Flores’ unit, which isn’t sustainable against a team like the Steelers that isn’t down its backup quarterback and enters this game on the strength of a 2-1 record.”
“A relatively neutral site of a game on foreign soil (the Rooney family’s deep ties to Ireland notwithstanding) might be preferable to having to play in Pittsburgh itself, but I don’t think that’s going to be enough to keep the Wentz Wagon revival rolling. Prediction: Steelers 24, Vikings 10.”
Minnesota has never lost a game overseas, exhibition or regular season.
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