The Detroit Lions are 6-3 in their last nine Black and Blue Division bouts with the Minnesota Vikings, including a sweep of last season's two games. But the Vikings are 5-2 against the spread over the last seven meetings in the series. A pair of Midwestern teams that both lost on the West Coast last week meet when the Lions visit Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.
Point spread: The Vikings opened as three-point favorites; the total was 44 early in the week, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report).
NFL pick, via Odds Shark computer: 21.