In the sports world, Christmas Day always makes me think of the NBA -- and we sure have a good slate for it -- but we also get an NFL game to swap back and forth to.
The 6-8 Minnesota Vikings are clinging to playoff hopes (4.9%, per our projections), but the 10-4 New Orleans Saints stand in the way. FanDuel Sportsbook lists the over/under at 51.5 points, and the home Saints are 7.5-point favorites. Our projections give the Saints a 74.7% chance to win.
Before we dig in more, don't forget to brush up on some single-game perfect lineup trends and leverage our Sharpstack single-game optimizer for correlated lineup plays.