Best early NFL Week 14 picks: Back the Vikings and Dolphins on the road

The spreads are shifting in the lead-up to Sunday's action. Back the Vikings and Dolphins on the road.

The Minnesota Vikings are the early favorite to beat the Detroit Lions and clinch the NFC North. The Pittsburgh Steelers will likely be facing a Lamar Jackson-less Ravens team and the Miami Dolphins can deal a death blow to the Los Angeles Chargers' season.

The Vikings have won 10 games this season. The last time the Vikings played the Lions, they came from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to win the game by four. This time, the team is playing on the road. Detroit is not quite on Minnesota's level. Detroit's recent victory over the Jaguars was a complete fluke.

Ravens beat Denver Broncos last week, but Jackson left the game with a knee injury and didn't return. Pittsburgh has won four straight games against Baltimore and covered the spread in three of those games.

The Dolphins lost to the San Francisco 49ers last week. They are favored by 2.5 points against the Chargers. Los Angeles has lost three of its past four games and is 2-3 at home. Miami is averaging the second-most passing yards per game (290. 5) and has the league’s best passing DVOA (42.9%).