NFL Week 8 Vikings vs. Packers odds, game and player props, top sports betting promo codes

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Two longtime NFC North rivals clash Sunday in Week 8 as the Minnesota Vikings visit the Green Bay Packers. Kickoff from Lambeau Field is set for 1 p.m. ET on FOX.

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The defending NFC North-champion Vikings (3-4) come in hot, having won three of their last four games after an 0-3 start. Most notable among the three wins was a 22-17 upset victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.

QB Kirk Cousins leads the league with 16 touchdown passes and ranks second with 2,057 aerial yards, but Minnesota still ranks in the league’s bottom half in both scoring (21.6 points per game) and scoring defense (21.8 ppg).

Meanwhile, Green Bay (2-4) has suffered three straight setbacks following a 2-1 start.

QB Jordan Love has thrown six interceptions and only three TD passes during the three-game skid, with the Pack averaging only 17 points over its last four contests.

The Packers opened as a slight favorite Sunday, but the Vikings are now a 1-point favorite at most sportsbooks with a game total hovering around 42 points.

Minnesota’s defense has shown much improvement after allowing an average of 27.3 points over the first three weeks.

Love and the Packers’ offense, meanwhile, are trending in the opposite direction so we’re going to ride the hot hand with Cousins and the visiting Vikes in a close one.

The Vikings are the league’s only team without a rushing TD this season. But we’re taking the plus-odds value on that changing Sunday against a shaky Green Bay rushing defense yielding the fifth-most ground yards per game (111.5) and five total TDs to opposing running backs.

Akers has steadily been taking on more work in the Minnesota backfield since being acquired in a Sept. 20 trade, and he out-touched (12-10) and outgained (61-42) starting RB Alexander Mattison in Monday’s win over the 49ers.

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