Chicago at Minnesota

The Minnesota Vikings have really struggled of late, as their record is starting to head towards the level of their mediocre stats on the season. The Vikings may be 8-5 and if the season ended today, they would be in the playoffs. However, this team is being out-gained from the line of scrimmage by 25 yards per game. The Bears have made tremendous improvement from what we saw early in the season. Despite the Bears 5-8 record, Chicago is now out-gaining their opponents by nine yards a game. The Vikings get credit for having a very good defense, but the fact is that the Bears defense is allowing fewer yards per game. This line is considerably off from where it should be. The Vikings are severely leaking oil, and the offense has scored just 15 points per game in their last four. At this stage of the season, the defense is wearing down from being on the field too much. As a result, Minnesota's defense has allowed 25.3 points per game in their last four. There is lots of value on the dog in this one, so play on Chicago.