Minnesota Vikings given no chance against Seahawks by media

The Minnesota Vikings host the Seattle Seahawks for the Wild Card round of the 2015 NFL playoffs but media are giving the boys in purple no chance to win.

The Seattle Seahawks are playing some of their best football right now. Quarterback Russell Wilson is on fire and the defense is playing lights out, making them one of the scariest teams to face in the NFL playoffs. And when the Minnesota Vikings were scheduled to play them in the Wild Card round of the playoffs after winning the NFC North championship, experts started to formulate the odds that Minnesota could actually win the game.

Judging by how the experts are looking at the game, they don’t think there is a snowball’s chance in hell that the Vikings can defend their home turf of TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday.

Here is how the experts think the game will play out between the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks:

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• ESPN.com has all ten of their analysts choosing the Seahawks to win.
• CBSSports.com has seven of their eight experts picking Seattle.
• NFL.com shows all three analysts picking the Seahawks.
• FoxSports.com‘s experts have six of seven experts picking Seattle.
• Pro Football Talk‘s Smith and Florio agree that the Seahawks will win.
• SBNation has Seattle beating Minnesota by all seven analysits.
• Bleacher Report is unanimous with all 8 experts picking the Seahawks.

So, putting things into perspective, of the 41 analysts that chose a winner from the sites listed above, 39 of them have picked the Seattle Seahawks to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, with many of them thinking the game will not even be a close contest. The only two experts to pick the Vikings were CBS Sports’ Jared Dubin and Ross Jones of Fox Sports.

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway knows that they are being counted out of this game before it even starts, and sees it as motivation for Sunday’s game according to an article on the TwinCities.com Pioneer Press website:

"Dec 10, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway reacts as he walks off the field following the game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals defeated the Vikings 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports“Nobody is giving us a chance in this football game, so that if anything is motivation enough,’’ Greenway said Wednesday."

Greenway isn’t the only one thinking that Minnesota can get things done against the Seahawks. Guard Brandon Fusco thinks the Vikings can win, but it won’t be easy.

"“I think if we get into a good groove on offense and the defense is playing well, we can win this game,’’ said guard Brandon Fusco."

We’ll find out how the Minnesota Vikings fare against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at noon central time.