4 reasons why the Vikings will beat the Packers in Week 17
By Adam Carlson
The Minnesota Vikings will have their hands full with the surging Green Bay Packers on Sunday, but there are reasons to believe they will win.
It’s getting toward the end of the regular season, which means it’s time for those scheduled divisional games. Sunday features a border battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers with major playoff implications.
Games between these two teams always seem to have a bit more meaning and that should once again be true for the game currently in the late afternoon slot on CBS being hosted at Lambeau Field in Wisconsin.
Green Bay is desperate for a win to stay in the race for one of the three Wild Card playoff spots in the NFC while Minnesota is looking to stay ahead of Dallas in the playoff picture as well as continue to gain ground on Philadelphia.
At the moment, the Packers are favored to win, but that doesn’t mean that outcome is written in stone. There are good reasons to think the Minnesota Vikings will get their fourteenth win of the season. Here are four reasons that will happen.