NFL Legion's pick
- Pick
- Vikings 54%
- Against the spread
- Lions +2.5
- Line: Vikings by 2.5NFL Legion: Vikings by 1.2
- Projected score
Vikings 23, Lions 22 - Line total: 45.5 points
Pick computed Saturday, October 31, 8:50 PM.
Who scores?
Vikings
- Aaron Jones (RB): 43%
- Justin Jefferson (WR): 36%
- T.J. Hockenson (TE): 29%
- Jordan Addison (WR): 28%
- Jordan Mason (RB): 26%
Lions
- Jahmyr Gibbs (RB): 51%
- Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR): 34%
- Jameson Williams (WR): 26%
- Sam LaPorta (TE): 22%
- Isaac TeSlaa (WR): 11%
Chance of scoring at least one touchdown. Track record
Computed Saturday, October 31, 8:15 PM.
Keys
- NFL Legion favors the Vikings with a 54% win probability, compared with 46% for the Lions.
- With the line making the Lions 2.5-point favorites, NFL Legion leans toward the Vikings against the spread.
- The Vikings arrive 6-0 on a 6-game winning streak, and quarterback Kyler Murray leads a team that is also unbeaten on the road (3-0).
- Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as Questionable on the Lions' injury report, and Detroit is 3-0 at home.
Injury report
Minnesota Vikings
- QuestionableBryson NesbitUndisclosed - Questionable for Week 5 at New Orleans
Long-term absences (5)
- Injured reserveDonovan JacksonI.L. - Knee - Meniscus
- Injured reserveJamal AdamsI.L. - Quadriceps
- Injured reserveJosh OliverI.L. - Biceps
- Injured reserveNick SamacI.L. - Knee
- Injured reserveTyler BattyI.L. - Knee - ACL
Detroit Lions
- QuestionableAmon-Ra St. BrownAnkle - Questionable for Week 8 vs. Minnesota
- QuestionableEnnis Rakestraw Jr.Ankle - Questionable for Week 8 vs. Minnesota
Long-term absences (11)
- Injured reserveAvonte MaddoxI.L. - Foot
- Injured reserveBen BartchI.L. - Foot
- Injured reserveDamone ClarkI.L. - Undisclosed
- Injured reserveDevin WhiteI.L. - Forearm
- NFI listGiovanni ManuKnee - NFI-R for Week 8 vs. Minnesota
- Injured reserveIsiah PachecoI.L. - Back
- Injured reserveKendrick LawI.L. - Knee - ACL
- PUP listKerby JosephKnee - Physically Unable to Perform. Expected Return - Week 8
- Injured reservePayton TurnerI.L. - Back
- Injured reserveThomas HarperI.L. - Ankle
- Injured reserveTom KennedyI.L. - Knee - MCL
Where to watch
- Spain
- DAZN (NFL Game Pass)
- Mexico
- DAZN (NFL Game Pass) · NFL Sunday Ticket (SKY, izzi)
- United Kingdom
- DAZN (NFL Game Pass)
- Rest of Latin America
- DAZN (NFL Game Pass)
In Spain, Mediaset (Cuatro, Be Mad and Mediaset Infinity) also airs at least two free-to-air games each week and CayoTV one on Sunday afternoons on YouTube; they pick them every week.
More about other countries
In Mexico, FOX, ViX and Canal 9 also air some Sunday games, picked every week.
In the UK, Sky Sports and Channel 5 also air several games every Sunday, picked each week; some games are blacked out on NFL Game Pass there.
Starting quarterbacks
- Kyler Murray No injury designation
- Jared Goff No injury designation
The two teams
- Record
- Vikings: 6-0
- Lions: 4-2
- Home
- Vikings: 3-0
- Lions: 3-0
- Away
- Vikings: 3-0
- Lions: 1-2
- Points per game
- Vikings: 20.8
- Lions: 30.7
- Points allowed per game
- Vikings: 12.3
- Lions: 27.5
- Last 5
- Vikings:
win, win, win, win and win (oldest to newest) - Lions:
loss, win, loss, win and win (oldest to newest) - Division rank
- Vikings: 1st in the NFC North
- Lions: 3rd in the NFC North
- Rating
- Vikings: 1,625
- Lions: 1,551