Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers Free Pick

<p>The Chargers are trying to chase down a playoff berth while the Vikings don't look like they want to make the playoffs, heading into this inter-conference battle slated for Sunday afternoon in SoCal. Both these teams just played out on the East Coast last week; Los Angeles won at Phil-adelphia while Minnesota lost at Baltimore. Now they meet out on the Other Coast.</p>
<p>The Chargers are only favored by the standard home-field advantage for this game, which is a bit puzzling to us. Who do we like here for our free NFL betting pick?</p>
<h2>NFL Betting Lines</h2>
<p>The Week 10 NFL betting odds opened the Chargers at -2.5 for this one, with an over/under of right around 53. Early betting action then bumped that spread to -3 and that total to 53.5.</p>
<h2>Vikings-Chargers NFL Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Minnesota is 3-5 on the season after blowing a game in Baltimore last week, losing 34-31 in over-time. The Vikings trailed 3-0 early but rallied to lead 17-10 at the half. Minnesota then returned the opening kick-off of the second half 98 yards for a touchdown to go up 14 but gave up a 21-0 Ravens run to fall behind 31-24. Minnesota then tied the game with a touchdown with a minute left but lost on a Baltimore field goal with 16 seconds left in the OT.</p>
<p>The Vikings got out-gained by the Ravens 500-318, out-rushed 247-131, lost time of possession by a 46:24 split, and allowed Baltimore to convert 3/3 on 4th downs, which is basically what cost them the game.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago, Minnesota lost to Dallas, which was playing without QB Dak Prescott, 20-16 on a Cowboys touchdown with 50 seconds left.</p>
<p>The Vikings are two games under .500 in the W-L columns, but they're actually +2 on the points differential because their five losses have come by a total of 18 points.</p>
<p>At 3-5, Minnesota trails first-place Green Bay by 3.5 games in the NFC North, but it's also only one game behind 4-4 Atlanta in the battle for the seventh and final NFC playoff spot.</p>
<p>Los Angeles, meanwhile, is 5-3 on the season after winning at Philadelphia last week 27-24. The Chargers led 7-0 early but trailed 10-7 at the half. The lead then changed hands three times over the first 20 minutes of the second half before Los Angeles won it with a field goal with two sec-onds left.</p>
<p>The Chargers out-gained the Eagles 445-331, out-rushed Philly 176-89 but won the time of pos-session by a 34:26 split.</p>
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<p>Los Angeles has now out-gained only three of its last seven opponents and out-rushed just two of its previous seven foes.</p>
<p>Two games ago, the Chargers lost at "home" to New England 27-24, and three games ago, they got blitzed at Baltimore 34-6.</p>
<p>At 5-3 overall, Los Angeles leads the tight AFC West by a tie-breaker over 5-3 Las Vegas. The Chargers also own the No. 3 spot in the AFC playoff standings, but that race is totally up for grabs, considering just two games separate first place from 11th place.</p>
<p>These teams met most recently two seasons ago, a 39-10 Vikings victory in Minneapolis. Cousins quarterbacked the Vikes that day against Rivers, who threw three interceptions for the Bolts.<br />
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<h2>NFL Betting Trends </h2>
<p>Home teams are just 64-70 SU, 56-77 ATS in the NFL this season.</p>
<p>Favorites are 81-56 SU, 58-78 ATS in the NFL this season.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
<p>Totals are split 4-4 in Vikings games this season, which are averaging 48 total points.</p>
<p>The Under is 5-3 in Chargers games this season, which are averaging 50 points.</p>
<p>The Under is 61-74 in the NFL this season.</p>