The Minnesota Vikings have lost two of their last three, with their lone win coming in last week’s disgusting 3-0 victory. Josh Dobbs, who originally lit up the scoreboard for the Vikings following their trade for him after Kirk Cousin’s season-ending injury, has been benched and backup Nick Mullens will get the start as an underdog in the NFL odds.
They will take on the Cincinnati Bengals, who have won two straight with backup Jake Browning under center. He’s averaged 315 passing yards during that time.
Which backup quarterback will rise to the occasion and help make their team make an improbable playoff push?
Continue reading for free NFL prop picks and predictions for the Vikings and Bengals Week 15 matchup on Saturday, December 16. And don’t forget …
The Minnesota Vikings have had a hellacious week on the injury front. J.J. McCarthy opted for a full meniscus repair that will sideline him for all of 2024 and Jordan Addison was spotted in a boot following Wednesday’s practice.
My Vikings vs. Browns prediction has us backing a deep Browns roster against the undermanned Vikings. Find out more in my NFL picks for today’s preseason action!
Vikings vs Browns prediction
My best betBrowns -4.5 (-110 at FanDuel)
My analysisThe preseason is all about picking up moral victories and after the Minnesota Vikings secured their first preseason win since 2019 last week, they had exactly that. But just as things were looking up, Minnesota experienced a week from hell.
J.J. McCarthy w…
Like a bird seeking shelter in the hours before a storm, Sinisa Mihajlovic knew trouble was coming and yet was powerless to stop it. “Let’s talk about something else,” he said, cursing freely, after being asked on Friday about Bologna’s success in keeping back-to-back clean sheets.
“Now we’re just inviting bad luck … if we concede a goal tomorrow, I’m going to get mad with you guys,’ he said. “What even is this? When we don’t concede for 20 games in a row, then we can talk about this stuff. Not after two games.”
A day later, Bologna were blown away by Hurricane Inter: conceding not one goal, but six. Denzel Dumfries arrived at gale force – or about as close to them as we can expect a person…
Beer thrown from the crowd caused a 15-minute stoppage to PSV Eindhoven’s 3-0 home win over Ajax on Sunday – the second such incident of the weekend in the Dutch Eredivisie.
A cup of beer was hurled towards the pitch by a spectator, causing an immediate halt to the game in line with new policies aimed at stamping out bad behaviour in the stands. A similar incident on Saturday caused the abandonment of the league match between second-from-bottom Groningen and NEC Nijmegen, when a plastic cup of beer struck the assistant referee.
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The Groningen v NEC match is expected to be completed behind closed doors. Sunday’s match was only halted tempor…
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