Daily Norseman
Fresh off of one of the biggest upsets of the 2025 season to date, the Minnesota Vikings will have to triumph as an underdog again if they want to put together their first winning streak of the year.
Our friends at FanDuel have opened the betting for this Sunday’s contest at U.S. Bank Stadium, and they have made the Vikings a 4.5-point underdog for this home contest. The over/under for the game is currently sitting at 47.5 points.
The Ravens have had their struggles this season, losing four of their first five games of the year before winning their last two. Star quarterback Lamar Jackson missed three games for the Ravens with a hamstring injury but returned for the team’s 28-6 thrashing of Miami in last week’s Thursday Night Football contest. Jackson threw four touchdown passes in the game, which I believe you can take to mean that he’s back to full strength.
The Vikings rolled into Ford Field this past Sunday as a 9.5-point underdog, the biggest such number they’ve faced in the Kevin O’Connell era. Minnesota emerged victorious by a score of 27-24, thanks in large part to one of their best defensive performances of the season and some big moments from J.J. McCarthy and the special teams unit. That got the Vikings back to 4-4 on the season.
The games between the Vikings and the Ravens in recent years have seen a bit of an odd pattern emerge. These two teams have split their last four meetings, with both teams winning their games at home. In the years the Vikings won in Minneapolis, 2009 and 2017, the Vikings advanced to the NFC Championship Game. In the years that the Ravens came out with the win, 2013 and 2021, the Vikings fired their coach at the end of the season, with Leslie Frazier and Mike Zimmer getting their pink slips.
I don’t think Kevin O’Connell is in danger of losing his job whether the Vikings lose to the Ravens here or not, but it’s a quirk worth noting.
Kickoff for this one is slated for noon Central time at U.S. Bank Stadium, and the game will be carried by the FOX family of networks.
