The Minnesota Vikings are still unbeaten, and oddsmakers are treating that start like something that can keep rolling in Week 5.
FanDuel Sportsbook opened Minnesota as a 1.5-point favorite on the road against the New Orleans Saints, with the over/under set at 42.5 points. The matchup in New Orleans comes after the Vikings finished Week 4 as one of just three undefeated teams left in the NFL.
New Orleans, meanwhile, enters at 1-2 with a Monday Night Football date against the Atlanta Falcons still to come in New Orleans. So far, every Saints game has gone down to the wire.
They opened with a 31-30 overtime loss in Detroit, where a two-point conversion attempt that would have won the game came up short. They bounced back with a 24-17 win in Baltimore, then dropped a 35-27 home game to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 3.
Turnovers have been the big issue in both Saints losses. New Orleans has given the ball away seven times in those defeats, including three interceptions by quarterback Tyler Shough and three lost fumbles against the Raiders.
Minnesota’s 4-0 start has come with a strange statistical wrinkle: the offense has barely had to carry the load. In two of the Vikings’ four wins, they didn’t score an offensive touchdown at all.
To find another team that started 4-0 while doing that, you have to go all the way back to the 1922 and 1923 Chicago Cardinals, before the Great Depression. Over the last three games, Minnesota has produced just one offensive touchdown, but special teams and Brian Flores’ defense have kept the Vikings in control.
The Saints game will be the Vikings’ last one before their early bye in Week 6. Kickoff is set for noon Central Time on the FOX family of networks.
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