Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Denver Broncos will hit the highway in NFL pro action week thirteen play with a game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon.
They being this week thirteen NFL pro football game from Minnesota at 4PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The point spread opened at a pick with an over under of 37 ½ points.
The money early from the NFL bettors has come in on the side of the home team as the Minnesota Vikings have been bet up to a -1 ½ point favorite.
The over under has moved down to 37 points.
Minnesota Vikings money line gamblers will lay –125 odds with the road underdog Denver Broncos returning +105 odds to win outright without the benefit of points on their side.
The Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings will meet in an NFL game on Sunday for the first time since the 2007 season where the Broncos pulled out the 22-19 home win against the Vikings as a +3 point underdog.
The total came in at under the closing line of 41 ½ points.
The Denver Broncos make the trip to Minnesota with a record of 6-5 on the season. The club is 4-2 on the road.
Denver puts up 20 points and 312 yards per game with 159 yards rushing for 4.8 yards a carry.
On defense the Broncos surrender 23 points and 355 yards per game. Teams rush for 120 yards against Denver for 4.1 yards per rush against average.
The team has won four straight games.
They are coming off the 16-13 road overtime victory a week ago to the San Diego Chargers as a +4 ½ point underdog.
The over under landed under the closing line of 41 ½ points.
The Broncos put up 349 offensive yards with 208 yards rushing on 51 carries.
The club allowed one sack and scored one touchdown in three red zone tries.
Denver played turnover free football and took none from San Diego.
Quarterback Tim Tebow completed 9 of 18 passes for 143 yards with a touchdown. Tebow had 22 rushes for 67 yards.
Running back Willis McGahee had 23 runs for 117 yards.
Lance Ball ran for 19 yards on four rushes from scrimmage.
Eric Decker led Denver with three catches for 65 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Jeremiah Johnson had two receptions for 24 yards.
Dante Rosario caught a 23 yard pass.
Denver gave up 344 yards of offense to the San Diego Chargers with 185 yards on the ground on 36 carries.
The Broncos had three sacks and gave up one San Diego touchdown in their two red zone drives.
The Minnesota Vikings host Denver with a disappointing record of 2-9 on the year. The club is 1-4 at home.
Minnesota puts up 19 points and 314 yards per game. The team rushes for 135 yards a game for 5 yards per rush.
On defense the Vikings give up 26 points and 357 yards per game. Opponents rush for 99 yards against them for 3.7 yards per rush against average.
The club has lost three straight and five of their past six games.
Minnesota is coming off the 24-14 road defeat to the Atlanta Falcons a week ago as a +10 point underdog.
The over under landed under the closing line of 44 points.
Minnesota produced 266 yards of offense with 64 yards on the ground on 24 carries.
The team allowed four sacks and had one red zone touchdown in their two tries inside the twenty.
The Vikings had no turnovers and grabbed one from Atlanta.
Quarterback Christian Ponder completed 17 of 25 passes for 186 yards with a touchdown.
Toby Gerhart had 17 carries for just 44 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Starting running back Adrian Peterson has been ruled out due to injury in this game.
Percy Harvin led Minnesota with eight receptions for 95 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Michael Jenkins caught two passes for 25 yards.
Visanthe Shiancoe grabbed three balls for 24 yards.
Minnesota gave up 335 offensive yards to the Falcons with 89 yards rushing on 29 carries.
The Vikings had two sacks and allowed three Atlanta touchdowns in their four attempts in the red zone.
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