The first game of the Thanksgiving Slate will feature two teams doing battle for positioning in the NFC North otherwise known as the “Black and Blue Division”. The Minnesota Vikings (8-2) will travel to the Motor City to face off with the Detroit Lions (6-4) at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 at 12:30 PM ET. The contest will be televised across the country on FOX for domestic demographics. As a whole, Detroit has been the better team in this divisional feud as of late as they have won the previous three contests overall. In October, the two met in Minneapolis and Detroit defeated Minnesota 14-7, which was the Vikings’ last loss.
Both clubs step into this contest as two of the hottest teams in the NFC. Collectively, both outfits come in on winning streaks. For Minnesota, the surge has now reached six games as the Rams were the Vikings’ latest victim. Minnesota produced a 24-7 win in the Twin Cities. when they took down Los Angeles at home, last Sunday. For Detroit, the Lions come in now on a three-game winning streak capped off by a most recent victory against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in the Windy City.
Public Money Consensus
We have seen some interesting narratives unfold in this market. 62% of the cash is currently with the Lions whilst 74% of the tickets have been invested with the Vikings. Nevertheless, this market opened as a pick-em and very quickly the market moved by three points upward to reinforce action on Minnesota. Currently in Over/Under markets, the number has dropped by just half of a point from the open to its current position to indicate investments on the Under. However, 83% of the cash and 80% of the ticket action is on the Over.
