The Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints have fashioned a mini rivalry over the previous few seasons. Ever because the Minneapolis Miracle, the Vikings and Saints have performed 4 occasions, splitting the sequence 2-2. In week ten, the groups will match up once more in Minnesota for the primary time since 2018.

The final time the 2 groups met was October of final season in London the place the Saints have been the “dwelling” workforce. The Saints have been inches away from sending the sport to extra time, however Wil Lutz’s 61-yard game-tying FG try was simply brief after bouncing off the crossbar. The Saints will look to get revenge in Minnesota in week ten.

Outdoors of probably shedding Dalvin Cook dinner, the Vikings’ offense will look fairly much like final 12 months. Kirk Cousins will nonetheless be beneath middle, and Justin Jefferson will construct on his OPOY efficiency from final season. TJ Hockenson is returning after being traded final season, they usually added one of many prime receivers within the 2023 class in Jordan Addison to switch Adam Theilen. Their passing offense will put the Saints’ secondary to the take a look at, but when Lattimore, Taylor, and Adebo are wholesome, it’ll be a enjoyable matchup to observe.

The Vikings’ run sport is trying suspect. If Cook dinner will get reduce or traded (which appears fairly probably), their RB1 will probably be Alexander Mattison. Mattison has been a serviceable backup when Cook dinner has been injured, however I don’t assume he can deal with the quantity of carries that comes with being an RB1.

On the defensive aspect of the ball, Minnesota additionally stayed comparatively unchanged. They traded away Za’Darius Smith to the Browns and misplaced Patrick Peterson and Erik Kendricks in free company. The large storyline to observe on this sport will probably be Marcus Davenport. The previous Saints defensive finish by no means discovered his footing in New Orleans, however we’ll see if a change of surroundings might help the previous first-round decide.

This matchup would be the remaining sport earlier than the Saints’ bye week in week 11. They’ll be coming off a house sport towards Chicago and hopefully can trip some momentum into this sport. For the Vikings, they’re coming off back-to-back highway video games towards the Packers and Falcons.

Three of the final 5 occasions these groups have matched up, it’s come all the way down to a one-score sport. The Saints and Vikings have traded wins because the Minneapolis Miracle, so if that development holds, the Saints may stroll out with a win. Anticipate this to be a detailed sport, however so long as the Saints are wholesome heading into this sport, I believe they’ve an excellent likelihood of pulling this one out on the highway.

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