Minnesota Vikings VS Cincinnati Bengals Betting Pick & Preview – 12/16/2023

Jay Sanin on December 14th, 2023

Vikings +3 (-105) +140

Bengals -3 (-115) -166

Bengals -3 (-115) over Vikings

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Vikings +3 (-105) +140

Bengals -3 (-115) -166

Minnesota has benched quarterback Joshua Dobbs and will struggle with Nick Mullens under center this week.
Cincinnati has been good offensively with Jake Browning filling in for Joe Burrow and they should continue to be that way this weekend.

More backup quarterbacks will take center stage in the Vikings vs Bengals contest on Saturday afternoon. Nick Mullens will get his first start of the season for the Vikings in the place of Joshua Dobbs, while Jake Browning will continue to start for the Bengals in the place of the injured Joe Burrow. Expect the Bengals to cover the number at home in this matchup, as Browning has been much better than anticipated since being called into action.

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NFL

Dec 16, 2023 01:00 PM

Minnesota Vikings

Cincinnati Bengals

Spread Pick Consensus

+3.0/-108

-3.0/-112

38% MIN

CIN 62%

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+136

-167

31% MIN

CIN 69%

Total Pick Consensus

41.5/-110

64% UN

OV 36%

Team Stats

Offense/Defense

MIN	Team Stats	CIN
17	G	17
432	PTs	434
25.4	PPG	25.5
5898	YDS	5921
346.9	YDS/G	348.3
44	TD	50
2.6	TD/G	2.9
41.4	SC%	39.3
10.5	TO%	12.6

Defense/Offense

MIN	Team Stats	CIN
17	G	17
332	PTs	472
19.5	PPG	27.8
5702	YDS	6214
335.4	YDS/G	365.5
36	TD	54
2.1	TD/G	3.2
31.6	SC%	43.6
16.6	TO%	10.5

Passing

Offense/Defense

MIN	Passing	CIN
364	CMP	372
548	ATT	573
66.4	CMP%	64.9
237.8	YDS/GM	223.5
8.0	Y/A	7.0
6.8	NY/A	6.2
12	INT	15
49	SK	36

Defense/Offense

MIN	Passing	CIN
415	CMP	460
637	ATT	652
65.1	CMP%	70.6
242	YDS/GM	272.9
7.0	Y/A	7.5
6.0	NY/A	6.6
24	INT	9
49	SK	48

Rushing

Offense/Defense

MIN	Rushing	CIN
17	G	17
457	ATT	479
1855	YDS	2122
109.1	Y/G	124.8
4.1	Y/A	4.4
9	TD	20
0.5	TD/G	1.2

Defense/Offense

MIN	Rushing	CIN
17	G	17
392	ATT	380
1588	YDS	1574
93.4	Y/G	92.6
4.1	Y/A	4.1
12	TD	11
0.7	TD/G	0.6

Special Teams

Offense/Defense

MIN	Special Teams	CIN
24	Punts/Ret	26
164	Punt/Yds	228
6.8	Punt/Y/R	8.8
14	Kick Off/Ret	20
341	Kick Off/Yds	490
24.4	Kick Off/Y/rt	24.5

Defense/Offense

MIN	Special Teams	CIN
28	Punts/Ret	34
191	Punt/Yds	248
6.8	Punt/Y/R	7.3
14	Kick Off/Ret	39
399	Kick Off/Yds	1133
28.5	Kick Off/Y/rt	29.1

Scoring

Offense/Defense

MIN	Scoring	CIN
17	G	17
9	RshTD	20
35	RecTD	30
35	FGM	22
42	FGA	26
25.4	Pts/G	25.5

Defense/Offense

MIN	Scoring	CIN
17	G	17
12	RshTD	11
24	RecTD	43
23	FGM	25
30	FGA	33
19.5	Pts/G	27.8

Team Advanced Defense

MIN	Defense	CIN
38.9%	Bltz%	21.7%
8.7%	Hrry%	7.8%
10.8%	QB Hit%	11.3%
25.3%	QB Prss%	23.2%

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Current

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MIN

CIN

Consensus

-1.0 -109

+1.0 -110

+3.0 -109

-3.0 -113

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-3.0 -110

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Open

Current

Book

MIN

CIN

MIN

CIN

Consensus

-117

-105

+136

-167

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-115

-105

+130

-160

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Over

Under

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Under

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40.5 -110

41.5 -111

41.5 -110

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Injuries

Name	Position	Injury	Status	Updated
Alexander Mattison	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Brian O'Neill	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Cam Akers	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Chris Reed	OL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Dalton Risner	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Dean Lowry	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Ed Ingram	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Jalen Nailor	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
James Lynch	DL	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jordan Hicks	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Joshua Dobbs	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Justin Jefferson	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Kirk Cousins	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Lewis Cine	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Malik Knowles	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Marcus Davenport	OLB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Nick Muse	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Olisaemeka Udoh	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23

Name	Position	Injury	Status	Updated
Cam Taylor-Britt	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Chidobe Awuzie	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/13/23
Chris Evans	RB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Devin Cochran	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Devonnsha Maxwell	DT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
DJ Turner II	CB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Drew Sample	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jackson Carman	OT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jake Browning	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/13/23
Ja'Marr Chase	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23
Jaxson Kirkland	G	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Jay Tufele	DT	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Joe Bachie	LB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Joe Burrow	QB	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Mitchell Wilcox	TE	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/13/23
Trey Hill	C	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Tycen Anderson	S	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/16/23
Tyler Boyd	WR	Scrambled	Scrambled	12/14/23

Betting Trends

MIN	Betting Trends	CIN
OVERALL		OVERALL
1-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-1-0
1-1-1	ATS W/L/P	2-1-0
11	Avg Score	26
11	Avg Opp Score	20.33
AWAY		HOME
2-1-0	Win/Loss/Tie	1-2-0
2-0-1	ATS W/L/P	1-2-0
18	Avg Score	23.67
16.33	Avg Opp Score	20

MIN	Betting Trends	CIN
OVERALL		OVERALL
3-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-3-0
3-1-1	ATS W/L/P	2-3-0
18.2	Avg Score	25
16	Avg Opp Score	25
AWAY		HOME
4-1-0	Win/Loss/Tie	3-2-0
4-0-1	ATS W/L/P	3-2-0
19.4	Avg Score	22.4
14.4	Avg Opp Score	18.2

MIN	Betting Trends	CIN
OVERALL		OVERALL
7-3-0	Win/Loss/Tie	6-4-0
7-2-1	ATS W/L/P	6-4-0
19.7	Avg Score	23.4
16	Avg Opp Score	22
AWAY		HOME
6-4-0	Win/Loss/Tie	7-3-0
6-2-2	ATS W/L/P	4-6-0
21.5	Avg Score	22.9
20.7	Avg Opp Score	17.7

Head to Head

DATE	TM	LN	ML	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	SC
09/12/21	MIN CIN	47.5 3	-153 +128	0 0	7 14	7 7	10 3	0 3	24 27
12/17/17	CIN MIN	43 -13	+600 -750	0 17	0 7	0 3	7 7	0 0	7 34
12/22/13	MIN CIN	47.5 -7.5	N/A N/A	7 14	0 14	7 14	0 0	0 0	14 42
12/13/09	CIN MIN	43 -7	N/A N/A	0 0	7 16	0 7	3 7	0 0	10 30
09/18/05	MIN CIN	47.5 -3	N/A N/A	0 14	0 13	0 7	8 3	0 0	8 37
11/15/98	CIN MIN	46 -10.5	N/A N/A	0 7	3 0	0 7	0 10	0 0	3 24
12/24/95	MIN CIN	44 5	N/A N/A	3 3	21 0	0 14	0 10	0 0	24 27
09/27/92	MIN CIN	41.5 0	N/A N/A	14 0	14 0	7 0	7 7	0 0	42 7
12/25/89	CIN MIN	43.5 -4.5	N/A N/A	0 6	7 16	7 0	7 7	0 0	21 29
11/23/86	MIN CIN	46 -3	N/A N/A	10 21	10 0	0 0	0 3	0 0	20 24

Teams Last 10

DATE	TM	SC	LN	TOP	RA-YDS	C-ATT-YDS
01/13/25	MIN LAR	14 41	-3.8 72.8	32:18 27:42	34-162 34-138	38-61-250 29-41-309
01/05/25	MIN DET	4 21	1.4 38.0	23:48 36:12	13-81 21-120	12-28-95 18-22-145
12/29/24	GB MIN	28 31	55.4 0.6	24:30 35:30	27-118 29-78	21-34-189 37-49-421
12/22/24	MIN SEA	27 24	43.7 2.6	30:41 29:19	24-82 15-60	22-36-220 31-44-307
12/16/24	CHI MIN	1 10	15.0 -2.4	30:06 29:54	3-39 3-39	2-11-59 3-14-74
12/08/24	ATL MIN	15 30	33.4 -4.3	31:35 28:25	23-114 17-83	17-27-243 16-20-229
12/01/24	ARI MIN	14 15	29.2 -2.2	35:49 24:11	20-99 6-44	20-29-162 13-20-131
11/24/24	MIN CHI	23 20	-2.3 29.9	33:26 34:24	20-94 17-59	17-26-248 24-36-242
11/17/24	MIN TEN	2 1	12.3 0.6	32:31 27:29	10-25 2-10	2-3-72 2-3-80
11/10/24	MIN JAX	13 8	-7.4 44.7	42:19 17:41	45-178 19-59	25-40-245 15-23-92

DATE	TM	SC	LN	TOP	RA-YDS	C-ATT-YDS
01/04/25	CIN PIT	13 11	32.6 1.1	38:00 22:00	14-46 15-50	25-31-165 11-21-80
12/28/24	DEN CIN	27 34	3.8 57.1	26:57 41:56	31-139 32-130	27-35-233 44-55-434
12/22/24	CLE CIN	6 24	10.2 46.7	29:12 30:48	24-150 22-118	20-35-127 23-30-213
12/15/24	CIN TEN	13 3	15.8 0.7	28:31 31:29	3-35 3-29	3-13-93 3-13-100
12/09/24	CIN DAL	19 14	36.3 2.3	33:11 26:49	14-53 18-112	24-32-258 12-22-119
12/01/24	PIT CIN	28 24	1.2 29.5	31:09 28:51	17-71 6-60	19-24-263 18-24-181
11/17/24	CIN LAC	3 10	14.7 -0.3	34:08 25:52	2-34 2-48	3-15-105 2-11-86
11/07/24	CIN BAL	36 37	6.6 55.8	31:35 28:25	17-52 26-104	36-59-443 26-35-305
11/03/24	LV CIN	17 28	3.6 30.4	24:46 35:14	14-41 21-90	14-23-108 19-27-168
10/27/24	PHI CIN	55 25	5.4 70.0	31:48 28:12	57-237 29-85	24-29-348 38-55-327

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