Ted Walker

The schedule maker didn’t do Green Bay any favors this season as the Packers will be finishing up a streak where they will have played four of five away from home after their Week 7 bye. The road hasn’t been kind to the Pack as they have dropped all three (Rams, Patriots, Seahawks) to move to 0-5 as visitors overall. The Vikings have won four of the last six games in this series straight up and the home team has fared well of late going 4-1 ATS in the last five between these two. Sportsbooks have the Pack as 3.5 point underdogs and Ted Walker has an NFL prediction.

It is clear that this Seahawk team is limited in certain phases but they are still near-elite in others, including leading the league in rushing at 152 yards per game. Pete Carroll will not be shy about deploying that running game against the 22nd ranked rush defense of Green Bay. Is that matchup enough to make Seattle the favorite here? Ted Walker gives his NFL prediction.

Detroit owns two very impressive wins over the Patriots and Packers but they have also been on the wrong side of the scoreboard against the Jets and Niners. The jury is appropriately still out on Matt Patricia but it looks very much like this roster and his system are adding up to an 8-8 kind of team. The Lions are 16th in total offense, 16th in rush yards and 17th in points at 24.4 per game. Bookmakers have the Lions as 4.5 point underdogs. Does Patricia have enough to cover the spread for Lions backers?

Probably the best game on the card from a fan perspective is this Sunday’s Packers at Rams match. The NFL betting boards have the host Rams as -8.5 to -9.5 spread favorite with the total line at 56.5 points. Get handicapper Ted Walker’s predicted spread winner.