Kirk Cousins pulled Ryan Kramer onto the Vikings in this one. Minnesota visits the Packers on Sunday, November 15 at 1:00 PM ET in Green Bay, WI. The Packers were 3-point favorites with a total of 42 when the guys taped on November 11. Ryan took the Vikings +3 because of the Cousins trade, and Sean Green laid the 3 with Green Bay. The whole argument is on the NFL Picks Week 10 episode.
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The Packers were 3-point favorites over the Vikings with a total of 42 when the guys taped on November 11.
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- Ryan Kramer (@KramerCentric): Vikings +3
- Sean Green (@SeanTGreen): Packers -3
Ryan opened by saying Cousins isn’t getting enough credit. As the guys described it, the Vikings brought him over from the Raiders, and Ryan thinks he gives Minnesota a baseline it hasn’t had, since the Vikings haven’t been getting even below-average quarterback play. He isn’t worried about Cousins learning the offense in a few days, since Cousins has run versions of this system for basically his whole career. The guys also pointed out that the Vikings have changed starting quarterbacks 17 times since Cousins left after 2023.
Sean agreed with some of that and still went the other way. He doesn’t see Lambeau outdoors as a great spot for Cousins, who is being dropped in on a short week while the Vikings come off a tough Monday night game. Sean also said Jordan Love knows this Vikings team well and that the Packers were hitting explosive plays in the first meeting. He likes Green Bay in an in-division revenge spot and thinks the Packers defense is still underrated. His call is that the Packers win, so he lays the three.
Ryan kept returning to Brian Flores and what he does to one-dimensional offenses. He also said the blowout nature of the Packers’ last game made him want to fade them. Sean put it to him directly: does he really think the Vikings beat the Packers twice this year? Ryan said yes, he guessed so, and took the points with the idea that Minnesota absolutely could win the game.
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