The Minnesota Vikings are 5-1 straight up and 6-0 against the spread in their last six games at home. The Vikings will look for continued home success this Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions.
NFL odds 2016, Week 9: Vikings, Packers, Giants among betting favorites for top matchups
After suffering two losses on the road, the Vikings will try to bounce back at home against the Lions as one of the betting favorites on the Week 9 NFL lines.
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Minnesota is a 6.5-point home favorite over the Lions at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Historically this head-to-head series has tilted heavily in Minnesota's favor as the Vikings have won 21 of their last 28 games against the Lions and are 7-2 ATS in their last nine games against them.
Detroit had a 3-0 SU and ATS streak snapped in a road loss to Houston last Sunday, falling to 4-4 SU and ATS on the season.
NFL Week 9 Betting Lines (see the complete list at OddsShark)
Indianapolis at Green Bay (-7)
Buffalo at Seattle (-7)
Detroit at Minnesota (-6.5)
Philadelphia at NY Giants (-2.5)
Denver at Oakland (-1)
By losing to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, the Philadelphia Eagles slipped to 4-3 SU and ATS on the season since starting 3-0 SU and ATS. Dallas has taken control over the NFC East at 6-1 SU while Philadelphia and New York are both at 4-3 with Washington at 4-3-1.
The standings will get a shuffle this week when the Eagles visit the Giants on Sunday as 2.5-point underdogs. New York is just 3-13 SU and ATS in its last 16 games against Philadelphia.
Two teams that have underachieved through the first half of the season clash when the Indianapolis Colts visit the Green Bay Packers. Both of these teams have lost two of their last three games, bringing the Colts to 3-5 SU and 3-4-1 on the season and the Packers to 4-3 SU and 3-3-1 ATS.
Indianapolis is going off as a 7-point underdog on the road. In the Colts' last 11 games as an underdog of 7.5 points or less, the team is 10-1 SU and ATS per the OddsShark NFL Database.
Rounding out the Week 9 betting board is a battle for first place in the AFC West on Sunday night of Denver at Oakland (-1) and a Monday night matchup of Buffalo at Seattle (-7).
Denver has won eight of its last nine games against the Raiders and is 8-2 ATS over its last 10 games. Buffalo has lost in five of its last six appearances on Monday Night Football.
