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Minnesota Vikings @ New Orleans Saints Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

AWAY
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
VS
HOME
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
100 0 100 45 27 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
MIN's offense (16th in rushing) draws NO's #16 rush defense. MIN rates the 18-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
MIN #15  |  NO #16
Def
Def
MIN #12  |  NO #30
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
MIN #23  |  NO #18
Def
Def
MIN #11  |  NO #22
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
MIN 42  |  NO 22

Last 3 Meetings

2023-11-12
NO 19–MIN 27
2022-10-02
MIN 28–NO 25
2020-12-25
MIN 33–NO 52
MIN −2.5  ·  O/U 41.5  ·  NO +2.5 (Home Dog)
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.