No one knows what will happen in the Vikings-Lions game on Sunday, but we get paid money to do a little speculation, so here are … SIX BOLD PREDICTIONS.
MATT VENSEL, Vikings beat writer
Teddy Bridgewater will throw four touchdown passes — three of them to the Vikings. If we're going to call these "bold predictions," we better start making them bold. If we're going to be wrong, let's do it in spectacular fashion. So my sure-to-be-wrong prediction is that Bridgewater, who was out of sorts against the 49ers, will look shaky in the early going today, too. He will throw a pick-six against the Lions, who gave him trouble last year. But Bridgewater will stabilize himself after that, throwing three touchdown passes in a three-point win.
MARK CRAIG, Vikings beat writer and On The NFL columnist
Vikings win. After Monday night, that seems bold enough.
JIM SOUHAN, columnist
Crazy eights. Blair Walsh kicks eight field goals and the Vikings win, 24-19. Teddy Bridgewater plays well but is sacked 8 times — including three by T.J. Clemmings. Adrian Peterson rushes for 100 yards total — 150 when Bridgewater is under center, minus-50 from the shotgun.
CHIP SCOGGINS, columnist
