Our Official Prediction: Packers at Vikings

The VikingsTerritory collective staff prediction for the Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings is in.

Our Official Prediction: Packers at Vikings

Minnesota defeated the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 27-24 last Sunday afternoon, the club’s eighth straight win. The dub maintained the fancy win streak, kept homefield advantage hopes alive for the postseason, and nudged the win-loss record to 13-2.

This Sunday, the Vikings are at home to battle the 10-4 Packers, a squad locked into a Wildcard playoff spot but hoping to ruin Minnesota’s grand hopes for the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

The writers at VikingsTerritory predict Minnesota will win its 14th game of the season.

Writers mostly chose the Vikings, evidently confident that the Vikings’ 13-2 record will climb to 14-2.

Here’s how the panel sees the score for Week 17:

Dustin Baker: Vikings Win, 24-21
Brevan Bane: Packers Win, 30-26
Sean Borman: Packers Win, 32-30
Janik Eckardt: Vikings Win, 21-17
Josh Frey: Vikings Win, 27-24
Henrique Gucciardi: Vikings Win, 27-17
Wes Johnson: Vikings Win, 34-30
Kyle Joudry: Packers Win, 38-34
Adam New: Vikings Win, 30-29
Ted Schwerzler: Vikings Win, 24-20
Ali Siddiqui: Vikings Win, 31-27
Cole Smith: Vikings Win, 27-25

Mathematically en masse, we predict the Vikings will top the Packers by a score of 28-26.

And 2024 season standings for our writers’ predictions:

Henrique Gucciardi: 13-2
Wes Johnson: 13-2
Ted Schwerzler: 13-2
Kyle Joudry: 12-3
Cole Smith: 12-3
Brevan Bane: 11-4
Janik Eckardt: 11-4
Ali Siddiqui: 11-4
Dustin Baker: 10-5
Josh Frey: 10-5
Adam New: 10-5
Sean Borman: 9-6

In Week 16, Wes Johnson most accurately predicted the outcome of Seahawks-Vikings. He forecasted a three-point win for Minnesota, and it, indeed, won by three.

The Vikings are favored to prevail by 1.5 against the Packers, and if so, Minnesota would be one step closer to securing homefield advantage throughout the postseason. If the Vikings win their next two games, all purple playoff games will occur at U.S. Bank Stadium.

USA Today’s Lorenzo Reyes picked the Vikings over the Packers, too, 25-21. “I’ve been dubious of the Vikings throughout this season, expecting Sam Darnold to eventually fall off. Minnesota has proven me wrong time and time again, and their track record should give them some benefit of the doubt, even in a huge NFC North showdown like this,” he wrote.

The Vikings haven’t beaten the Packers twice in the same season since 2017.

Green Bay will also hope to avoid sliding into the NFC’s seventh playoff seed, a spot currently inhabited by the Washington Commanders.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL. 

All statistics provided by Pro Football Reference / Stathead; all contractual information provided by OverTheCap.com.