Vikings Host Stout 49ers in Massive Spot: A Test for Resilience
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 The 49ers are on the road.
00:04 They're six and a half point favorites.
00:05 The total is 43.
00:07 It's always cool to see the 49ers play because they just have so
00:10 many different schemes and so many different interchangeable parts,
00:13 Warren, that just come in and do well when players are hurt.
00:16 It looks like Christian McCaffrey is going to play and play a lot,
00:20 at least according to one of the reports.
00:21 He's got somewhat of a torn oblique, but look,
00:25 I don't know if it's a smoke screen or not.
00:26 I guess we'll have to see. From Minnesota,
00:28 even though they're getting six and a half points and they're up against it,
00:32 obviously, Warren, this is a game they have to win and it's not going to be
00:35 easy for their season to just at least get close to what it resembled last
00:39 year. I know the Vikings typically have played within one possession at the
00:43 end of a game and historically speaking,
00:45 if you just bet every single Monday night home dog in the last 40 years,
00:49 you would have won more than you would have lost.
00:51 But again, not every scenario paints that.
00:53 What do you make of tonight's game?
00:56 Yeah, this is a game I've already sort of turned a page and started betting
01:00 games for week eight.
01:02 And I really have glossed over this to some extent because I didn't see a ton
01:07 of value. I initially, like you, leaned to the value in the home underdog,
01:11 the Minnesota Vikings catching the seven and couldn't ultimately get myself
01:16 there. But I'm certainly not betting the San Francisco 49ers in this spot.
01:20 And I did feel like the total was very fair.
01:22 So just laying out everything, like I'm not on a side,
01:26 I'm not on a total in this game.
01:27 I think Brandon Iuke props could be a little bit interesting in this one.
01:32 But other than that, you know,
01:34 Brock Purdy is going to probably be throwing the football a little bit more
01:37 than normal as long as this game is close.
01:40 Simply because like, I don't know if Christian McCaffrey does end up playing,
01:44 which that remains to be determined, how much they would want to use him,
01:48 how quickly they would want to yank him.
01:50 And this is certainly not the most important game for the 49ers.
01:53 You look at the Minnesota Vikings,
01:55 the way that you attack and beat this San Francisco 49ers defense is to the
02:00 perimeter through the air.
02:01 You got to throw the ball on, you got to throw the ball outside.
02:03 You can't attack them over the middle of the field.
02:05 So this is a game that Justin Jefferson would have come in huge for them.
02:09 Obviously, he's not there.
02:11 So we're going to need Kirk Cousins and Jordan Addison and that chemistry to
02:15 increase tonight.
02:16 We're going to need to see them spread the ball around to their receivers.
02:19 I don't think they're going to have any success on the ground.
02:22 They've had some success over the prior couple opponents,
02:25 having getting some things accomplished on the ground.
02:27 I don't think see that happening tonight.
02:30 So this game is just really tough to pick.
02:33 But if I was leaning towards anything, it might be something related to IUK.
02:37 But honestly, I bet absolutely zero dollars on the game tonight.
02:41 [MUSIC]
02:43 (bells chiming)