Sunday, October 25th
Indianapolis Colts @ Minnesota Vikings, 1:00 PM ET
Folks, this game is going to get out of hand. The 5-0 Minnesota Vikings are hosting the 2-4 Indianapolis Colts. The Colts actually fired General Manager Chris Ballard on Monday after a lengthy, but failed tenure that resulted in zero AFC South titles.
The Colts dropped a really brutal game at home to Tennessee in Week 6, and that seemed to be the deciding factor. In the coming weeks, the Colts could get active at the NFL Trade Deadline, as players like Quenton Nelson and Jonathan Taylor could fetch healthy returns as the Colts get further into another lost season.
The Vikings, on the other hand, seem to be flirting with Super Bowl contention. They're 5-0 on the season and are getting Super Bowl-caliber player from their defense thus far. As for the offense, it's clear that this unit will begin to operate more efficiently as Kyler Murray gets more comfortable with the personnel and scheme.
This is all to say that the Vikings might not even be close to peaking yet. The Colts also just do not have the personnel to combact an aggressive Vikings defense, and the Colts defense doesn't do anything particularly well, so this could be a game where Murray and the offense really begin to hit their stride.
Minnesota should be able to win this one and move to 6-0 on the season, and it's honestly wild to think that, after an offseason of QB drama, the Vikings are likely remaining an unbeaten team as the middle of the season approaches.
And with another likely Colts loss, you'd naturally begin to wonder if they'd consider picking up the phones and beginning to act as sellers as the NFL Trade Deadline approaches. The deadline is on November 10th.
Anwyay, Vikings win in a blowout.
Prediction: Vikings win 35-9
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