Eric Eager explains the Vikings strange betting odds and point differential

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Matthew Coller gets together with Sumer Sports Show host and former PFF data scientist Eric Eager to talk about the Vikings' upcoming matchup with the Detroit Lions and why Detroit is favored to win. Plus the Vikings are making headlines because of their low point differential, what does Eric think it means? And they re-litigate the Vikings' decision to trade down as they get set to match up with Jameson Williams. -- For more of Matthew's Vikings coverage, head to purpleinsider.substack.com For bonus discussions, interview clips, and more videos, check out our YouTube channel! Interact with us on Twitter! @Purple_Insider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Purple Insider is presented by Liquid Death, delicious water that's bringing death to plastic.
0:05.7	Learn more at Liquiddeath.com. Insider. Oh well. Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collar here and joining me
0:29.8	formerly a Pro Football Focus now with sumer sports.
0:33.8	Eric Eager and the reason that I sent you a message
0:36.8	Eric and asked if you could come on the show
0:38.9	is because I got fan requests that said they're playing the lions.
0:44.8	You've been calling for the restoration of the roar
0:47.5	really from day one of the off season this year
0:50.1	that they claimed that the Detroit Lions would be better.
0:54.0	That take looked horrendous halfway through the season.
0:57.0	And now all of a sudden, there has been some restoration.
1:00.0	So we're giving the people what they want. You are back. Welcome.
1:05.0	All right. It's good to be on. Just you know love hanging out talking football and yeah I mean the
1:10.1	roar I I set out a Twitter poll yesterday and I asked the roar I said out a Twitter poll yesterday and I asked the roar is restored or not restored.
1:16.6	I think 43% said restored, 57% is not restored.
1:20.8	I think that's probably fair. You know, I think they could have, I think back at this
1:27.1	lion season as somebody who holds, you know, and before I joined Summer I placed some big bets on
1:32.4	over six and a half wins for the Detroit Lions.
1:34.8	I placed some, you know, to make the playoffs, which I don't think will actually hit.
1:38.8	And, you know, and then if you bet them against the spread every single week,
1:42.8	you've made money.
1:45.0	But thinking about their season,
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