A rushing game script is implied by the Vikings being a 3-point favorite in this week's game.With a 58.8% rate of throwing the ball (adjusted for context) this year, the 7th-least pass-oriented offense in the league has been the Minnesota Vikings.The leading projections forecast the Minnesota Vikings to be the 4th-slowest paced defense in the NFL (in a neutral context) at the present time, causing opposing offenses to average 29.13 seconds per play.The Bengals have intercepted 0.88 passes per game since the start of last season, ranking as the 7th-best defense in the league by this metric.As it relates to safeties in covering receivers, Cincinnati's collection of safeties has been outstanding since the start of last season, profiling as the 7th-best in football.
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