It’s time to take a look at the results of our SB Nation Reacts survey for this week, and we’ve got quite a few things to get to, so let’s get started!
We’ll start off with the first question we ask in our survey every week, and that’s whether or not folks think that the Minnesota Vikings are moving in the right direction. Picking up a seventh consecutive win in relatively convincing fashion has a way of making people believe that.
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For the second consecutive week, we have 97% of those who responded to our poll believing that the Vikings are, in fact, going in the right direction. I’m not sure what that last 3% need in order to be convinced, honestly. The team is 12-2, locked into the playoffs, and looking to get themselves into the top spot in the division and the conference. That’s just about as close to the right direction as you can get, in my opinion.
Our next question for this week is who, to this point of the season, is the Vikings’ offensive MVP. When we asked this question back during the bye week, Sam Darnold walked away with the award, and. . .well, nothing has changed this time around.
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Our readers have once again declared Darnold to be the Vikings’ offensive MVP through the first fourteen games of the season, and he won with more of the vote than he did back in Week 6. This time around, Darnold garnered 61% of the vote from our readers, while back in Week 6 he got 51%. Justin Jefferson was the runner-up once again, increasing his take of the vote to 32% this time around, up from 27% when we last asked this question.
We also asked whether or not you folks think the Vikings are going to push themselves to the top spot in the NFC North for the second time in three years. They’re currently tied with Detroit for that spot, but they’ll face the toughest schedule in the NFL over the season’s final three weeks. Still, the people have faith.
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Of the people who replied to our survey, 54% of them believe that the Vikings are going to take the NFC North crown this year. It’s going to be a tall order, to be sure, but it’s definitely not impossible given what we’ve seen from this team this season.
Last, we have a look at what’s being expected from the Vikings this week according to the people who are putting their hard-earned money down on the National Football League. This week, the Vikings take a trip to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks, a place where they’ve struggled during their history. However, according to our friends from FanDuel, the feeling seems to be that they won’t be struggling this week.
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Of those who are putting their money down this week, 80% of them expect the Vikings to win by enough to cover the 3.5-point spread they’re looking at for the week. Only 20% are taking the Seahawks and the points. Here’s hoping that they’re correct.
That’s a look at our SB Nation Reacts survey results for this week, folks! As always, we thank everyone who took the time to participate, and we’ll have more questions for you next week.