Matthew Stafford is a good quarterback. He's not elite, though, and he has no ground game and just an average at best offensive line.

The Vikings have a vastly superior defense and more playmakers on offense than the Lions do. So I don't see this game being close at all.

The Vikings have held seven of their last eight opponents to 17 points or fewer. This past Sunday they held the Rams, the No. 1 scoring team in the NFL entering the week, to just seven points. Minnesota doesn't have a defensive weakness.

Under defensive guru Mike Zimmer, the Vikings have played the Lions seven times. Detroit is averaging 16.1 points in those matchups. Zimmer knows how to defend Stafford. The Lions were lucky to beat the Browns and Bears during the past two weeks.

Case Keenum doesn't have Stafford's talent. But he's been doing a good job and has better receiving weapons with Adam Thielen, who leads the NFL in receiving yardage, Stefon Diggs and tight end Kyle Rudolph. The Vikings' offensive line has been playing much better, too, yielding only one sack in the last five games.