Two of the hottest teams in the NFL will collide in the Week 11 Sunday Night Football game when the Denver Broncos host the Minnesota Vikings at Empower Field. After losing four of their first five games, the Vikings (6-4) are on a NFL-best five-game winning streak. The Broncos (4-5) have won three in a row, which is tied for the second best winning streak in the league. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET. Denver is a 2.5-point favorite in the latest Broncos vs. Vikings odds while the over/under for total points scored is 42.5. The Broncos are -144 favorites (risk $144 to win $100) on the money line, while the Vikings are at +122.

Before you make any Vikings vs. Broncos picks or NFL parlays, you need to see what SportsLine senior analyst Larry Hartstein has to say, considering his mastery of picks involving Minnesota.

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. Hartstein tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 against-the-spread. Those selections form the basis of his SportsLine NFL best bets, which are 53-39-1 ATS since the start of last season.

Hartstein also has a read on the pulse of the Vikings. In fact, he is 36-17-2 (+1720) on his last 55 against-the-spread picks in games involving Minnesota! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Hartstein knows Denver's defense has vastly improved over the last four weeks. Over the first five games of the season, the Broncos allowed 36.2 points and 450.6 yards per game as they went 1-4. Over the last four weeks, Denver has given up just 16.8 points and 340.8 yards a game. The Broncos are 3-1 over that stretch.

Hartstein also has taken into account that journeyman quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been strong since joining the Vikings. Acquired from Arizona prior to the trade deadline, Dobbs has started both of Minnesota's games since then and is 2-0 with 426 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, zero interceptions, 110 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. He is the first quarterback since the NFL merger in 1970 to have two wins, two passing touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns and 200 passing yards in his first two games with a franchise.

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Broncos vs. Vikings. We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK. You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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