Members of the Pioneer Press sports staff who cover the Vikings forecast Sunday’s game in Minneapolis against the Bengals:
DANE MIZUTANI
Vikings 28, Bengals 27: The battle of the backups! Carson Wentz has started 94 games in the NFL. That experience will give Wentz the slight edge over Jake Browning this weekend, and thus, the Vikings the slight edge over the Bengals.
CHARLEY WALTERS
Bengals 17, Vikings 14: J.J. McCarthy out. Joe Burrow out. Kirk Cousins lurks. The Vikings are in trouble.
JOHN SHIPLEY
Bengals 14, Vikings 12: No one knows how good Carson Wentz will be on Sunday in his first start with the Vikings, but after last week it’s difficult to pick the Vikings.
JACE FREDERICK
Vikings 23, Bengals 14: Brian Flores’ defense — the Vikings’ best unit — is a good bet to intercept Jake Browning multiple times. So if Kevin O’Connell allows himself to go vanilla and repeatedly run Jordan Mason, the Vikings should breeze to a boring, yet comfortable victory.
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