Minnesota at New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — The Minnesota Vikings will visit the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in a National Football League game at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La. Game-time forecast is 74 degrees.

Minnesota enters with a 4-0 record. New Orleans is 1-3. The Vikings’ most recent result was a 15-10 home win over Miami. Kyler Murray completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards and rushed six times for 16 yards. Aaron Jones Sr. ran 20 times for 94 yards and caught four passes for 34 yards. Demond Claiborne added three carries for 12 yards. Minnesota also has wins at Tampa Bay, at Chicago and at home against Green Bay.

New Orleans’ most recent result was a 45-24 home loss to Atlanta. Tyler Shough completed 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, rushed twice for 5 yards and threw one touchdown. Alvin Kamara ran seven times for 23 yards and caught five passes for 35 yards and two touchdowns. CJ Donaldson ran three times for 18 yards, caught two passes for 5 yards and recorded one tackle. The Saints also have a home loss to Las Vegas, a road win at Baltimore and an overtime road loss at Detroit.

Murray is the player to watch for Minnesota. In his past two games, he passed for 247 yards against Miami and 168 yards with one touchdown against Tampa Bay, adding 16 and 17 rushing yards. Shough is the player to watch for New Orleans. He passed for 286 yards and one touchdown against Atlanta, 255 yards and four touchdowns against Las Vegas, and 252 yards and one touchdown against Baltimore. He also rushed for 5, 36 and 23 yards in those games, with one rushing touchdown against Baltimore.

Minnesota’s next 10 games include Indianapolis at home, at Detroit, Buffalo at home, at Green Bay, at San Francisco, Atlanta at home, Carolina at home, at New England, Detroit at home and Washington at home. New Orleans’ next 10 games include at N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh at home, Cleveland at home, Carolina at home, at Chicago, at Cincinnati, Green Bay at home, at Carolina, at Tampa Bay and Arizona at home.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of New Orleans 25, Minnesota 22. Interstat’s ELO system projects Minnesota with an 83.4 percent probability to win. New Orleans has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under is 41.5.