Benster and D Pick Your Game--------Emergency Television Mandated Edition

Old dude, the NFL wants you to watch the Vikings and Rams on a Thursday night? Say what?

Money to be made, young fella. 

Bet there is going to be one heck of a jam near the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Vikings and Rams both seem to want to go places, but this might be an NFC playoff future.

Well, at least one team. Wondering about the visitors, though.

I agree. It is time to watch me work.

Minnesota Vikings (+7) vs. Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings looked horrible on Sunday, getting destroyed at home by the Bills despite being comfortable favorites. I'm going to be real with you, last week could have been the unmasking of the Vikings. Mike Zimmer has to approach this game as the point of no return game, because the Vikings looked solid their opener, very loose in the turns against the Packers, and looked downright awful against the Bills. I think the Vikings are going to play better, but the problem is that the Rams have done a few things right. First, the Rams have improved themselves and are trying to be a winner that the city of Los Angeles is going to get behind. Remember, Los Angeles can be a good football town, as I remember USC being almost like a pro team back in the day under Cheat Carroll. The Rams have one of the best offensive minds in Sean McVay and have an offense that is well-equipped to match up against a good Vikings defense. Everyone is talking the Vikings up as Super Bowl contenders, but the Rams secretly seem to look better, and I think the Rams will win and send Zimmer into his first crisis as a head coach. Rams 35, Vikings 17.

The NFL being the way it is, all of what you say could be true, yet it might work out for the Vikings. Buffalo looked like a CFL team for the first two weeks of the season, then strolled into Minneapolis and destroyed the locals. If I were a Vikings fan, I'd be very worried about Kirk Cousins right now. The Rams have an unbelievable defensive line and the Vikings offensive line was, well, abysmal last week. They get three days to shore that up. If they don't, look out. Rams 28, Vikings 20.
I always tell it like it is, and I never drink the purple Kool-Aid. Ben out!