The Minnesota Vikings begin life without injured quarterback Kirk Cousins (Achilles) as they head south to take on the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. The Vikings (4-4) have won three straight games including a 24-10 win in Green Bay last weekend. The Falcons (4-4) enter off a 28-23 defeat in Tennessee. Atlanta won the team's most recent matchup in 2020, a road 40-23 victory.

Kickoff from Mercedes-Benz Stadium is set for 1 p.m. ET. Atlanta is a 3.5-point favorite in the Falcons vs. Vikings odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under is 38. Before making any Vikings vs. Falcons picks of your own, you NEED to check out the NFL predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 9 of the 2023 NFL season on an incredible 174-123 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season. It is also on a 28-15 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of last season.

The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94% of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is WAY up!

Now, it has simulated Falcons vs. Vikings 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over the total, and it also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks. 

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