Week 8– New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings
Opening Line: New England – 2
Monday, 8:30 pm Eastern
ESPN

Brady will need all targets playing well to extend road streak.

The New England Patriots look to extend a five-game road winning streak when they take on the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. Sources at SBG Global report that the public believes in the Patriots and that is where their money is.

New England (5-1) has won three straight since a 17-7 loss to Denver on Sept. 24. Minnesota (4-2) has been a surprise contender in the NFC. The Vikings are coming off a 31-13 win at Seattle that ended the defending NFC champion Seahawks' 12-game home win streak.

Tom Brady threw two TD passes for the third straight game as the Patriots won easily last week over Buffalo. ''I think we've improved in the passing game over the last several weeks,'' New England coach Bill Belichick said. ''I hope we have with all the meetings and practices and walkthroughs that we've had.

I think we're executing some things better in the passing game better than we were two weeks ago, three weeks ago. That being said, I still think there's a lot of room for growth. There are a lot of things to work on. But I think we're headed in the right direction. We've made progress.''

New England is a 1.5 point favorite with a total of 38.5 at SBG Global.

The Patriots last loss away from home was on Nov. 27 of last year, when they were defeated 26-16 by Kansas City. Chester Taylor had a career-high 169 yards, including a franchise-record 95-yard touchdown run, on 26 carries to lead the Vikings last Sunday. Taylor, signed as a free agent from Baltimore in the offseason, has been excellent for the Vikings.

''The way our defense is playing,'' Minnesota receiver Travis Taylor said, ''we're almost unstoppable. If we continue doing what we're doing on offense ... we're going to be a hard-to-beat team.''

''You've just got to try to do what you can to win,'' Travis Taylor said. ''We've played against some good teams, good defenses, so you've got to take advantage of their weaknesses.''

These teams haven't met since Brady threw three touchdown passes to lead the Patriots to a 24-17 win at home on Nov. 24, 2002.

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