Monday Night Football Minnesota Viking at Green Bay Packers: NFL’s Monday Night Football kicks off with a great Week 1 divisional rivalry between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. This MNF game can be seen live on ESPN, starting at 7 PM ET from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. At SportsBook.com, the Green Bay Packers are -2 (points) NFL Monday Night Football betting odds favorites against the Minnesota Vikings +2 .

Monday night marks the 95th meeting between these clubs, and it’s the 6th time that they meet in the season opener. For the betting odds favorite Packers, this will mark the third consecutive year that they open their season at home.

Currently the Green Bay Packers are 48-36-3 in season openers, but have lost 3 of their last 5. The last time these clubs met, dates back to November 11th of last year (2007).

In that game, the Packs recorded the first shutout of their 94-game history by blanking out Minnesota 34-0. The OVER/UNDER in this Monday Night Football: Minnesota Viking at Green Bay Packers, has been set at a total of 38 combined points .

However, these teams long rivalry will not be the main plot in this week 1 game. All eyes will certainly be on new starting QB Aaron Rogers . Rogers will become the first quarterback to start for Green Bay since the 1992 NFL regular season. Minnesota’s QB, Tavaris Jackson will also be under a watchful eye, as he survived the Brett Favre scare. Jackson will be counting on the NFL Rookie of the Year, Adrian Peterson, to help him lead the troops, and get a “W” in Week 1. 

Will the Packers' and Aaron Rogers' debut be as successful as Brett Favre's and the New York Jets'? Or will Adrian Peterson and the talented Minnesota Viking spoil the party for Green Bay in Lambeau? Get your Monday Night Football Prediction: Minnesota Viking at Green Bay Packers, and start Winning Big. 

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