New York Giants (12-3) vs. Minnesota Vikings (9-6) NFL Picks: For the Minnesota Vikings Sunday’s NFL Picks Week 17 game means everything. For the New York Giants it means absolutely nothing; advantage, Minnesota. Consequently the fact, that the Giants have already clinched the NFC’s No. 1 seed could turn out to be a huge break for the Vikings, who are still trying to wrap up the NFC North division title. But what do the odds say?
According to odds-makers at SBGglobal.com, the Minnesota Vikings [-6½] are indeed Sports Odds favorites to win this contest, as the resting New York Giants [+6½] are the underdogs, for speculative reasons. 
As was the case going into last weekend, the Vikings can clinch the NFC North with either a victory or a loss by Chicago. Last Sunday, Minnesota saw its 4-game win streak stopped by the Atlanta Falcons, 24-17 and the following night, the Bears defeated the packers Green Bay 20-17 in an overtime nail-biter. The OVER/UNDER for this New York Giants vs. Minnesota Vikings contest has been tallied at a combined 42 points.
As a result of last Sunday’s results, Minnesota fell into a tie atop the division with Chicago, which visits Houston on Sunday, but owns the tiebreaker. The Vikings are looking to win their first division title since winning the then-NFC Central in 2000. “Our guys have come back looking to improve every single week, and there's plenty we can improve on,” Vikings coach Brad Childress said. “It's important that as Barack Obama said, ‘Our destiny won't be written for us. It'll be written by us,’ and our guys understand that.”
The speculation and the common belief, if you will, is that Tom Coughlin will rest his starters to get them ready for another championship-run. “Our basic philosophy is that we want to win every game and that's where our mentality should be,” Coughlin said. “We will be smart about any advice we get from our medical people.”
