Vikings score predictions for Week 12 border battle with Packers

It's all on the line Sunday at Lambeau. J.J. McCarthy gets his sixth opportunity to show the world what he's all about, and the Vikings need a win to stay relevant in the playoff picture.

Will the Vikings keep their playoff hopes, which are on life support, alive with a huge road win? We've made our score predictions.

Will Ragatz: Packers 23, Vikings 17

I have legitimately considered the possibility that J.J. McCarthy’s “Nine” powers are only capable of being activated when he’s away from U.S. Bank Stadium, and that he’s going to lead the Vikings to a clean sweep of divisional road games in his sixth career start on Sunday. Sadly, I don’t think I can quite bring myself to actually predict that. With how McCarthy has played over the last two weeks, Packers defenders like Micah Parsons and Xavier McKinney have to be licking their chops. On the other side of the ball, a Vikings defense that doesn’t create takeaways anymore is going against Jordan Love and an offense that doesn’t turn the ball over. This will be an uphill battle for Minnesota.