View The Long List Of Media Analysts Who Said Vikings Would Lose

EAGAN, MN — The Minnesota Vikings stunned the nation Sunday, defeating the New Orleans Saints in overtime at the Superdome. Almost none of the NFL experts and analysts in the national media gave the Vikings a chance. Many concluded Minnesota would get embarrassed.

Adam Thielen caught a 43-yard reception from Kirk Cousins in OT before Kyle Rudolph grabbed the 2-yard pass to seal a 26-20 victory for Minnesota.

Here are some — but not all — of the national media analysts who told us the Minnesota Vikings would lose to the New Orleans Saints Sunday:

• Sam Ponder, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
• Randy Moss, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
• Matt Hasselbeck, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
• Tedy Bruschi, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
• Rex Ryan, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown
• Colin Cowherd, Fox Sports
• Gregg Rosenthal, NFL.com
• Michael David Smith, Pro Football Talk
• Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk
• Win Percentage: 66.3 , Average Score: Vikings 20.1, Saints 25.6 — FOX Sports
• Pre-game win probabilities: Vikings 23 percent — FiveThirtyEight.com
• The Saints were favored over the Vikings by 7.5 points by most sports gambling books, according to Vegas Insider
• The entire NFL Network GameDay crew picked against the Vikings
• The entire NFL Fox Sunday cast also picked the Saints over the Vikings. Here were their incorrect score predictions:
  • Michael Strahan, New Orleans Saints win by 17
  • Terry Bradshaw, New Orleans Saints win by 17
  • Howie Long, New Orleans Saints win by 7
  • Tony Gonzalez, New Orleans Saints win by 7
  • Jimmy Johnson, New Orleans Saints win by 14

The Vikings will play the San Francisco 49ers on the road at 3:35 p.m. this Saturday in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.