3* (107) CINCINNATI BENGALS at (108) MINNESOTA VIKINGS. The Vikings return home after the "Debacle in the Desert", getting embarrassed on national TV by the Cardinals. It's not a good time to be playing them. I'm not impressed with the overachieving Bengals (9-3). A close look at this schedule finds a lot of easy games, especially now that we've seen the demise of the Steelers and Ravens the last month. The Bengals do have a road win at Green Bay in Week 2, though they allowed 24 points, but they have a string of close, low scoring games they won, and got bombed by one of the few multi-dimensional offenses they faced, a 28-17 loss to Houston. And Minnesota has so many more weapons on both sides of the ball than the Texans. Cincy loves to run the football to take the pressure off Carson Palmer, but they won't be able to run against this awesome Minnesota front line. The Vikings (10-2) can secure a spot in the playoffs with a victory on Sunday, and a win coupled with a Green Bay loss would hand Minnesota its second straight NFC North title. But first the Vikings will need to put last Sunday night's 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals behind them. The Vikings had a four-game winning streak broken, losing for the first time a 27-17 setback to Pittsburgh on October 25. That was also the only other time this season that Minnesota failed to score at least 27 points before this past Sunday, with the team having outscored its opposition 98-29 over the previous three games. Minnesota has won all six of its home games this year and 12 of its last 13 at the Metrodome. The home team has so much speed on offense and will win by double digits. Play the Vikings.