The Minnesota Vikings will look to get back to .500 on the season Sunday when they head to Carolina to take on the Panthers. Per Field Yates of ESPN, Minnesota will have its top three weapons all available and ready to go.

The core three of Dalvin Cook, Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson is one of the better trio's in all of the NFL when looking across the landscape at other offenses. Cook has missed some time this year and getting him back is huge for a Vikings team trying to crawl back to get to 3-3.

Minnesota has had its fair share of heartbreak this year after losing in overtime in Week 1 to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1 and in Week 2 against the Arizona Cardinals after a missed 37-yard field goal as time expired. The Vikings have been able to figure things out a bit as they've won two of their last three.

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A big test awaits them on Sunday as the Panthers have been one of the pleasant surprises in the league so far. Perhaps one big angle in the game that's swinging in favor of the Vikings is the fact that Carolina superstar running back Christian McCaffrey missed his second straight day of practice on Friday and has since been ruled out for the game against Minnesota.

Mike Zimmer will have his full stock of weapons to use against the Panthers as the Vikings look to creep back into the NFC North picture.