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The NFL has saved the best game of the year for last. When the Week 18 schedule was finally announced at the conclusion of the Week 17 Sunday night game between the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Commanders, it became obvious that the winner-take-all matchup between the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings and the 14-2 Detroit Lions would […]

The Green Bay Packers continued to struggle against their NFC North rivals, losing 27-25 to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 17. Head coach Matt LaFleur recognized what the Packers must fix in order to compete with the NFC’s most talented teams. But when it comes to a controversial block, LaFleur is standing firm. Second-year tight […]

When the Minnesota Vikings signed Sam Darnold earlier this year, it was to serve as a bridge quarterback to whichever player the team landed in the 2024 NFL draft. Now sure, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah surely had some preferences as to who he would like to end up with, maybe Michael Pennix, maybe JJ McCarthy, […]

The Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 season seemed to end before it had even begun when quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who the Vikings drafted No. 10 overall, tore his meniscus during the preseason. Fast forward to Week 18 and the Vikings are 14-2 and are one win away from clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC. How […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the best stories of the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota is 14-2 heading into a huge Week 18 matchup against Detroit that will decide the division and the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The Vikings could not have had such a successful regular season without the heroic play […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold gave an eye-opening reaction to his team’s massive win against the Green Bay Packers. Head coach Kevin O’Connell’s team has been one of the best stories this year. At the forefront of this franchise’s 14-2 season is a quarterback who has been labeled a bust for most of his career. […]

The Green Bay Packers’ comeback attempt against the Minnesota Vikings fell just short Sunday. The Packers lost 27-25 setting the Vikings up for a chance to win the NFC North in a Week 18 clash with the Detroit Lions. Green Bay fell to 11-5 and will settle for a Wild Card berth. The Vikings aired […]

Not a lot of people expected Sam Darnold to have the season he is having with the Minnesota Vikings when the team signed him to a one-year, $10 million deal. That contract now looks like a huge bargain just based on what Darnold has accomplished thus far in his first season with the NFC North […]

The Minnesota Vikings passed the first part of their final exam in the 2024 regular season, beating the Green Bay Packers 27-25 at U.S. Bank Stadium and raising their record to 14-2 in the process. The Vikings have won 9 games in a row and the victory sets up season-ending confrontation with the Detroit Lions […]

Tom Brady is arguably the greatest professional football player of all-time. However, he is going through an adjustment period in his first full season in the broadcast booth for Fox Sports. He made the kind of error in the pregame introduction of the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings Week 17 game that he almost never made […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota is 13-2 heading into Week 17 and is in a tight race with Detroit for the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. The Vikings simply have to win in Week 17 and they face a familiar foe […]

This is undoubtedly the top NFL game in the penultimate weekend of the season, as these two NFC North powerhouses meet at U.S. Bank Stadium. Ahead of the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings Week 17 game, we will be making our Vikings predictions. The Vikings (13-2) have had a brilliant season and come into this game […]

When the Minnesota Vikings used the 10th pick i n the 2024 NFL Draft to select JJ McCarthy, the expectation was that the former Michigan Wolverine would be the starter in Minnesota soon enough. Even if it wasn’t immediately, McCarthy represented the future for the Vikings. However, a knee injury put McCarthy’s rookie season to […]

It’s a big Green Bay Packers Week 17 game coming up against the Minnesota Vikings, and there’s a ton on the line for both teams. Ahead of the Packers-Vikings game, we’ll be making our Packers Week 17 predictions. This isn’t for all the marbles, but simply put, both teams will be judged based on the […]

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the NFC playoff picture is beginning to take shape, but much remains unsettled. Only two teams, the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles, have clinched playoff spots, leaving the other five seeds up for grabs. It’s shaping up to be a thrilling race that could come down […]

After selecting JJ McCarthy with the 10th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, had you told Minnesota Vikings fans that it would be Sam Darnold leading the team into the final weeks of the season, they would’ve likely assumed that something had gone terribly wrong. In reality, losing McCarthy to a torn meniscus over […]

The Minnesota Vikings have slowly grown from one of the best stories in the NFL this season into a team that feels like it can truly compete for an NFC Championship and a Super Bowl. The Vikings improved to 13-2 on Sunday with another nail biting win, this time over the Seattle Seahawks 27-24. With […]

The Minnesota Vikings were an afterthought at the start of the NFL season, and many observers looked at head coach Kevin O’Connell’s team as a likely last-place finisher in the NFC North. The situation has changed dramatically with two weeks remaining in the regular season. The Vikings have reeled off eight straight victories and if […]

To the shock of many, quarterback Sam Darnold’s play has the Minnesota Vikings poised to make a deep playoff run. However, Darnold’s breakout season didn’t appear out of thin air. Of course, he had to put in the work and prove he can still be a starting quarterback in the NFL. But Darnold didn’t do […]

After three weeks of home games, the Minnesota Vikings hit the road in Week 16, traveling to the Pacific Northwest to face the Seattle Seahawks. Though the Vikings (12-2) have already clinched a spot in the NFC playoff picture, the battle for the NFC North remains alive, as they aim to overtake the Detroit Lions. […]

The Minnesota Vikings head to Seattle to take on the Seahawks as they look to continue their momentum as they push toward the Number 1 seed in the playoffs as they come into this Week 16 matchup. It is time to continue our NFL odds series with a Vikings-Seahawks prediction and pick. Vikings-Seahawks Last Game […]

The Minnesota Vikings clinched a playoff berth on Sunday due to the Seattle Seahawks’ loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football, and Sam Darnold revealed how players on the team reacted to the news as they prepared for their Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears. Darnold said that some Vikings […]

Sam Darnold finds himself in an interesting situation with the Minnesota Vikings, who have Daniel Jones on the practice squad along with J.J. McCarthy on the injured list. Darnold has drawn Baker Mayfield comparisons, but there are questions about his future with the Vikings. Darnold’s situation is similar to that of Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield, […]

The Minnesota Vikings enter Monday Night Football with an 11-2 record and can tie the Detroit Lions for the NFC North lead. It is among the most surprising results of the season, as Sam Darnold and Minnesota have already clinched a playoff spot. They also picked up Daniel Jones when he was cut by the […]

Coming into the 2024 season, all Minnesota Vikings fans could’ve hoped for was that the after moving on from 35-year-old Kirk Cousins in the offseason, the franchise had found their quarterback of the future. That guy was supposed to be JJ McCarthy, the 10th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and a National Champion […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been labeled as one of the top surprises throughout the 2024 NFL season. They faced a daunting schedule at the start of the year, and it appeared that this was a team in transition that had a very good chance of losing four of its first five games. But instead of […]

The New York Jets are going to play out this season with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. Whether that’s wise or not, as the 3-10 Jets are in the hunt for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft is another story. For now, Rodgers is the quarterback they brought in — and paid […]

This probably isn’t what Minnesota Vikings coaches meant by film study. But safeties Josh Metellus and Camryn Bynum continued their choreographed, movie-themed interception celebrations in the Vikings’ Week 15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. This time the defensive back duo recreated the dance from 2004’s White Chicks. While it’s fun to imagine Metellus and Bynum […]

The NFC playoff picture is starting to take shape after Week 14, and one team in particular is feeling good about how things turned out: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who now hold sole possession of the NFC South. For weeks, the Atlanta Falcons controlled the division and occupied the No. 4 seed in the NFC. […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold has performed about as well as any NFL quarterback this season, and that caught former quarterback Dan Orlovsky’s attention. On the season, Darnold is having a career year. He’s throwing for 3,299 yards, 28 touchdowns, and only ten interceptions and has Minnesota sitting at an 11-2 record. Orlovsky said on […]

The Minnesota Vikings welcomed the Atlanta Falcons into their building and won 42-21 in Week 14. It marked the 11th win of Minnesota’s season with Sam Darnold at the helm. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins threw two more interceptions in Atlanta’s fourth straight loss. In a measuring stick game for this offseason’s moves, Darnold and the Vikings […]

The Minnesota Vikings are 10-2 coming into their game against the Atlanta Falcons, and the offense has been able to stay afloat despite not that many touchdowns from Justin Jefferson. He’s gone six straight games without a touchdown, which ties his longest streak. In an interview with NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Sam Darnold was asked […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Nobody expected the Vikings to be a competitive team after losing Kirk Cousins. However, Minnesota is 10-2 heading into Week 14 and is still alive in the NFC North division race. The Vikings have not had any discussions regarding […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the best surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Most NFL fans and analysts discounted the Vikings as the odd team out in the NFC North during the preseason. Now, the Vikings are 10-2 heading into Week 14 and are in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt. Minnesota […]

It appeared the Minnesota Vikings were suffering from a significant letdown in their Week 13 home game against the Arizona Cardinals. Despite taking a 4-game winning streak into the game, they were getting shut down at U.S. Bank Stadium by the visitors. Arizona had a 19-6 late in the third quarter, but just when it […]

The Minnesota Vikings improved to 10-2 on Sunday with a comeback victory over the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 23-22 and quarterback Sam Darnold set a career first in the process. Via Kevin Seifert of ESPN: “Sam Darnold throws the first go-ahead touchdown in the final 2 minutes of Q4/OT in his career, and […]

Sam Darnold has rightfully earned his place atop the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback totem pole. Still, as the team evaluates the present and future of the position, the Vikings signed Daniel Jones to their practice squad. Jones will be learning under Darnold as he tries to revamp his NFL career. In turn, Darnold is excited for […]

The Minnesota Vikings is one of the best surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota is 9-2 heading into Week 13 and is only one game back in a tight NFC North division race. The Vikings are greatly exceeding everyone’s offseason expectations as the team most likely to finish fourth in the division. There is […]

Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison admitted a nervous moment in Sunday’s win, and head coach Kevin O’Connell raised eyebrows with his comments about Daniel Jones. And the narrow victory over the Bears doesn’t prove the Vikings are in trouble come playoff time. Close games happen all the time in the NFL. Even when teams are […]