Daily Norseman
On Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings will complete their 2025 slate of NFC North divisional road games as they make their annual journey to deepest, darkest Wisconsin to face the Green Bay Packers.
The Vikings come into this one having lost two winnable games in a row. The focus has been on the struggles of young quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who has had a rough go of it in his first five NFL starts. Still, he engineered what could (or should) have been the game-winning drive against Chicago at U.S. Bank Stadium last week, but the Bears won the game on a last-minute field goal after getting a huge kickoff return to set up the final kick.
The Packers won their Week 11 matchup against the New York Giants, but may come into their game against the Vikings without star running back Josh Jacobs. Jacobs suffered a knee injury in the Packers’ win, but appears to have avoided any real damage. The injury is being classed as a “week-to-week” injury, so we’ll have to see if he’s available for Sunday’s contest.
The Vikings are looking to do something that they haven’t done as a franchise in nearly half a century: win three consecutive games at Lambeau Field. The last time the Vikings defeated the Packers in three straight road games came as part of a stretch that saw them win seven straight in Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. If they can pull it off, they will also have done it behind three different starting quarterbacks. Kirk Cousins’ final game as the Vikings’ starting quarterback came in a win at Lambeau in 2023 and Sam Darnold led the Vikings to a victory there last season.
Kickoff for this one is slated for noon Central time on Sunday afternoon, with coverage being provided by the FOX family of networks. We’ll have all of our stories about this week’s game in this stream for you, so be sure to keep checking back for the latest.
