Daily Norseman
We’re a little less than half an hour away from kickoff of the 2025 regular season finale between the Green Bay Packers and your Minnesota Vikings. Let’s get everyone up to speed on everything they need to know about today’s game.
Date and Time: Sunday, 4 January 2026, noon Central time
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Television Coverage: WCCO-4 in the Twin Cities, CBS affiliates around the country, YouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket
Radio Coverage: Vikings Radio Network affiliates, SiriusXM Channel 228 (Vikings Radio Network feed), SiriusXM App Channel 820
Line: Vikings -10.5, over/under 36.5
Chris’ Prediction: Vikings 31, Packers 10
Three Keys
1) No major injuries – Since this is going to wind up being, basically, a preseason game, we’ll go with the same major key that we use for preseason games. Let’s just get out of this one without having any key players suffering any significant injuries going into the offseason. We don’t need to be monitoring anyone’s rehab when they should be worrying about making progress during the offseason program and that sort of thing.
2) Positive reps for #9 – J.J. McCarthy is going to get the start in this season finale. He looked like he had finally started turning the corner before he had his hand injury against the Giants, and against what’s likely going to be an undermanned and pretty vanilla Green Bay defense, he should get the opportunity to put together some positive momentum going into the offseason. Here’s hoping that’s what we see in this one.
3) Is this it for some fan favorites? – This could be the final time we see a couple of fan favorites in the purple and gold. We know that Harrison Smith has been thinking about hanging it up for the past couple of seasons, and the rumors have been swirling that this could be the last time we see C.J. Ham before he hangs it up as well. If this is the last dance for both of those guys, and potentially some others, hopefully the team can send them out on a high note.
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As always, we will start a brand new Open Thread at the beginning of each quarter, so keep your eyes open for those and be sure to move the discussion along accordingly.
This is it, folks. The final game of the 2025 regular season for our favorite team. Let’s kick back, enjoy it, and hope that we can get out of here on a high note.
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL VIKINGS!!!!
