Daily Norseman
For the third time in the season’s first four weeks, the Minnesota Vikings will have the NFL spotlight to themselves in Week 4. Well, that’s technically not true. . .they do have to share it with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will serve as the home team for the NFL’s first-ever contest in Ireland. Sunday’s game will be played at Croke Park in Dublin, and we want to make sure you have the ability to follow along with all of the action, so we’ll give you all of that information right here.
Kickoff for this one is going to be earlier than we’re used to, with the festivities set to get away at 8:30 AM Central on Sunday morning. That’s about 2:30 in the afternoon Dublin time. This game will be broadcast on the NFL Network, with the crew of Joe Davis and Greg Olsen in the booth. Now, if you’re in the Twin Cities metro area, you’ll be able to find this game on KMSP-9, and if you’re a Vikings fan in the Pittsburgh area you can see in on WTAE-4. Other than that, the NFL Network is your source.
Since I’ve managed to miss this in our first few reports, our men and women in uniform serving overseas will be able to catch this one LIVE on the American Forces Network, specifically on AFN Sports. Kickoff for this one is set for 1330Z, which works out to 1530L for viewers in Central Europe, 1630L for those on Arabian Time, and 2230L for fans in Japan and Korea.
If you’re going to be traveling or just prefer to listen to things through the magic of radio, we have updated our list of Vikings Radio Network affiliates for this season. Wherever you are in the upper Midwest, you should be covered.
If you have satellite radio, you can catch the Vikings feed on Channel 380. You can also get the national feed from Westwood One on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Channel 88. If you’re utilizing the SiriusXM app, you can listen on the Vikings’ permanent home there, which is Channel 820.
According to the folks from Football Zebras, the officiating crew for this one will be led by Brad Allen. The last time the Vikings saw Allen’s crew at one of their games was Week 2 of last season, when they defeated the San Francisco 49ers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The Vikings and the Steelers will be doing battle in the elements for this one, but according to our friends at WeatherNation there won’t be a whole lot of elements for them to deal with. Though there will be some rain on Saturday leading up to this contest, by the time kickoff comes around on Sunday we’ll have temperatures in the low 60s under cloudy skies and winds out of the west at 5-10 miles/hour.
According to FanDuel, the Vikings remain a 2.5-point favorite for this one....
