Minnesota Vikings
The one bright spot in a disappointing season for the Minnesota Vikings has been the performance of their defense. Nearly every week the Vikings’ defense has kept them in the game as the offense struggled.
As it stands currently, the Vikings defense ranks 10th in points allowed, despite the Vikings’ offense leading the league in turnovers and offensive average drive stats in terms of time, plays, and yards all ranking in the bottom five in the league. The defense also ranks 5th in yards allowed, 1st in redzone TD conversion rate allowed, 5th in 3rd down conversion rate allowed, and...
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Before I start, I want to address my most recent post. Earlier this week, I let the intrusive thoughts win. I opened myself up to getting roasted in the comment section, and you all brought me back. I had a paranoid thought and made the mistake of sharing it on the internet. I want you all to know, I learned from that mistake. That said, J.J. McCarthy is still the future and he will lead us to Super Bowl glory one day.
Today’s post isn’t about McCarthy. It is about my favorite player to ever play for the purple. Although...
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A pair of Minnesota Vikings set records on Thursday afternoon in the team’s 23-10 victory over the Detroit Lions. Since it’s time to talk about the positives that came out of the victory, let’s talk a bit about them now.
The first one is a record that I think a lot of us expected to hear about this season, but that we expected would have happened a long time ago. With his 30 yards receiving against the Lions, Justin Jefferson surpassed Randy Moss for the most receiving yardage by a player in his first six NFL seasons. He now has...
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The Minnesota Vikings’ passing game was not exactly a work of art in their 23-10 victory over the Detroit Lions on Christmas Day. Anyone who watched the game can assure you of that. The aenimic nature of the offense and the fact that the Vikings won anyway just shows that there are a lot of different ways to win in the National Football League, and the Vikings found one of them on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis.
But how rare is it that a team wins with a passing “attack” this bad? Well, there are a couple of stats that we...
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Sometimes, when the offense is struggling, the defense needs to pick them up. On Christmas Day at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Minnesota Vikings’ defense not only picked up the offense, but they also carried them all the way into 2026 with some serious momentum.
Minnesota’s defense forced six turnovers from a Detroit Lions’ offense that had only had eight in their previous fifteen games this season, and Jordan Addison’s late touchdown sprint sealed the deal as the Vikings pulled off their second upset of the Detroit Lions of the season, taking a 23-10 victory at U.S. Bank Stadium on Thursday...
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We are on to the fourth quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings lead the Detroit Lions by a score of 13-7.
The Lions got the football coming out of the locker room, as the Vikings won the coin toss and decided to take the football first. They moved the football out to around midfield and looked like they were going to go for it on 4th-and-1, but a false start penalty changed Dan Campbell’s mind, and they punted the ball away.
Minnesota’s offense then quickly went three-and-out, giving the ball back to the Lions, and after a...
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They’re heading into the locker rooms at halftime at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings are tied with the Detroit Lions, 7-7.
The Lions started the second quarter with the football, and their drive ended with their second lost fumble of the game, as Jahmyr Gibbs had the ball stripped away by Eric Wilson, with Byron Murphy jumping on the loose ball for another Minnesota turnover.
Unfortunately, a couple of penalties and another sack by Aidan Hutchinson forced the Vikings to punt the ball away again, and the punt went into the end zone for a touchback for Ryan...
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We’re through the first quarter of play at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings lead the Detroit Lions by a score of 7-0.
(This is going to be an abbreviated version of the usual recap, because I listened to it on the radio while driving home from work. My apologies.)
The Vikings took the opening kickoff and went three-and-out. The Lions then punted the ball away on their first possession and the Vikings moved into Detroit territory and Max Brosmer got sacked, forcing the Vikings to punt it away as well.
Then, after a successful challenge by the Vikings,...
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We’re right around half an hour away from the kickoff of this Christmas Day “Winter Whiteout” matchup between the Detroit Lions and your Minnesota Vikings from U.S. Bank Stadium. Let’s give you everything you need to be caught up on today’s game.
Date and Time: Thursday, 25 December 2025, 3:30 PM Central time
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Television Coverage: Netflix, WCCO-4 in the Twin Cities
Radio Coverage: Vikings Radio Network affiliates, SiriusXM Channel 228 (Vikings Radio Network feed), SiriusXM Channel 88 (Westwood One national feed) SiriusXM App Channel 820
Line: Vikings +7.5, over/under 43.5
Chris’ Prediction: Lions 31,...
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We’ve got a little less than ninety minutes before things kick off at U.S. Bank Stadium between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings for this afternoon’s Christmas Day matchup. Both teams have posted their inactive lists for this afternoon’s game, so let’s take a look at who will be sitting this one out.
Decker didn’t practice on Wednesday for the Lions and was one of the boatload of...
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IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME IN HOLLIS, QUEENS!
And also here at The Daily Norseman and lots of other places as well. On this Christmas Day, some of us. . .and, we hope, some of you as well. . .will be spending some of our time watching our Minnesota Vikings take the field in their “Winter Whiteout” uniforms as they face off against the Detroit Lions in the penultimate game of this 2025 NFL season. We want to make sure you have all of the information you need to keep track of today’s action, so let’s get to that, shall we?
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It’s time to have a look at the final injury reports for the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions as they head into their Christmas Day matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium. Here’s the rundown of everyone who’s been given an injury designation by both clubs.
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