Minnesota Vikings
With the season officially over for the Minnesota Vikings, it’s time. . .unfortunately. . .to start looking ahead to the 2026 NFL Draft. We know where the purple are going to be selecting, and we’ve got all of the selections for the non-playoff teams here for you to check out as well.
The Vikings, after finishing 9-8 and winning their final five games, will select at #18 in the first round, which is the last slot before all of the playoff teams make their selections. What you’ll see below is the order for the non-playoff teams, along with their records...
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The 2025 season is officially in the books for the Minnesota Vikings, and now we know who they will face off against in 2026. Since it’s never too early to start looking forward to next season, let’s go ahead and break everything down for you here now, shall we?
As always, the Vikings will have their annual home-and-home series against their three fellow NFC North division brethren. In 2026, they will also match up against the NFC South and the AFC East, facing all four of the teams from those two divisions.
As the third-place...
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If you put together a football game between two teams that didn’t have a whole lot to play for in their final regular season contest, it would probably look a lot like what the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers did at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
J.J. McCarthy left after one second half play after reaggravating his hand injury, but the Green Bay offensive backups couldn’t generate enough points to make it matter, as the Vikings put together their second shutout of the 2025 season, defeating the Packers in their regular season finale by a score of 16-3....
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We are heading to the final fifteen minutes of this 2025 season for your Minnesota Vikings, and they still lead the Green Bay Packers by a score of 13-0.
The Packers got the football first coming out of the locker room at halftime, as they won the coin toss and deferred their choice to the second half. They actually got a little bit of offense going, moving the ball out to near midfield, but their drive came to a halt courtesy of Dallas Turner, who sacked Clayton Tune for the second time on the afternoon to end the drive.
On...
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They’re heading into the locker rooms at U.S. Bank Stadium for halftime of the regular season finale, and your Minnesota Vikings lead the Green Bay Packers, 13-0.
Both teams exchanged punts early on in the quarter, with Ryan Wright putting the Green Bay offense at their own 30-yard line. Not a banner offensive effort from these teams in the early going.
Green Bay then managed to get the ball to near midfield, but Blake Cashman and Andrew Van Ginkel combined for a third down stop and the punting battle continued with the Vikings taking over near their own 10-yard line....
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It took longer than anyone would have expected, but Justin Jefferson reached a mark that put him beside a couple of greats in NFL history.
With a 17-yard reception in the second quarter against the Green Bay Packers, Jefferson went over the 1,000-yard mark for the 2025 season, making it the sixth consecutive season that he has gone over that mark.
By reaching the 1,000-yard mark, he is now just one of three players in the history of the National Football League to begin his career with six consecutive seasons of 1,000 receiving yards. The others are Vikings legend and...
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We have made it through the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium for this regular season finale, and your Minnesota Vikings lead the Green Bay Packers by a score of 3-0.
The Vikings got the football first, as Green Bay won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. J.J. McCarthy led the Minnesota offense out onto the field, and they got the ball moving quickly as McCarthy found Justin Jefferson for a pair of completions for 28 yards, getting Jefferson closer to his 1,000-yard target for the season. McCarthy then got flagged for a taunting penalty...
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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,...
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We’re now a little less than ninety minutes away from kicking things off for the 2025 regular season finale between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium. Both teams have released their inactive lists for today’s game, so let’s take a look at who will be sitting this one out.
The Packers had a couple of players they had listed as “out” on...
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It’s the final game day of the 2025 NFL season for our Minnesota Vikings, as they’ll be hosting the Green Bay Packers this afternoon in the regular season finale. We want everyone to be able to follow along with all of the action from U.S. Bank Stadium by whichever means they’d like, so we’re going to put all of that info here in one place for you.
Because this is a low-stakes contest in the grand scheme of things this week in the NFL, we get to kick things off at the best possible time for NFL...
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Vikings-Packers finale preview: Flores’ future looms, Jefferson chases 1,000 yards – will Minnesota end 2025 strong? In this gripping episode of Two Old Bloggers, hosts Darren Campbell and Dave Stefano, joined by Drew Bunting, unpack the Minnesota Vikings’ Week 18 clash against a resting Green Bay Packers squad. As the Vikings aim for a fifth straight win and a 9-8 finish, the discussion heats up on defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ contract uncertainty and potential successors.
Delving deeper, the trio explores the implications of Flores possibly departing after mid-January 2026, highlighting internal candidates like Daronte Jones and Mike Siravo, alongside external...
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JJ is playing which is fine. We hope that he is able to get through the game without any injury. Sadly, that is going to be the main worry going forward. At least for me. All the rest should come in time.
What will you be looking for in this game?
I am going to be looking for MOAR BEER!
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