Minnesota Vikings
Dive into Episode 400 of The Real Forness Show, where Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano unpack the Minnesota Vikings’ Week 18 clash against the Green Bay Packers. With no playoff stakes, this Border Battle at U.S. Bank Stadium feels like a preseason tune-up, but it’s packed with intrigue for Vikings fans eyeing 2026 rebuilds, quarterback drama, and coaching futures.
In this breakdown for Minnesota Vikings enthusiasts, Forness and Stefano deliver expert analysis on the 8-8 Vikings aiming for a winning season under Kevin O’Connell. They explore J.J. McCarthy’s hand fracture recovery and potential start, Jordan Love resting for playoffs with...
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As we get closer to Sunday’s regular season finale at U.S. Bank Stadium, it appears that the quarterback situations for both the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers have gotten significantly clearer.
For the Vikings, it would seem that J.J. McCarthy is back on track to start for the Vikings on Sunday afternoon, as he was a full participant in Thursday’s second practice of the week after being limited on Wednesday. McCarthy suffered a hairline fracture in his throwing hand in the Vikings’ Week 16 win over the New York Giants and did not play in Week 17 when...
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Happy New Year, everybody! It’s time to take a look at the second injury reports of the week for both the Green Bay Packers and our Minnesota Vikings ahead of Sunday’s regular season finale at U.S. Bank Stadium, so let’s go ahead and get to those now.
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The 2025 NFL season will officially come to an end for the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday afternoon, as they’ll host their division rivals, the Green Bay Packers.
Green Bay won the first game of the annual home-and-home series this season at Lambeau Field by a score of 23-6 in what was an abysmal all-around performance by the Vikings. This time around, the Packers are locked into the #7 seed in the NFC playoffs while the Vikings are out of playoff contention, but the home team does come into this one riding a four-game winning streak and...
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The final game of the 2025 regular season for our Minnesota Vikings is officially within sight, as the first injury reports for the week have been released. Let’s take a look at who’s dealing with issues and what capacity they’re practicing in (or not practicing in).
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Now that the season is all but over with one meaningless game left to play, the attention is now on the offseason (at least for me). I hope the team can come out of this game injury free and I hope they play it safe with any starter that is already banged up like Brian O’Neill, TJ Hockenson, and JJ McCarthy. No use playing JJ now. They cannot risk him getting hurt again in a meaningless game. Yes, he needs snaps but the Packers will likely be sitting a bunch of starters too.
I’m not sure what the team is...
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If we are seeing the final few games in the end of the career of future Hall of Famer Harrison Smith, the Hitman is going out with a bang.
The announcement has just come down that Smith has been named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Detroit Lions in Week 17, where he helped lead a Minnesota Vikings defense that suffocated one of the NFL’s top offenses all afternoon in the team’s 23-10 victory over the Lions on Christmas Day.
In the victory, Smith had three tackles, including two tackles for loss, an interception,...
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Stats are for losers. That quote has been echoed by countless coaches, players, owners, and team personnel throughout NFL history. With the season lost, we have time before the final game to focus on stats rather than what truly matters.
Justin Jefferson is 53 yards short of 1,000 yards for the season. It’s a milestone he has achieved his first 5 seasons in the NFL. Normally, you’d not even think twice about him going over that low total, but it’s been that kind of year. Inconsistent QB play, drops, and overall team struggles have kept Jefferson relatively quiet this season....
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Vikings fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
It’s time for our last SB Nation Reacts survey about our Minnesota Vikings for this regular season, folks. Because of the holiday last week and everything that comes with it, we didn’t get the results of our confidence poll (and neither did any of the other SB Nation NFL sites), but I’ll update all of the confidence numbers for the season...
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Tyler Forness and producer Dave Stefano delivered a fiery post-Christmas episode of The Real Forno Show, dissecting the Minnesota Vikings’ burning offseason questions just days before their 2025 season finale against the Green Bay Packers. With Brian Flores rumors swirling and J.J. McCarthy’s health in focus, this Vikings 1st & SKOL production is a must-watch for purple faithful.
In this post-Christmas episode, Forness and Stefano dissected key offseason storylines as the 8-8 Vikings prepare for a meaningless-but-pride-filled clash with the playoff-locked Packers (likely resting starters).
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One of the greats of recent Minnesota Vikings history is now one step closer to reaching pro football immortality.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced its list of the fifteen “Modern Era” finalists for potential enshrinement in the Class of 2026, and among them is Vikings defensive lineman Kevin Williams. This is his sixth year of eligibility and the first time he’s made the final fifteen as a finalist.
The Vikings drafted Williams with the ninth overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma State, and he spent eleven seasons with the team. During his time...
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