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Folks, it is officially game day for your Minnesota Vikings, and what better way to kick off the 2026 NFL season as the purple play host to the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium. We’ve got all of the information you need to be able to follow along with all of the action through […]
Week 1 fantasy football start or sit advice for Kyler Murray, Jordan Love and Jaxson Dart.
Justin Jefferson lets the Minnesota Vikings test the Green Bay Packers’ cornerback rotation while creating openings for Jordan Addison and Jauan Jennings.
Our fantasy football start or sit advice for Packers RBs MarShawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks and WR Matthew Golden.
NFC North divisional rivals the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings will kick off the 2026 NFL season with a game at Minneapolis’s U.S. Bank Stadium this Sunday afternoon. Kyler Murray will be Minnesota’s starting quarterback for the season opener, while Jordan Love is expected to start for the Packers. The matchup will air on CBS and streams on Paramount+, the broadcast will begin at 4:25 p.m. ET. Here’s how to watch the Broncos at Chiefs game and the rest of the NFL’s Week 1 games. H...
See how the Minnesota Vikings stack up against the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Chicago Bears across seven key categories entering 2026.
Kyler Murray's debut and Dallas Turner's expanded role headline the Minnesota Vikings' biggest Week 1 tests against the Green Bay Packers.
Kyler Murray’s mobility, Justin Jefferson’s scoring outlook and Dallas Turner’s pass rush lead five Minnesota Vikings predictions against the Green Bay Packers.
The Green Bay Packers are finally about to kick off the 2026 regular season, bringing an end to eight months of waiting since their last game. Indeed, the team’s last game was on January 10th, eight months and three days before they will open up the 2026 season on the road against a divisional opponent. […]
Both CBS and FOX will have a Week 1 doubleheader. If you live in the New York area, you will see: Jets at Titans early on CBS Falcons at Steelers early on FOX Packers at Vikings late on CBS Commanders at Eagles late on FOX The Jets and the Titans are scheduled for a 1:00 […]
A lot of people made fun of the Green Bay Packers for drafting a kicker, but there are two immutable facts about kickers. You can acquire a kicker like any other player via free agency, or as a UDFA, or through the draft. Free agency will require paying the kicker a lot of money for […]
The Green Bay Packers are looking to erase last season’s gutting 31-27 wild card loss to the Chicago Bears, and fixing the passing game was step one. That effort started with Packers QB Jordan Love, who spent the offseason building trust with his top target, and that bond just earned a serious vote of confidence […] The post Packers Make Major $75 Million Update on Jordan Love’s Key Safety Valve appeared first on Gridiron Heroics .
The Minnesota Vikings start off the 2026 season with a rivalry game right away, and while that game is against the Green Bay Packers — more on that later — there’s no better time to get the lay of the land in the rest of the division than RIGHT NOW. Let’s talk about the Detroit […]
It has been 250 days since the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers to end the 2025 season with a win over a bitter division rival. It was a tumultuous season that culminated in a shakeup of the entire front office. The 2026 offseason has been all about change and growth. For me personally, […]
Tucker Kraft’s contract situation looked like it might drag into the regular season. Instead, the Green Bay Packers got the deal done just before Week 1, and they made a massive commitment to their young tight end in the process. The Packers and Kraft agreed to a four-year extension worth $75 million, with the deal […] The post Tucker Kraft Goes From Breakout Star to Highest-Paid TE After Packers’ $92M Commitment appeared first on Gridiron Heroics .
The Minnesota Vikings cornerback Isaiah Rodgers is entering the final year of his contract, which carries an $8.9 million salary-cap hit. Meanwhile, the Vikings have agreed to restructure the cornerback’s contract ahead of the 2026 season. Vikings reward Isaiah Rodgers with major contract adjustment Rodgers is expected to continue his role as one of the […] The post Vikings Make Surprising Contract Move for Key Starter Ahead of Packers Game appeared first on Gridiron Heroics .
The Green Bay Packers enter Sunday’s season opener in Minnesota without two of their biggest stars. Running back Josh Jacobs is on the Commissioner’s Exempt List, while edge rusher Micah Parsons remains on the reserve/physically unable to perform list during his recovery from a torn ACL. Neither received a standard game designation, but both are […] The post Packers Week 1 injury report vs. Vikings: What it means for fantasy football appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Minnesota Vikings must decide how Harrison Smith and Josh Metellus will handle Tucker Kraft as the Green Bay Packers tight end returns.
The Minnesota Vikings kick off 2026 with their fourth different starting quarterback in four years — Kyler Murray takes the reins as Kevin O’Connell attempts to elevate yet another veteran signal-caller. On this episode of Two Old Bloggers, Dave Stefano and Drew Bunting (filling in for Darren Campbell) dive deep into what it takes to […]
If you're second-guessing Josh McDaniels' offensive gameplan, or Mike Vrabel's game management ... that's fine, but you're missing the plot. Maybe you had sky-high offensive expectations considering Maye's 2025 season, and the additions of A.J. Brown and Romeo Doubs. Maybe you're a big Maye fan, and you just want to make excuses for him, like in the Super Bowl (he was not hampered physically), and just don't want to face or hear the truth: Maye lost the game. Period.
Cardinals NFL Transactions The Arizona Cardinals officially elevated CB Kalen King to the active roster from the practice squad. King, 23, was a seventh-round pick by the Packers out of Penn State in the 2024 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $4.1 million rookie contract through 2027 and was let go at the end of camp before joining the practice squad. King was on and off the Packers’ practice squad before returning to the team this past January on a futures contract. However, he was waived aga...
NFL Transactions Vikings The Minnesota Vikings officially elevated RB DeeJay Dallas and OLB Kyle Van Noy to their active roster for Sunday’s game against the Packers. Van Noy, 35, is a former second-round pick of the Lions back in 2014 out of BYU. He was in the final year of his four-year, $5.1 million contract when the Lions traded Van Noy midseason to the Patriots for a sixth-round pick in 2016. Van Noy later signed a two-year extension with the Patriots. After finishing out that contract, h...
The Green Bay Packers are ready to take on the hated Minnesota Vikings in Week One of the 2026 NFL season. Their first game of the year is always highly anticipated, but the fact that it comes against a division rival has added a little extra spice to the long-waited return of Packers football. On [...]
Simone Biles knows the player well, but she cannot say the same for the game. After winning four medals at the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles stepped away from gymnastics but kept supporting her husband, Jonathan Owens, in the NFL. From the Green Bay Packers to the Bears to the Colts, she has continued to show […] The post “Not Really Sure Exactly What’s Going On”: Simone Biles Gets Real About NFL Knowledge appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Even though there are no members of the Minnesota Vikings with an injury designation going into Sunday’s season opener against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium, the team has elevated two veterans from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday’s game. The team has announced that it has elevated both running […]