Latest news and updates about the Vikings
I’m playing both sides, so that I always come out on top. Basically all season, and as recently as last week, I wrote that the Green Bay Packers need to lean harder into Jordan Love and a very efficient passing game if they’re going to be a threat in the NFC this year. And yet, […]
From Acme Packing Company | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Where did all the feelings go? What about that happy glow? Was that so long ago, when we were first in love? -Neil Young, Mr. Disappointment When J.J. McCarthy hit Jalen Nailor on a 3rd-and-5 to seal a victory at Ford Field over the Detroit Lions, it really felt like the Minnesota Vikings had finally […]
From Daily Norseman | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Beat Wisconsin. The best word I can come up with to describe this season is “meh.” Beating Wisconsin won’t make this season magical, but it will at least keep it in the “meh” ballpark. The Gopher offense is not very good and kind of boring. The Gopher defense is bad, and seemingly getting worse week […]
From The Daily Gopher | 2 months ago | 3 reads
For once, the Green Bay Packers played complementary football in all three phases on Sunday afternoon. The offense, defense, and special teams all got into the act, powering the Packers to a dominant 23-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. The defense was arguably the most impressive unit on Sunday, however. The team has now allowed […]
From Acme Packing Company | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Micah Parsons recorded his ninth and 10th sacks of the season against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, joining some elite company in the process. He and Reggie White are now the only players in NFL history to record 10 or more sacks in each of their first five NFL seasons. For his part, Parsons doesn’t […]
From Acme Packing Company | 2 months ago | 2 reads
After a miserable loss to the Green Bay Packers, a game in which J.J. McCarthy continued to struggle, the Minnesota Vikings face an increasingly difficult path with McCarthy’s development. The increased difficulty comes as McCarthy appears to have lost confidence after six games of ongoing accuracy and other issues. The Vikings’ game plan against the […]
From Daily Norseman | 2 months ago | 3 reads
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur doesn’t care who is in the backfield. He’s going to run the football as much as he possibly can. In their first stress-free win since Week 2, the Packers ran 65 offensive plays in a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Of those plays, 42 of them were […]
From Acme Packing Company | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Finally, the Green Bay Packers managed to win comfortably in a game that they were expected to do so. Playing without Josh Jacobs and a somewhat limited Jordan Love, the Packers cruised against the Minnesota Vikings, harassing quarterback J.J. McCarthy frequently en route to a 23-6 victory. Emanuel Wilson was the star offensively for the […]
From Acme Packing Company | 2 months ago | 2 reads
For all intents and purposes, the competitive portion of the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 season came to a screeching halt on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field. After going into halftime trailing 10-6, the Vikings completely fell apart in the second half, with another special teams gaffe sending the team into a spiral that resulted in a […]
From Daily Norseman | 2 months ago | 2 reads
It’s time for the final fifteen minutes of football at Lambeau Field, as your Minnesota Vikings trail the Green Bay Packers by a score of 17-6, and they’re on the verge of adding more. The Packers got the football first coming out of the locker room, as they won the opening coin toss and deferred […]
From Daily Norseman | 2 months ago | 4 reads
They’re heading into the Lambeau Field locker rooms at halftime, and your Minnesota Vikings trail by a score of 10-6 against the Green Bay Packers. The Vikings’ offense got themselves on a roll behind Jordan Mason to start the second quarter, handing the ball to Jordan Mason on multiple plays and getting the offense into […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 2 reads
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, who broke the news that running back Josh Jacobs wouldn’t be playing today against the Minnesota Vikings, gave us an update on the status of quarterback Jordan Love on Sunday. According to Pelissero, Love is “still really sore” from the injury that he sustained against the New York Giants, which led […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Week 12 is here, and the early slate of games are ready to kickoff while we wait for the New Orleans Saints to kick off against Atlanta, along with the late slate of games. Here is today’s early slate: New York Jets at Baltimore Minnesota at Detroit Pittsburgh at Chicago New England at Cincinnati New […]
From Canal Street Chronicles | 3 months ago | 3 reads
This afternoon, the Green Bay Packers get underway with a three-game stretch of matchups against NFC North opponents. The Packers play the Minnesota Vikings today ahead of games with the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears the next two weeks. Those Vikings currently sit in last place in the division, offering the Packers their best odds […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 2 reads
We are thirty minutes away from getting things started at Lambeau Field between the Green Bay Packers and our Minnesota Vikings. Here is all of the information you need in order to get up to speed on today’s contest. Date and Time: Sunday, 23 November 2025, noon Central time Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Green Bay Packers have officially ruled out running back Josh Jacobs (knee), receiver Matthew Golden (shoulder/wrist), linebacker Quay Walker (neck) and cornerback Nate Hobbs (knee) with injuries. Jacobs and Golden were both listed as questionable on the Packers’ final injury report of the week, while Walker was given a “doubtful” status. Along with those […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 3 reads
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is not going to play against the Minnesota Vikings. Previously, Jacobs was listed as questionable on the Packers’ final injury report of the week and had been considered a game-time decision. According to Pelissero, the Packers “decided to play it cautiously […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Going up against a Brian Flores defense is a unique challenge. Not only is the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator well known as a maniacal blitzer, he seems to find new ways to blitz every week. He has been a forward-thinking coach who has driven changes in blitz strategy across the league, while also breaking those […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to game day, everybody! We are now just hours away from the first installment of the Border Battle for 2025 as our Minnesota Vikings head to deepest, darkest Wisconsin to do battle with the Green Bay Packers. We want everyone to be able to keep track of today’s action through whichever means they feel […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Let’s get this divisional gauntlet underway. Today, the Green Bay Packers start their sprint through the NFC North to finish out the 2025 regular season, with five divisional games in the last seven weeks. First up is the first of two games against the Minnesota Vikings, whom the Packers will also play in the season […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 2 reads
In the latest fire-filled episode of Two Old Bloggers on Vikings 1st & SKOL, Darren Campbell and Dave Stefano don’t hold back on why Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s massive 2025 offseason spending spree — Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave, Will Fries, Ryan Kelly and more — looks like a bust through ten games (or at least not what […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The time has come. The time is now. This Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings will battle the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. The Week 12 matchup holds the fate of the 2025 Minnesota Vikings season. At 4-6, there is little room for error if the Vikings want to have a chance of vying for a […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 2 reads
With less than twenty-four hours to go before they kick things off against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, the Minnesota Vikings have made a handful of last-minute moves. First, the team has added center Ryan Kelly to the 53-man roster without an injury designation, meaning that he is likely in line to start […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Green Bay Packers announced on Saturday that they have promoted two practice squad players to the team’s gameday roster against the Minnesota Vikings. These players are running back Pierre Strong Jr. and linebacker Jamon Johnson. This does not mean that these players will be active against Minnesota, but that they are among the eligible […]
From Acme Packing Company | 3 months ago | 2 reads
FTP! There is going to be plenty of “debate” about the QB the rest of this season. I kind of wish that KOC and JJ would keep more things “in-house” and not offer too many details about what they are working on. He is going to need time is all it is. There are no […]
From Daily Norseman | 3 months ago | 3 reads