The Minnesota Vikings need to reboot their passing attack for the playoffs. Sam Darnold struggled in the regular-season-ending 31-9 loss to the Detroit Lions that cemented the Vikings as a wild-card team and not a division winner.

It wasn't long ago that the Detroit Lions were in an admitted rebuild, and the Minnesota Vikings were stuck among middling wild-card hopefuls. This season, however, the NFC North foes have been full-on powerhouses,

The Minnesota Vikings face the Detroit Lions this week on Sunday Night Football. The winner takes the NFC's No. 1 seed. Live coverage begins at 7 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

R.J. White, on an 70-39-5 run on Vikings picks, revealed his Sunday Night Football expert picks for Minnesota vs. Detroit

Here are five takeaways from the Vikings’ 31-9 loss to the Lions. There’s no way around it: In the biggest game of his career to this point, quarterback Sam Darnold was completely consumed by the moment. He seemed rattled from the first time he touched the ball and only completed 18 of 41 passes for 166 yards.

The Minnesota Vikings will end the 2024 regular season in disappointing fashion after the Detroit Lions completely outclass

The Vikings will be facing the Los Angeles Rams in the opening round of the playoffs. What other matchups have formed?

The Minnesota Vikings are making NFL playoff history, but not the kind the franchise would prefer. Minnesota's 31-9 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 18 means the Vikings will miss out on the No. 1 seed in the NFC as well as a bye.

The Detroit Lions are the favorites to win Super Bowl 2025 entering NFL playoffs after a huge win over the Minnesota Vikings in Week 18.