Taking a spin around the national media, we find a lot of folks picking the Rams to win Monday. But maybe that plays right into the Vikings’ season-long narrative of proving skeptics wrong.

Let's take a deeper look into how the Lions' defense led Detroit to a 31-9 victory against the Vikings on Sunday night.

Sam Darnold may have faced criticism for his performance against the Detroit Lions, but his girlfriend is heavily supporting him and the Minnesota Vikings.

The Vikings finished the 2024 regular season with a 14-3 record, second-best in the NFC, though they earned only a wild card spot in the playoffs after losing a division-sealing game to the Lions in Week 18. They'll play the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card round.

As a team that finished the regular season with a 14-3 record, it shouldn’t be shocking to believe that Kevin O’Connell coached some serious talent. In fact, maybe the only shocking thing is that there was just a single one of his players to make the NFLPA voted All-Pro team.

Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson added another accolade to his young career, but this one came from his peers. The 2022 Offensive Player of the Year was named to The Players' All-Pro first-team for the second time in three years.