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Vikes Views: Who Ya Got? – Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions

The Minnesota Vikings head to Detroit to take on the Lions. The Vikings are coming off back-to-back losses, but are expected to have key players returning from injury. Andrew Van Ginkel will hope to shore up a struggling purple defense. On the other side of the ball, second-year man J.J. McCarthy is back from his ankle injury. Both players will face a tall task against the defending NFC North Champions. Detroit has won five of the last six meetings.

Series Record: 80-45-2

Road Record: 36-27-1

Streak: L5

The Lions have had the Vikings’ number even when the team is playing well. The Vikings have a lot of pieces coming back, but it’s hard to see that being enough this week. It won’t be a fun Sunday for Vikings’ fans. The Vikings pull within one score late. Lions 28 – Vikings 20

• Justin Jefferson’s career high came against the Detroit Lions in 2022 with 223 yards. He has had 100+ yard games in six out of ten games played against the Lions.
• The Vikings have won more games against Detroit than any other opponent. They will be looking for their 81st victory on Sunday.
• The Vikings’ largest margin of victory was a 34-0 shutout on November 9, 1980.

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Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions: Key Information and First Quarter Discussion

We are just about ready to kick things off in Detroit for this NFC North matchup between your Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions. Here’s all of the information you need in order to be up to speed on today’s contest.

Date and Time: Sunday, 2 November 2025, noon Central time

Location: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

Television Coverage: KMSP-9 in the Twin Cities, FOX affiliates around the country, YouTube NFL Sunday Ticket

Radio Coverage: Vikings Radio Network affiliates, SiriusXM Channel 381, SiriusXM App Channel 820

Line: Vikings +8.5, over/under 48.5

Chris’ Prediction: Lions 30, Vikings 20

Three Keys

1) Maybe don’t blitz quite so much – I know that the Brian Flores defense is predicated on blitzing and doing all sorts of different things, but the Lions have pretty much killed the blitz every time these teams have played in the O’Connell/Flores era. The Vikings need to do a whole lot better defensively than they did the last time we saw them if they want to have any hopes here, so we’ll see what Flores and company have cooked up today.

2) Please simplify things for J.J. McCarthy – McCarthy is back for the first time since Week 2, and he’s facing a defense that’s among the league’s best. The Vikings need to do something, anything, to help him get comfortable, whether it’s leaning on the run a bit more or shortening the pass routes or whatever it might be. Will the Vikings actually do that? I sure hope so, or it’s going to be a long afternoon.

3) Enough with the dumb penalties – Can this team have more than one kick return a game that doesn’t get called back by a penalty? Can they not false start at the worst possible times? This team has been doing all sorts of stupid things so far this season, and against a team like Detroit you have no chance if you make that many mistakes. I hope the mini-bye has given them some time to get things together for this matchup.

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There you have it, folks! We’ll be starting a brand new Open Thread at the beginning of each quarter, so keep your eyes open for those and keep the discussion moving along accordingly.

Here’s hoping that in about three hours or so we can talk about what a great upset the Vikings pulled off today and how they’ve managed to get their season back on the right track.

SKOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL VIKINGS!!!!

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