The 2026 Vikings are certainly not short on talent, and Sunday’s season opener will be a perfect time to showcase it. After all, it’s not every year you get to open at home against your biggest rival.
The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers face off in the season opener, and it presents a lot of interesting questions. Sunday afternoon isn’t just the first weekend of NFL football, it also brings to us one of the league’s best rivalries when the Minnesota Vikings take on the Green Bay Packers.
Kyler Murray arrives with the Minnesota Vikings with something to prove. The former No. 1 overall pick spent seven seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, where injuries and inconsistency kept him from fully matching the expectations attached to his draft status.
Justin Jefferson is entering his seventh season in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings' star wide receiver says the fire within him burns as bright as it ever has.
Can you name the active NFL quarterbacks with passing yards in their career?
The Minnesota Vikings added a familiar name to their practice squad on Wednesday, signing veteran edge rusher Jihad Ward as they continue to stock the defensive front ahead of Sunday’s season opener against the Green Bay Packers, via the NFL transaction log.
All 32 teams have hope for a perfect 17-0 regular season as another year begins, but the odds aren't in their favor. As the season opens, we predict the first loss for each team in 2026.
The return of Minnesota Vikings defensive back Harrison Smith for a 15th season in the NFL has turned a lot of heads, especially in the NFC North. Green Bay Packers star quarterback Jordan Love also shared his thoughts on Smith coming back for another season.
On Sunday, Kyle Van Noy will play his first game as a member of the Vikings. The two-time Super Bowl winner joined the practice squad last week to help increase the team's pass rush depth.
The Green Bay Packers will be without their top defensive player for the season opener.
On Sunday, when the Green Bay Packers take on the Minnesota Vikings, they’ll be greeted by a familiar face. After mulling retirement well into the beginning of training camp, veteran safety Harrison Smith returned to the NFC North rival and sits atop the depth chart heading into Week 1.
After losing out on the starting QB gig earlier this summer, J.J. McCarthy has now lost out on the backup job, as well. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters that Carson Wentz will enter the season as the team’s QB2.
The Vikings are heading into the start of the 2026 regular season with a fairly clean bill of health, at least within their active roster. Their first injury report of the season, released on Wednesday, includes just three names.
Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.
Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings are less than a week from the start of the 2026 NFL regular season as they look to avenge a 9-8 2025 regular season.
So, why did the powers that be give Murray the start over quarterback J.J. McCarthy?
Former starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy was officially demoted to third on the Minnesota Vikings' depth chart Wednesday. Head coach Kevin O'Connell announced that veteran Carson Wentz will back up starter Kyler Murray in Sunday's season opener against the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers in Minneapolis.
It’s the first regular season game week for the Minnesota Vikings in 2026. One thing that comes with that is the release of an unofficial Week 1 depth chart ahead of Sunday’s opener against the Packers at U.S.
Baker Mayfield’s contract extension helps set the market for a future contract extension for Kyler Murray and the Minnesota Vikings. As the 2026 regular season begins, the Minnesota Vikings face a long list of questions, and one of the biggest centers on the future at quarterback.
Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell told reporters Wednesday that QB J.J. McCarthy is going to be the No. 3 quarterback in Week 1 against the Packers, behind veteran
McCarthy's inconsistent play when under center in 2025 — he threw for 1,632 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions — caused the Vikings to change their tune on him as their future.
Depth in the pass-rushing department is among the Vikings' top concerns as they head into Week 1's clash with the Packers. Guys like Dallas Turner and
It’s never great to see things go against what you want to happen, but the Minnesota Vikings found a way to fix it. One of the biggest positions of need for the Minnesota Vikings has been at edge rusher, and they continue to look at ways to fortify the position.
Jefferson shared what surprised him about Murray as the two prepare to begin their first season as teammates.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have realized they won't find many quarterbacks who are better than Mayfield. The Minnesota Vikings wish they could say the same after letting Darnold walk in 2025.
The contract for Dyson was disapproved on Tuesday, per the NFL transaction wire, making him a free agent.
A week away from the start of the Minnesota Vikings 2026 season, the franchise's longest tenured player has finally made a decision about his future.
Harrison Smith will indeed continue his career in 2026. A one-year Vikings agreement is in place, Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network report.
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