Minnesota Vikings receive a gift from the schedule makers, and it’s a continuation from the 2025 season

Being that the Minnesota Vikings play indoors at home, they get an extra benefit when playing at U.S. Bank Stadium in December.

Last year, the Minnesota Vikings had a schedule set up for them to make a run. Two of their nine games on the road were played at neutral sites. It was a huge benefit that the Vikings weren’t able to take advantage of it, as they lost one of those two games.

The other benefit their 2025 schedule had was a lack of cold-weather games. That was one aspect where it paid off for the Vikings, as they won their final five games, and the only cold-weather game was against the New York Giants in Week 16.

Minnesota Vikings know their Week 18 opponent

The final game of the season is always against a divisional opponent, and the Vikings won their game last year against the Green Bay Packers. This year, they will be facing the Chicago Bears, the first time they will face them in the final week since Mike Zimmer’s last game.