We are thirty minutes from kickoff at Lambeau Field, as we await the start of the second Border Battle of 2026 between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers, with the Vikings looking for the sweep. Let’s give everyone the info they need to be caught up on this one.
Date and Time: Sunday, 15 November 2026, noon Central Time
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Weather: Temperatures in the mid-40s, 0% chance of precipitation, winds light and variable
Television Coverage: KMSP-9 in the
Twin Cities area, FOX affiliates around the country, YouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket
Radio Coverage: Vikings Radio Network, SiriusXM Channel 264, SiriusXM App Channel 820
Line: Vikings +2.5, Over/Under 42.5
Chris’ Prediction: Vikings 20, Packers 17
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Three Keys
1) Get Kirk Comfortable Early – Yes, this is an offense that Kirk Cousins has run before, but he hasn’t been here in three years. The Packers will almost certainly be coming after him, so the Vikings will have to do what they can to get him comfortable early, particularly with a couple of key offensive weapons out. It also wouldn’t hurt them to actually try to establish the run in this one, something they completely failed to do last week against Buffalo. Whatever it is, the Vikings need to get #8 comfortable in this one.
2) Get Love Uncomfortable Early – By that same measure, the Vikings’ defense needs to do what they’ve done all season long, which is to make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks. The Packers have the worst run game in the NFL, and now Josh Jacobs is out again (and their run game wasn’t much to write home about when he was in there). The Packers are very good at throwing it deep to Christian Watson and Matthew Golden, so they need to do what they can to stop Love from doing that.
3) Exploit the Special Teams Advantage – The Vikings’ special teams are very good. . .in fact, they’re #1 in DVOA if you look at that sort of thing. The Packers’ special teams are not very good. In DVOA terms, they’re at #27. Minnesota has been getting big plays from their special teams all year, while Green Bay’s special teams have been a liability. This is the sort of thing that the Vikings should be able to take advantage of, and in a game of teams that are evenly-matched otherwise, this is the sort of thing that can tip the scale one way or the other. Hopefully, it will tip towards the Vikings.
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Enjoy the game, everyone! Here’s hoping that in about three hours we can all get together and discuss how awesome it is that we swept the Packers, got ourselves back on the winning track, and got us some momentum going into next Sunday night’s big game in Mexico City.
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL VIKINGS!!!!
