Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers Game Thread: 04 January 2026 GAMEDAY

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Vikings vs. Packers Discussion

The Vikings go up against the hated Packers today. I don’t care about anything else, just beat these bastards. I seriously considered making a last-minute trip to the cities last night to catch the game, but we’ve been traveling a ton, and better judgement overruled, so I’m watching at home. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vikings vs. Packers News & Game Information

The following has been shamelessly pilfered from Vikings.com

The final Vikings vs. Packers week 18 injury report.

The Vikings vs. Packers week 18 game preview.

How to Watch, Listen, & Stream Vikings vs. Packers

BROADCAST TV

MAP KEY: Packers at Vikings (blue areas); Colts at Texans (red areas); Browns at Bengals (green areas)

CBS (WCCO in the Twin Cities market) will televise the game.

Kickoff: Noon (CT)
Play-by-Play: Spero Dedes
Analyst: Adam Archuleta
Sideline reporter: Aditi Kinkhabwala

PREGAME
Vikings GameDay Live will air on FOX 9 in the Twin Cities market at 9:30 a.m. (CT).

AUDIO

VIKINGS AUDIO NETWORK

KFAN (100.3-FM), KTLK 1130-AM and the five-state Vikings Audio Network with 70 affiliates across the Upper Midwest will provide audio coverage.

Kickoff: Noon (CT)
Play-by-Play: Paul Allen
Analyst: Pete Bercich
Sideline reporter: Ben Leber
Pregame Show: 10 a.m.

SPANISH AUDIO

Tico Sports at WREY 94.9 FM and 630 AM will have a Spanish broadcast that will also be available on Tico-Sports.com, elrey949fm.com and Vikings.com.

Play-by-Play: Gabriel Rios
Analyst: Isaias Zendejas

SATELLITE RADIO

Vikings: 229; Devices: 820
Packers: 383; Devices: 811

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No longer New Vikings Fan
5 January 2026 6:32 am

Laughing…

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
4 January 2026 10:43 pm

Drat. Fricking kickers. I thought the Ravens had it. Flashback to the Blair Walsh game. Now pretty much every team I care about is out. UGH.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
4 January 2026 11:11 pm

Fandom can be cruel no doubt.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 11:21 pm

Amen. Usually there’s at least a team or two I care about in the playoffs. This year has been a major disappointment.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
4 January 2026 11:24 pm

This year I am down to mostly rooting against teams I dislike and rooting for teams that I don’t care about one way or another.

I expect to do a lot of ‘Mock Drafts’, should be entertaining with all of the picks that we have.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 10:37 pm

Ravens miss winning 44 yard FG with 2s left.
26-24 Pittburg.

VikingPhilip
4 January 2026 10:37 pm

Crazy game

VikingPhilip
4 January 2026 10:29 pm

The end of this game has been wild

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 January 2026 10:37 pm

Back and forth like crazy.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 8:56 pm

So deep…

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 8:21 pm

And…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 8:43 pm

This makes more sense to me. After signing KC to that large contract and then drafting a QB that early.
I never liked Morris that much but the Falcons did finish strong this year. I guess if you get a new GM he will want to bring in his own QB.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 9:01 pm

Morris is the quintessential players coach. They love him, and when he plays other teams he’s always hugging players that he used to coach. He makes dumb decisions though, and is a loser.

The Falcons are stuck with Penix. I don’t see much on the horizon for Cousins, and he may actually retire.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 9:04 pm

That should have been ‘if you get a new GM he will want to bring in his own QB HC’.

Gopack2025
Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:10 pm

What happened the first game Vikings fans lol?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:12 pm

K

manly-purple
Reply to  Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:19 pm

What happened to the last 4 for your team?

Mjolnir
Reply to  Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:59 pm

You dumb hillbilly…… yall limping into the playoffs on a 4 game losing streak with zero momentum. Puke isn’t going anywhere.

Enjoy paying Parsons to rehab the first 8 games next year…..

Rube

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 January 2026 9:01 pm

Don’t be bashful Mjolnir just say what you think.
#grin

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 8:02 pm

That was quick…

Gopack2025
Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:01 pm

You guys wouldn’t have beat us if our starters played. The better team lost. You guys didn’t deserve it

manly-purple
Reply to  Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:05 pm

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gopack2025
4 January 2026 8:11 pm

K

Northwoods
Reply to  Gopack2025
5 January 2026 9:44 am

You’re lucky our QB had a broken hand, or you’d REALLY have left MN with tails between your legs.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 7:29 pm

So the Jets managed to go an entire season without getting a single interception??
Impressive.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 7:47 pm

NFL record.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 9:29 pm

The Only Team to ever do it since 1933 when the NFL started keeping stats on interceptions.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:16 pm

Here you go…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:26 pm

Good, we have done well vs the 49ers lately.

#nojinx

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:11 pm

When a woman wears leather clothing, a man’s heart beats quicker, his throat gets dry, he goes weak in the knees, and he begins to think irrationally.

Ever wonder why?

She smells like a new truck.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:03 pm

Condoms do not guarantee safe sex.

A friend of mine was wearing one when he was shot by the woman’s husband.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 6:26 pm

Redskins beat the Eagles. Yay!

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 6:20 pm

Lions win 19-16

Redskins up 24-17 with the ball and 1:17 left. Eagles have all three timeouts.

manly-purple
4 January 2026 6:19 pm

Every team in the NFC North finished above .500.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 6:16 pm

Lions at the Bears 25 with 33 seconds left, tied 16-16.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 6:15 pm

The Redskins are leading the Eagles 24-17 with 2 minutes left. Eagles have the ball 3rd and 11 at their 46 yard line.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 5:56 pm

These people must be arrested for defrauding the Government. This is a real advertisement.

manly-purple
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 6:21 pm

Happens in India all the time with children’s homes

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:32 pm

Fake, not written in Somali.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 January 2026 5:39 pm

I like Bo Nix.
Hate the coach.

Anyone except FTP, Poop-Eaters, and Broncos. Anyone else can win the Super Bowl.
If it is two of those teams playing each other, I will not be watching.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 5:17 pm

Well…

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 5:34 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 7:27 pm

So they Stealers-Raven game has no effect?
They could both end up at 9-7 as well.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 January 2026 5:34 pm

I guess we know what jersey you will be wearing every single game next season…

20-0!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 January 2026 8:52 pm

Make sure you don’t wash it and miss up the ‘Aura’.

PA Viking Fan
4 January 2026 4:47 pm

Hey, Anyone heard from that puker fan who kept saying we could not beat them?

DE Viking
Reply to  PA Viking Fan
4 January 2026 4:50 pm

Haven’t seen them in awhile.
Just a dumb shareholder.

manly-purple
Reply to  DE Viking
4 January 2026 5:21 pm

Haven’t heard from a number of Packer fans in my life for a while. They are reeling

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 4:39 pm

The CryBaby has 45 passing yards at the half. Doubt he will get the 270 yards he needs to be the Loins first 4k yard passer ever.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 January 2026 5:32 pm

Laughing

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 January 2026 7:23 pm

I thought it was suppose to be ‘a red headed mule’.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 4:19 pm

St Brown tearing up the Bores.

7 receptions for 87 yards already, 4m left in the half.
13-0 Loins.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 4:39 pm

9 catches for 110 at the half.

13-0 Loins.

PA Viking Fan
4 January 2026 4:17 pm

I am cheering for the lions. Keep the whole division within 2 games

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  PA Viking Fan
4 January 2026 5:38 pm

Same. Also kind of nice to have the entire division end with a winning record

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 4:07 pm

Trey Lance is 1/7 for 6 yards so far against the Denver defense.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:46 pm

Redskins miss a chip shot field goal from the 6 yard line… crap.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:44 pm

Redskins matriculating the ball down the field on the Eagles. 3rd and 5 at the 6…

15 plays, 79 yards, 9:41 thus far.

JacksonVike
4 January 2026 3:27 pm

Crazy thought, we were 1 blown kick coverage away from going to the playoffs.

manly-purple
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 January 2026 3:31 pm

Lol yep

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 January 2026 3:39 pm

Daniels……

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 January 2026 3:40 pm

Saved us from being ‘1 and done’ again.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:25 pm

Interesting…

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:17 pm

Who do we want in the Lions vs the Bears game?

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:24 pm

Lions

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
4 January 2026 3:25 pm

Yep

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:37 pm

Loins, then everyone in the NFC North will have a winning record.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:14 pm

Texans score a TD on a fumble on the lateral rusky game on the last play by the Colts.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:11 pm

Texans make the field goal, up 32-30 with 12 seconds left.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:13 pm

Colts, 5s sec left. Heave it downfield, hope for a penalty in FG range.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 3:14 pm

Fumble recovery TD for a Fat Guy DT. Sweet.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 3:16 pm

Yeah… crazy… sometimes you need to just take the L.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:09 pm

Texans inside the 25 for a field goal to win it, running the clock down. 17 seconds left.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:05 pm

Atlanta recovers the kick… didn’t go the required ten yards, and went out of bounds… kneel down time.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:07 pm

Poor Tampa.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 3:10 pm

Yeah, beat the Panthers yesterday, lose the Division to the Panthers today.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:11 pm

Kirk won the division today, just not for his team.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 3:12 pm

Laughing… well three teams in that division finished 8-9 including the Division winner.

manly-purple
4 January 2026 3:05 pm

The Jets could become the FIRST team in recorded NFL history to go the entire season without an interception

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  manly-purple
4 January 2026 3:07 pm

Allen might gift them one.

DE Viking
4 January 2026 3:04 pm

2026 mock draft.

Las Vegas Raiders – Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana

New York Giants – Caleb Downs, SAF, Ohio State

New York Jets – Dante Moore, QB, Oregon

Tennessee Titans – Spencer Fano, OT, Utah

Arizona Cardinals – Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State

Cleveland Browns – Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami (FL)

Washington Commanders – Rueben Bain, EDGE, Miami (FL)

New Orleans Saints – Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State

Kansas City Chiefs – Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame

Cincinnati Bengals – Keldric Faulk, EDGE, Auburn

Miami Dolphins – David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech

Los Angeles Rams – Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Peter Woods, DL, Clemson

Dallas Cowboys – Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU

Detroit Lions – Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama

Baltimore Ravens – Olaivavega Ioane, IOL, Penn State

Minnesota Vikings – Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State

New York Jets – Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee

Carolina Panthers – Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon

Pittsburgh Steelers – Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State

Dallas Cowboys – TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson

Los Angeles Chargers – Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah

Buffalo Bills – Denzel Boston, WR, Washington

Los Angeles Rams – Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson

Philadelphia Eagles – Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee

Houston Texans – Kayden McDonald, DL, Ohio State

Cleveland Browns – Makai Lemon, WR, USC

San Francisco 49ers – Matayo Uiagalelei, EDGE, Oregon

Chicago Bears – Cashius Howell, EDGE, Texas A&M

New England Patriots – Kevin Concepcion, WR, Texas A&M

Denver Broncos – CJ Allen, LB, Georgia

Seattle Seahawks – Brandon Cisse, CB, South Carolina

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:04 pm

Saints score a TD with 1:11 left to make it 17-19. They don’t have any timeouts. Onsides kick coming up.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:06 pm

Atlanta recovers. That’s ballgame.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:01 pm

Colts and Texans battling it out. Texans with the ball down 30-29 inside two minutes.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 2:59 pm

Love seeing the Giants beat the Cowboys

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 3:01 pm

Cowpatties losing is always good.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:49 pm

Sweet, bonus coverage of Atlanta – NO.
16-10, 3:20 to go.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:51 pm

Interception with a long return, already in FG range for Hotlanta.
Poor Tampa. #grin

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:55 pm

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:55 pm

Up by 9 with 2:50 left.

#nojinx

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 3:04 pm

TD NO, 1:11 left. 19-17 now.
Onside kick coming up.

manly-purple
4 January 2026 2:48 pm

Finished above .500. Huh. Ok I guess

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  manly-purple
4 January 2026 2:52 pm

Wins better than losses, always.

VikingPhilip
4 January 2026 2:46 pm

Boooooooo! To both the Packers and the announcers

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 January 2026 2:46 pm

3 points on the last play of the game for Packers…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:45 pm

1s left. FG by FTP to avoid the SO?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 January 2026 2:46 pm

Yep.
It a final.

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Gone fishin'

Gone fishin'

I'm a dad, husband, Army vet, believer, and a die-hard, life-long Vikings fan from the great state of North Dakota. I've been a Viking fan dating back to 1980, I've been covering the Vikings for nearly a decade, and I founded Skoloholics in 2022. I work in real estate and property management, I love spending time with family, working in the yard, doing anything in the outdoors, and as you can tell from my username, I love fishing. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!

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