Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 19 December 2022

It’s Monday and it’s almost Christmas!

Man, what a fun weekend that was, huh? After the Minnesota Vikings pulled off the greatest comeback in the history of the National Football League on Saturday, we got a great World Cup final on Sunday (and I’m not even a soccer fan) and a pretty crazy. . .though relatively stress-free for us. . .Sunday of NFL football.

But we’ve now moved on to our game against the New York Giants on Saturday. . .again. . .at U.S. Bank Stadium. Remember, it’s a “whiteout” if you’re going to be in attendance despite the fact that we are way past Labor Day. Just do what the nice people ask.

A few other stories we want to bring to your attention from yesterday (since we didn’t do our usual Open Threads over the weekend). . .

• The Vikings are assured of a top 3 seed in the NFC.
• Justin Jefferson is still on pace for 2,000 receiving yards.
• The quarterback behind the greatest comeback in NFL history? Kirk Cousins, of course.
• The officiating on Saturday was terrible. That pretty much carried on into Sunday, too.
• Warren takes a look at everything that went into Saturday’s big comeback.
• Connor takes a look at what an 11-3 record has meant for the Vikings in the past.
• The Vikings are still holding the #2 seed in the NFC with all of the relevant action in the books.
• Our favorite team can recapture the Linear Super Bowl title on Saturday if they can beat the Giants.

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