The Vikings finished the 2024 regular season with a 14-3 record, second-best in the NFC, though they earned only a wild card spot in the playoffs after losing a division-sealing game to the Lions in Week 18. They'll play the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card round.

The Minnesota Vikings are coming off a loss to the Detroit Lions in the unofficial NFC North division title. The loss means the Vikings now have to face the Rams, the only other team to beat the Vikings in 2024.

The Minnesota Vikings won nine straight games to improve to 14-2, giving themselves an opportunity to play for the NFC North and the top spot in the NFC playoffs. The Vikings faced the Lions in Detroit.

Jahmyr Gibbs delivered spinning stiff-arms and bolted through webs of would-be tacklers for a 170-yard, four-touchdown performance, leading the Detroit Lions over the Minnesota Vikings in their regular-season finale.

The Detroit Lions defense held Minnesota Vikings QB Sam Darnold to a 43.9% completion percentage and just 166 yards passing in a 31-9 win.

It’s back to work for the Vikings, who open the playoffs Monday night in Los Angeles against the Rams. That work will begin with head coach Kevin O’Connell trying to get quarterback Sam Darnold back on track after a humbling loss in Detroit.

As such, the Vikings are now the first 14-win wild-card team in NFL history and enter the postseason as the No. 5 seed in the NFC. And that makes their first-round matchup all the