7 — times (counting Sunday’s game) the Vikings have hosted the Lions to open their home slate; the Vikings are 4-2 in the previous games and have taken the past four; this is the first home opener against Detroit since 1995
10 — number of regular season games this will be for the Vikings at the University of Minnesota; they are 5-4 total, after becoming the first team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to post a better record in a temporary home than in the previous season (went 5-3 last in 2014 after going 4-3 at the Metrodome in 2013)
12 — career-high number of tackles by Anthony Barr in his first regular season game since Nov.