The Vikings will host their first playoff game since 2009 on Sunday, welcoming a Seattle Seahawks team that is on fire but that will be playing its first road playoff game since the Divisional Round in 2012.
Here are five of the biggest Vikings-Seahawks storylines we’ll be chasing in the build-up to Wild Card Weekend...
1. Surging Seahawks come to town
The Vikings are the higher seed, but Seattle comes into Sunday’s game favored. Seattle surged its way into the postseason, winning six of its last seven games and scoring 32.0 points per game, a run that includes a 36-6 whipping of division rival and NFC No.