We are now less than an hour away from kickoff of Week 9 in the National Football League, and that includes the big NFC North divisional tussle between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions at U.S. Bank Stadium. Let’s give you everything you need leading up to today’s game.
Time: Sunday, 4 November, noon Central time (unless you forgot to set your clock back, then it’s 1:00 PM and you’ve probably missed the first quarter already)
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Television coverage: KSTP-9 in the Twin Cities, FOX affiliates across the nation, DirecTV Ch 710
Radio coverage: Vikings Radio Network, Sirius Channel 83, XM Channel 225
Prediction: Vikings 27, Lions 23
Three keys
1) Spread the wealth on offense - It doesn’t look like receiver Stefon Diggs is going to go today, so the pressure is going to be on everyone that’s lined up opposite of Adam Thielen.