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Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets: Key information and First Quarter Open Thread

We are just an hour away from what will hopefully be another successful Sunday of Minnesota Vikings’ football! Today, the purple travels to the East Coast to take on the New York Jets, and they’re searching for their first ever road victory over Gang Green. Can they get the job done today? If they do, it will mark their third consecutive victory and give them some pretty serious momentum.

Here is everything you need to know about today’s game.

Time: Sunday, 21 October, noon Central time

Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Television coverage: KSTP-9 in the Twin Cities, Channel 709 on your DirecTV Sunday Ticket, and a bunch of other FOX affiliates that you can find right here

Radio coverage: Vikings Radio Network, Sirius Channel 106, XM Channel 231 (NYJ feed)

Prediction: Vikings 24, Jets 20

Three keys

1) Confuse quarterback Sam Darnold - Historically, rookie quarterbacks have not fared terribly well against Mike Zimmer’s defense, though we have seen one exception to that this season.