Christopher Gates has been the lead writer at The Daily Norseman since the site launched in July of 2006, covering the Minnesota Vikings day in and day out.
When the National Football League announced the Week 17 schedule last week, they had the big NFC North matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium at its originally scheduled kickoff time at noon Central. We also pointed out that the league had until Christmas Eve to decide whether they wanted to move it or not.