This week across the SB Nation family of NFL sites, we’re doing “Rivalry Week.” We know that the Minnesota Vikings have several key rivals, but CBS Sports recently put together a list of the best NFL rivalries of the 1980s, and the Vikings made the list with an entry you might not expect.
Bryan DeArdo, who compiled the list, did not cite the Vikings rivalries against divisional foes like the Green Bay Packers or the Chicago Bears. Instead, DeArdo named the fifth-best rivalry of the 1980s to be between the Vikings and.