The Minnesota Vikings finally finished their road trip over the last few weeks and returned home to U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 15 of the 2017 NFL season with several things on the line for the guys in purple.
A win would give the Vikings the NFC North championship and move them closer to home field advantage throughout the playoffs if they can overtake the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC playoff picture.
But first, Minnesota needed to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals, who Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer knows very well from his time working as a defensive coordinator under Marvin Lewis for several years.