| The Minnesota Viking schedule overall has been | | | | that has made the games on the typical schedule |
| one team that has had a number of challenges in | | | | something of an event that can define how the |
| their annual schedule and the division that they call | | | | other teams are faring. Many teams have |
| home. It is true that the Detroit Lions are a | | | | considered the Vikings and the games that they |
| shadow of themselves, but the other two teams | | | | may have with them as one of the milestones |
| that they face are two of the powerhouses of | | | | for their respective teams in the schedules they |
| the league. The Green Bay Packers have always | | | | have. |
| been one that has been imposing to whoever | | | | With all that a team can undergo, there has been |
| they face and the Chicago Bears have been one | | | | many things that have been a struggle for these |
| that has been among the defensive giants in the | | | | teams and what they have to face in the long |
| league. | | | | run. The Vikings strive to be one of the biggest |
| Some of the teams that they are selected to | | | | challenges that any team in the league will have to |
| face outside of the division are ones that they | | | | face. This has been the approach that the team |
| have had a long line of rivalries with and have | | | | has been directed to take and it has made them |
| been some of the teams that have been a | | | | into one of the more physical and aggressive |
| challenge for them to beat in the past. With | | | | teams in the league. |
| teams that have sometimes considered the | | | | Overall, the Vikings' schedule has been one that |
| Vikings an automatic win, there is one thing that | | | | has been filled with a division that is hard to be on |
| they always know and that is that the Minnesota | | | | top of and also with rivalries that have been |
| Vikings will not go down without a fight. | | | | around for many years, and likely many years to |
| Even in the past when the Viking shave had less | | | | come. |
| than ideal lineups, they have had a level of pride | | | | |