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