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