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Instant predictions for Vikings’ 2026 slate

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A first guess about what could happen in 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - DECEMBER 25: Head coach Kevin O'Connell of the Minnesota Vikings looks on during warm-ups prior to the game against the Detroit Lions at U. S. Bank Stadium on December 25, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

(Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) | Getty Images Now that the Minnesota Vikings’ 2026 schedule is officially out there in the wild , I wanted to give a few initial thoughts on how things could, potentially, go for our favorite football team in 2026. I don’t want to do game-by-game predictions or anything like that, but I do want to put my initial record prediction out there. If you want to reference the schedule, here’s the video that the team put out, featuring kicker Will Reichard and the Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah, Chris Jericho.

(Incidentally, does anyone else find it a bit odd that U. S. Bank Stadium is hosting one of WWE’s flagship events here in a couple of months and the Vikings went and got arguably the biggest name employed by WWE’s biggest domestic rival to help with their schedule reveal?

Just me? Okay, anyway. ) The Vikings have, once again, managed to avoid a lot of bad weather games, it would appear.

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