2022 NFL Week 15: Indianapolis Colts at Minnesota Vikings

If the Minnesota Vikings wish to wrap up their first NFC North title since 2017 in Week 15, they’re going to should do one thing that the franchise hasn’t performed in 1 / 4 of a century.

Defeat the Indianapolis Colts.

The Colts come to down off of their bye week, bringing their 4-8-1 report to U.S. Financial institution Stadium to face the 10-3 Minnesota Vikings because the opening sport of a Saturday tripleheader of NFL motion. The Vikings may have wrapped up the NFC North in Week 14 with a victory over the Lions, however they couldn’t get out of Ford Discipline with a win, delaying the (seemingly) inevitable.

The Vikings haven’t overwhelmed the Colts since December of 1997. For some perspective on that, that was roughly two weeks after Colts’ legend Peyton Manning completed second within the 1997 Heisman Trophy voting whereas on the College of Tennessee. The Vikings have dropped six straight to the Colts since then, with the final two coming in significantly embarrassing style by a mixed rating of 66-17.

A win for the Vikings would, as we’ve talked about, wrap up the division championship and a house playoff sport for the workforce. It might additionally practically assure that they couldn’t drop under the #3 seed within the convention. Heading into Week 15 motion, they sit within the #2 spot, however the San Francisco 49ers are scorching on their heels.

The DraftKings Sportsbook has put in the Vikings as an early 4.5-point favourite for this one, with the preliminary over/below sitting at 47 factors.

Saturday’s tripleheader shall be broadcast on the NFL Community, however for these within the Twin Cities space it will likely be broadcast on KSTP-5. The sport may additionally be obtainable on NFL dot com or another cord-cutting providers. Kickoff for the sport is scheduled for midday Central time on Saturday, 17 December.