This is the Year! Minnesota Vikings Schedule

This is the year! That's that phrase that we hear every single year as Minnesota Vikings fans. Yet, every year Vikings fans are disappointed, and then the next year starts that whole hope thing all over again.

Last year was exciting. Vikings seemed to pull out a win so many times when we, as fans, thought they were going to lose. Even that giant comeback game vs the Colts.

"I'll never forget it as long as I live," an exhausted O'Connell said moments after his team did exactly what Peterson asked -- and then some. The Vikings outscored the Indianapolis Colts by 36 points the rest of the way to earn a 39-36 overtime victory, capping the largest comeback in NFL history.

This year, Vikings rivals the Green Bay Packers have a new QB - Rodgers is out, Love is in. This will be interesting to see how that plays out this year. And the game that the Vikings play in Green Bay will be in October with the second game with the Packers happening on New Year's Eve at US Bank Stadium.

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There will also be 5 prime time games this upcoming season. One of those games will be the New Year's Eve matchup with the Packers.

Here is how the rest of the season shapes up per KARE 11:

KARE 11 website

Minnesota Vikings In The Super Bowl? Yep, I Can Remember All Four

It's that time of year, the time when everyone is talking about the NFL's upcoming Super Bowl.

It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when the Minnesota Vikings went to the Super Bowl.

And then they went again. And then again. And then again. Hey, we were one of the greatest teams of all time!

Unfortunately, it was the same time the Vikings lost the Super Bowl. And then again. And then again. And then again. Well, at least we must have been one of the second-best teams of all time!

For a whole lot of Vikings fans...you know, the ones who walk around with younger bones...the Vikings have never been to the Super Bowl.

Then there's the ol' dog that is me. I remember the first time... and the second... and the third... and the fourth.

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