Heading into the final three weeks of the 2023 NFL season, the Minnesota Vikings still had an outside shot at winning the NFC North, but it would require three consecutive victories, including a pair over the Detroit Lions.
Sufficient to say, that’s not going to be happening.
Nick Mullens was intercepted four times and the Vikings couldn’t overcome a rash of injuries, both those that happened before this contest as well as during the course of the game, and saw the Lions clinch the NFC North title at U.S. Bank Stadium in a 30-24 loss.