The Minnesota Vikings begin 2023 regular season operations this Sunday at noon, hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Minnesota is favored to down the Tom Brady-less Buccaneers by six, one of the NFL’s largest points spreads of the week.
Vikings Picked to Win NFC North — But There’s a Catch
And Vikings fans are anxious to learn if the 2022 team was “just lucky,” as the national narrative has indicated for the last eight months. Minnesota finished 13-4 during head coach Kevin O’Connell’s first season last year, and after the New York Giants ended the Vikings brief playoff exploration, everyone commonly agreed the purple team wasn’t very good in the first place.