2024 NFL Week 4: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
Time for the first division matchup of the year!
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It’s time for the Minnesota Vikings to face their first divisional game of the 2024 NFL season, as they’ll make their annual trip to Lambeau Field on Sunday to take on the Green Bay Packers.
At the present time, we’re still not totally sure who Green Bay will be starting at quarterback. Jordan Love was injured at the end of their season-opening loss to Philadelphia in Brazil, but the team has rallied behind backup Malik Willis over the last two games to defeat Indianapolis and Tennessee. Love practiced leading up to the Week 3 game but Green Bay decided to roll with Willis instead.
The Vikings are coming off of their largest victory in a long time, a 34-7 victory over the Houston Texans at U.S. Bank Stadium this past Sunday afternoon. Quarterback Sam Darnold threw four touchdown passes and currently leads the NFL with eight scoring throws over the first three weeks of this season. He also avoided a significant injury to his knee after a low hit that saw him depart the game for one play and then quickly return.
Minnesota has some injury questions of their own to answer this week, as they defeated Houston without wide receiver Jordan Addison, linebacker Ivan Pace Jr., and outside linebacker Dallas Turner. Addison has missed the last two games with an ankle injury he suffered in the opener, and hopefully the Vikings will get a couple of those players back on Sunday, if not all three of them. Turner said last week that the plan was for him to return this week, so it sounds like he’ll be back for sure.
This week’s game is slated for a 12:00 PM Central time kickoff, with coverage being handled by CBS affiliates around the country, including WCCO-4 in the Twin Cities. We’ll be keeping all of our coverage of this week’s game here in this stream so keep checking back for all the latest.