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Vikings in the home stretch

By Mark Craig

November 22, 2017 at 5:37AM

Thursday: Vikings at Detroit

• Lions have beaten the Vikings in five of their past seven matchups

Dec. 3: Vikings at Atlanta

• Falcons have won three of their past four, coming off 34-31 win over Seahawks

Dec. 10: Vikings at Carolina

• Panthers trail Saints in NFC South, face the Jets on Sunday

Dec. 17: Cincinnati at Vikings

• Bengals have managed just four wins this season

Dec. 23: Vikings at Green Bay

• Packers were shut out for the first time since 2006 in loss to Ravens.

Dec. 31: Chicago at Vikings

• Bears dropped a close one to the Lions, are last in the NFC North

about the writer

Mark Craig

Sports reporter

Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).