The Vikings return from the bye week to face the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles at home. The Vikings fumbled away a 34-28 game in Philadelphia in 2023. This offseason, Minnesota signed two former Eagles defenders — defensive tackle Javon Hargrave and cornerback Isaiah Rodgers — to try to prevent that kind of shootout from happening again.
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McCarthy’s reunion with Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, who led McCarthy at Michigan to a national title, comes under the bright lights of “Thursday Night Football” four days after playing the champs. In Harbaugh’s first season, the Chargers went 11-6 and lost to the Texans in the AFC wild-card round. This is the third time O’Connell, a Carlsbad, Calif., native, will return to Southern California with the Vikings.
After claiming the NFC’s No. 1 seed last year, the Lions are recovering from brain drain, having lost both coordinators in Aaron Glenn and Johnson to the Jets and Bears. Lions coach Dan Campbell hired offensive coordinator John Morton from the Denver Broncos and promoted Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator.
Week 10: vs. Ravens