PILLOW FIGHT: What's ACTUALLY on the line as the Packers face the rival Vikings in the 2025 finale?

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Vikings' season is over, and the Packers' playoff seeding has been decided. It could be a parade of backups in Week 18 for what would normally be a spirited rivalry. What's actually on the line? Luke Braun from Locked on Vikings joins us to talk quarterback storylines, what truly matters this week and more.

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0:00.0	Vikings Packers, it means less than ever. Welcome to Crossover Thursday.
0:10.3	You are locked on NFL crossover, part of the Locked on podcast network.
0:16.8	Your team every day.
0:21.0	It's crossover Thursday, and it is presented to you by prize picks.
0:24.2	Download the prize picks app today and use code locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.
0:30.4	What's up Vikings fans? What's up Packers fans?
0:32.7	It is crossover Thursday.
0:34.2	Last one for the Vikings.
0:35.2	Not the last one for the Packers. I am Luke
0:38.2	Braun. I do Locked on Vikings. I'm here with Peter Pukowski. He does locked on Packers. You know him. You love to hate him. You're right. What's up, Peter? Oh, you're right. Welcome to. This is going to be such a weird crossover because this game doesn't matter for anybody. We were just saying before he came on, like, it's hard to remember
0:53.9	a game that meant less for these two teams.
0:56.3	Like, I can certainly remember them, but like, there's, there's probably a recent one we're forgetting, of course, but like, this is, this is not how these games are supposed to be. This sucks. Yeah, this should be like, we should be like spitefully all trying to like prove our, our bona fides in this game, you know? Like this should be two 12 and four teams fighting for the chance to for the division title. Instead of Max Rosmer and maybe Clayton Tune. Okay, let's start with that because so for the Vikings. Kevin O'Connell said J.J. McCarthy's hand is like progressing,
1:27.7	swelling's going down,
1:28.6	maybe there's a chance,
1:29.3	and they really want him to play.
1:30.4	They would love to get him in there,
1:31.8	get him the reps,
1:32.5	get him the experience, and it's a matter of literally, can he physically grip the ball? If he can, he's going out there, and they're going to, like shoot them up with whatever they got to shoot them up with.
1:41.7	Um, so that's where we're at.
1:42.9	Yeah.
1:44.2	You know what?
1:45.3	Your kidneys can scream.
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