Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider presented by Fandul.

Matthew Collar here and the NFL schedule has arrived.

So we are going to go through every single game, talk about key factors, talk about what we think of this schedule overall, and whether the Vikings will win each game.

I have made some rules for myself and I'll reveal them as we go along.

But one of the things is that I should always have a let down game because every Viking schedule,

especially now that there's 17, but this has always been the case, there is a loss that we just

can't believe. So I challenge myself every year as I'm going through the schedule. You got to pick

a loss that nobody would expect. So save the pitchforks in the comment section.

Understand that's, that's my strategy for picking the Viking schedule.

And we'll get to a number that we think that they should end up with for wins.

And I want to get your responses.

I want you guys in the comment section to pick along with me, heckle my

picks all you want, and then at the end, we'll talk about whether it would be a successful

season for the Minnesota Vikings with what I come up with and the highlights overall of this

schedule. So let's get into it. The Minnesota Vikings open up their 2026 national football league season with the Green Bay Packers.

And I remember when they did this in 2022, we had some really good conversations about whether you like that or not.

Do you like opening up against your biggest rival at home?

For me personally, the answer is a thousand percent yes.

It's right off the bat, game with a bunch of juice,

and everybody inside U.S. Bank Stadium is going to be crazy jacked up.

Biggest rival.

Can't wait for this game.

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