who do the vikings play in the first round playoffs?
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NEW ORLEANS - The Saints will seek redemption for the Minneapolis Miracle this coming weekend as they play the Vikings in the Wildcard round of the NFL playoffs. The San Francisco 49ers' win over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday night locked them into the NFC's #1 seed.
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Despite missing the final two games of the 2019 season with a shoulder injury, Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook will be ready to go for Sunday's wild-card game against the New Orleans Saints. "I wouldn't put a percentage on it," Cook said Wednesday, per Courtney Cronin of ESPN.
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And a Seahawks win combined with Saints and Packers losses would hand Seattle the No. 1 seed, as they would win a three-way tiebreaker with those two teams if all finished 12-4. As the No. 3 seed, the Seahawks would host Minnesota, which is now locked into the No.
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Bears eliminated from postseason contention with Vikings win. There will be no Bears football this January. With their loss to the Packers Sunday and the Vikings' win over the Chargers, the Bears have been officially eliminated from playoff contention.
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['CLINCHED:', 'Baltimore Ravens - AFC North division and homefield advantage throughout AFC playoffs.', 'Houston Texans - AFC South division.', 'Kansas City Chiefs - AFC West division.', 'New England Patriots - AFC East division.', 'Buffalo Bills - playoff berth.', 'KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) (vs. ... ', 'Kansas City clinches a first-round bye with:']
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The "back nine" weeks of the season, however, are more irregular and start with trips to Kansas City and Dallas, giving Minnesota six road games in their first 10 contests. The Vikings will then host the Broncos before a Week 12 bye on Sunday, Nov. 24, the second-latest for Minnesota in a season behind Dec.
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To claim the No. 1 seed though, the Saints also need the Seahawks to defeat the 49ers in Seattle to end the season. If the Saints can get their hands on the No. 1 seed, they earn a coveted bye week in the playoffs and will play both games at home in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
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The New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings are very familiar with one another. When the Saints host the Vikings in an NFL wild-card game Sunday afternoon, it will be the fifth time they have met in the postseason. Minnesota will break a tie with Philadelphia as New Orleans' most frequent playoff opponent.
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Vikings earn No. 5 seed if … they win out and don't win the division and Seattle (11-3) loses both its remaining games, or San Francisco (11-3) loses once and finishes second in the West. Would open the playoffs on road against NFC East winner Dallas (7-7) or Philadelphia (7-7). Vikings earn No.
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Sitting at 7-6, the Bears are currently one game out of that final Wild Card spot, where they're battling the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams for that sixth seed. ... Chicago can be eliminated from the playoffs with a loss against Green Bay and a Vikings win/tie or a Rams win.
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Minnesota could play one of four NFC teams – Seattle, New Orleans, Green Bay or San Francisco – in the Wild Card round and will find out its opponent on Sunday night. It is most likely that the Vikings will either have a rematch with the Seahawks, whom they lost to in Week 13, or travel south to play the Saints.
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How familiar it must have seemed to them, the top-seeded 49ers in the postseason again, winning again, defeating the upstart Minnesota Vikings, 27-10, to advance to the N.F.C. championship game. San Francisco's opponent will be determined on Sunday, when the Seattle Seahawks visit the Green Bay Packers.
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#1 Seed. The only way that the Vikings can get the #1 overall seed in the NFC playoffs is in a scenario where they're the only team in the NFC that gets to 12 wins. That means that they would need all of the following: Win out to get to 12-4.
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The Bucs will FINALLY have their bye week the following week (Week 13) before entering the season's final stretch. They'll host the Vikings on Dec. 13—kicking off at 1:00 p.m.—before going to Atlanta in Week 15 (Dec. 20), playing that game at 1:00 p.m. as well.
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The three games that will determine the Vikings' first-round destination are the following: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions. New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers. San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks.
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The Vikings hosted New Orleans for an NFC Divisional Round playoff, the 1st playoff game at U.S. Bank Stadium. MINNESOTA HOSTS SUPER BOWL LII — The state hosted the Super Bowl for the 2nd time, 26 years after playing host to Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome.
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['Wild Card: Saturday, January 4, and Sunday, January 5.', 'Divisional Round: Saturday, January 11, and Sunday, January 12.', 'AFC Championship Game: Sunday, January 19, at 3:05 p.m. ET.', 'NFC Championship Game: Sunday, January 19, at 6:40 p.m. ET.']