Get caught up on the week that was at Winter Park leading into Sunday's game against the Lions:
Monday, December 8
On the heels of Sunday's dramatic overtime win, Mike Wobschall addressed fan comments and questions -- including ones focused on the outstanding play of Teddy Bridgewater -- in this week's Monday Morning Mailbag.
Jarius Wright was of course another key cog in the win. Wobschall heads into the film room to look at his big day:
On a lighter note from Sunday's game, look back at the halftime mascot game:
Head Coach Mike Zimmer addressed the media to look back on the win on Monday afternoon:
Check out some GoPro images shot before, during and after the win on Sunday:
View GoPro images shot during the Vikings-Jets game. Photos from Ben Krause.
Craig Peters looks back on some of Wright's comments on Monday regarding his game-winning overtime score on Sunday, as well as taking a closer look at what Zimmer had to say during his presser.
Tuesday, December 9
All four segments from this week's "Beyond The Gridiron" were posted, including a look back at the naming of "Bud Grant Way" near the site of the new Vikings stadium.
This week's Pick 6 Video Mailbag looks ahead to the showdown between Calvin Johnson and Xavier Rhodes this Sunday:
Look back on exclusive images shot during Sunday's game via our 'Through The Lens' gallery:
View exclusive images shot by the team photographer from the 13th game of 2014 as the Vikings took on the Jets at TCF Bank Stadium.
Wednesday, December 10
Wobschall turns the page fully to the Lions at looks at five storylines to follow heading into Sundays game.
Before the morning's walk-thru the club announced that it had signed Minnesota native T Carter Bykowski off the 49ers practice squad and placed LB Michael Mauti on IR. See what Bykowski had to say here:
Look back on Sunday's World War II flyover that occured prior to the Vikings-Jets game:
Zimmer and Bridgewater addressed the media after the walk-thru to look ahead to the Lions:
Peters looks back on the day that was at practice here.
View photos from Wednesday's practice here:
Thursday, December 11
This week's Hot Matchup looks at Bridgewater and his goal of playing better vs. the Lions this time around.
Norv Turner spoke to the media about the need for Bridgewater to get the ball out quicker this time around vs. the Lions:
Cordarrelle Patterson talked post-practice about his meeting earlier in the day with Zimmer about his recent lack of playing time, and also about the struggles he had in the return game vs. the Jets:
Thursday's "Vikings Roundup" looked at the challenges that Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate present.
NFL Films previewed Sundays' game here:
Friday, December 12
Learn more about special teams ace Audie Cole here via 'Timeout.'
Watch the 'Winning Formula' and 'Film Room' segments from Sunday's "Vikings GamePlan" episode here:
Zimmer addressed the media after the final practice of the week:
Shortly after the press conference the Vikings issued the final injury report of the week. Of note, Anthony Barr is again out while Patterson is questionable with a hamstring injury.
In new stadium news, the Wilfs provided lunch to the nearly 1,000 workers on-site working on the stadium on this day. View images from that event here and below that check out a video highlighting the day.
On Friday, Zygi and Mark Wilf served lunch to construction workers at the new Vikings stadium and took a tour of the site.
Also regarding the new stadium, the truss placement took place earlier this week. View photos of that here:
View images from the truss placement at the new Vikings stadium, which took place earlier this week.
Late on Friday afternoon, long-time NFL executive and neutral arbitrator for Adrian Peterson's appeal denied Peterson's case. Learn more about that here:
The NFL Network Playbook crew break down the X's and O's of Sunday's Vikings-Lions game here:
Wobschall looks back on the week that was via 'What We Learned,' including looking at Zimmer's comments regarding what a dominant inside pass-rush (like the Lions have) can do for a defense.
