Vikings

The Vikings play at San Francisco against the top seeded 49ers Saturday in the NFC Divisional playoffs at 3:35 p.m. pregame on WJON at 2:00. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Vikings play in the NFC Wildcard playoffs Sunday at 12:05, pregame on WJON at 11 a.m. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He thinks this isn't a good match up and isn't sure how the Vikings can contain Michael Thomas or Alvin Kamara.

The Vikings will play the Saints in New Orleans Sunday at 12:05pm, pregame on WJON at 11 a.m. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He thinks this game will be a challenge for Minnesota.

The Vikings need a pair of wins in their remaining 2 games and some help if they are going to improve their seeding from the 2nd wildcard spot. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Vikings won 20-7 at home against Detroit Sunday. The defense almost shut out the Lions but a late touchdown kept Detroit from being skunked. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan called the Vikings' performance "business like".

The Vikings will play tonight without top receiver Adam Thielen. He'll miss another game with a hamstring injury. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me today from Seattle today on WJON.

The Vikings had their 4th best come from behind win in franchise history when they overcame a 20-0 halftime deficit to beat the Broncos 27-23 at U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Vikings will play at Kansas City Sunday against the Chiefs at Noon, pregame on WJON at 11 a.m. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sustained a knee injury a couple of weeks ago and didn't play last week against Green Bay.

The Vikings downed the Washington Redskins 19-9 Thursday night to improve to 6-2 this season. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He was impressed with the play of running back Dalvin Cook and receiver Stefon Diggs.

The Timberwolves opened their season with a 1-point win in overtime at Brooklyn. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He said for at least one night the small lineup that includes Robert Covington at the 4 and Andrew Wiggins as the 3 worked.