Examining if the Minnesota Vikings pose a serious threat to the Detroit Lions winning the NFC North this season.
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00:00 John, should the Lions be concerned about the Vikings and their winning ways of late there in the NFC North division?
00:06 What do you make of the Vikings now being a threat to the Lions for NFC North supremacy?
00:10 Yeah, Vito, you had thought that when the Vikings started their season 0-4, you thought that the Detroit Lions were going to coast to win the division.
00:19 That's the goal for the Detroit Lions in order for them to be able to host a home playoff game in front of their passionate fans at Ford Field because of their 7-2 start.
00:28 But, Vito, you look at it and that's a resilient Vikings team. They're not going to go away.
00:33 After veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins goes down with a season-long injury, now you look at it and they turn to Josh Dobbs.
00:40 And he comes in and you think, "Okay, maybe potentially there would be a little bit of time that he would need to acclimate."
00:46 But nope, he's come right in and won two straight games for the Vikings. I think gave them a shot in the arm.
00:52 And here's the thing we've got to look for, Vito, moving forward.
00:56 The Vikings have found their way to be over .500 without Justin Jefferson, who's missed the last handful of games with injury.
01:04 So, you look at a returning superstar in a talented wideout like Justin Jefferson, that just makes the Vikings a little bit more formidable.
01:12 You know that they have tight end TJ Hawkinson, who's become obviously a security valve for any signal caller.
01:19 And you've got Josh Dobbs, who is mobile. And that's a situation in which the Detroit Lions have kind of struggled to figure out as of late over the past couple seasons.
01:27 So, Vito, you can't just dismiss the Minnesota Vikings. The key factor now, Vito, is at the end of the year, you're going to play the Vikings twice in a three-week stretch.
01:37 So, mano a mano, the Detroit Lions, if they want to win the division, it still goes through the Vikings.
01:42 While the Lions have a nice lead in the division right now, it could close just that quickly, especially with the Vikings having a nice little win streak here the past couple weeks.
01:52 John, don't take the Vikings lightly. Thanks for all the time.