5 Bold Predictions: Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers – Week 1

Can the Minnesota Vikings come away with a victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday?

The Minnesota Vikings open the 2020 season with an important game at home against the Green Bay Packers. In a normal season, a divisional matchup at home to open the year would be a major advantage for the Vikings as they look to get off to a fast start to pace themselves in a wide-open NFC North.

However, due to the impact of COVID-19, the Packers will come to U.S. Bank Stadium without fans in attendance and Minnesota will have to create their own home field advantage while trying to overcome shortcomings.

The Vikings will be without star defensive end Danielle Hunter for Sunday’s game and while they remain relatively healthy otherwise, there are plenty of questions that will need to be answered.

Last season, there was little room for error between Minnesota and Green Bay at the end of the year with two losses to their border rival determining the winner of the NFC North. With both teams seemingly equal in overall talent, this season’s meetings should go the same way and the team that picks up the victory on Sunday will have the advantage of being the pacer rather than the chaser.

Let’s go ahead and take a look at some of the key matchups in Sunday’s game and give five bold predictions that will shape how the Week 1 meeting between the two teams will shake out.