Vikings vs Packers Week 17 NFC North showdown flexed to Sunday Night Football
The Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers will battle for the NFC North on Sunday Night Football.
Every year at the end of the season, NBC waits until Week 16 in the NFL is complete before they pick their game for Sunday Night Football in Week 17.
This year’s Week 17 Sunday Night Football will feature the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. It’s the biggest game of the week, as the NFC North will be decided in Green Bay.
Next Sunday night: Vikings at Packers. Winner gets the NFC North. Loser will either be No. 5 or No. 6 seed.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 28, 2015
The Vikings have been no stranger to Sunday Night Football, and will be playing in their second consecutive week on the network.
The Vikings dominated their Week 16 game against the New York Giants in front of a national audience. The Packers are coming off an embarrassing blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
The two teams are bitter rivals and they will be battling each other for division supremacy. While both teams are going to the playoffs, the loser of the game between the two will be a Wild Card, which means they have to play on the road without the luxury of having a home game.
It should be a good one next Sunday night, when the two teams that hate each other the most face off.