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30	November 2018

We are less than twenty-four hours away

from kicking things off at MetLife Stadium for this Sunday�s contest between the New York Jets and your Minnesota Vikings. Both of these teams will be looking to extend their current winning streaks to three games White Trae Waynes Jersey , and as Eric detailed earlier this week, a win for Minnesota would be their first ever victory at the home of the Jets.So, how can you keep track of all the action this Sunday? Well, we�ve got all of that information right here for you in one place.Television InfoThis weekend�s game will be carried by FOX affiliates, which means KSTP-9 in the Twin Cities. Kickoff time is scheduled for noon Central time on Sunday afternoon, and the play-by-play combo for this one will be Thom Brennaman and Chris �Yes, I�m Rick�s brother� Spielman. If you are outside of the Twin Cities area and wondering if your local FOX affiliate will be carrying this one, you can check out the map below from 506 Sports. The Vikings/Jets game is shown in blue.If you are looking for this one on the DirecTV Sunday Ticket package, you�ll want to point the box to Channel 709.For our friends in the United Kingdom, this game will be aired on Sky Sports, specifically on Sky Sports Action. Kickoff time for those folks will be 6:00 PM UK time.As far as our men and women in uniform overseas, we�ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the American Forces Network will actually be showing this week�s game! The bad news is. . .well, you�ll have to wait for a Monday morning replay because they won�t be airing it live. Kickoff is scheduled for 0700Z on Monday, which translates to 0800L for everyone in Central Europe, 1030L for viewers in Afghanistan, and 1500L for fans in Japan and Korea.Radio InfoIf you�re not going to be anywhere near a television for this one, you�ll be able to hear the call from Paul Allen and Pete Bercich on the Vikings Radio Network. That link goes to a list of Vikings Radio Network affiliates across the Upper Midwest. See if yours will be carrying the game. There are a couple of other places you can find it online as well, including the TuneIn radio service as well as the KFAN site (if you�re on a desktop or laptop computer only. . .it won�t work on phones or tablets).For those that have satellite radio, you can find the Vikings Radio Network feed on Sirius Channel 106. If you have XM Radio, you can hear the game on XM Channel 231, but be advised that feed is going to be the Jets� radio announcers. If you�re using the SiriusXM Online App, the Vikings� permanent home there is Channel 819.Referee InfoPer the good folks at Football Zebras, the officiating crew for this week�s contest will be headed up by Shawn Smith. This is Smith�s first season as a lead official, and his first contest involving the Minnesota Vikings in that capacity.Weather InfoAccording to our friends at WeatherNation, it looks like tomorrow is going to be cool and a bit on the breezy side in East Rutherford. They�re looking for some rain overnight and into the early hours of Sunday morning, but that will clear up by game time. Temperatures at kickoff are forecast to be in the mid-40s, with winds coming out of the northwest at 15-20 miles per hour. It appears those conditions will persist throughout Sunday�s game.Streaming InfoThere are several legal subscription services that are available in order to stream the game legally. Among them are Fubo.tv, USTVNow Youth Harrison Smith Jersey , and Sling TV. If you�re overseas, your best bet is going to be NFL GamePass.Since it has recently been brought up, I want to make it perfectly clear that streams from Reddit or other places are not. . .I repeat, not. . .legal. If you�d like to argue about that, you can argue it somewhere else, because the moderators won�t listen to that garbage. Until Reddit, or anywhere else, has a deal with the National Football League, those streams are illegal and not welcome to be put up on this site. If you want to use them, go find them on your own and don�t be plastering them in the comments section here unless you�d rather not be in the comments of the Game Thread. . .or any other thread. . .here at DN.That should be all of the information you need in order to keep track of all the action from MetLife Stadium between the Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets on Sunday afternoon. We�ll have our Open Thread for the first quarter up about an hour before kickoff or so, and we hope that you�ll join us here for all of the fun!Seahawks at Vikings Preseason 2018: Second Half Open Thread We�re at halftime at U.S. Bank Stadium in the All-Important Third Preseason Game鈩?between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings, and the home team trails going into the locker room by a score of 10-6.The Vikings put together a solid enough opening drive. Dalvin Cook got to carry the football on two of the first three offensive snaps for the Vikings, and got a combined one yard on those carries (though that was enough to get a first down). The Vikings went 49 yards in 14 plays on their opening drive, and got Daniel Carlson into position to attempt a 42-yard field goal. Unfortunately, on his first kick since winning the kicking competition over Kai Forbath, Carlson pushed his attempt wide to the left. So, despite holding onto the ball for the first half of the first quarter, the Vikings wound up with no points.The Vikings defense did what they do, forcing Russell Wilson and the Seattle offense into a three-and-out on their opening drive. Seattle punter Michael Dickson, a rookie this season, blasted an outstanding punt to pin the Vikings down at their 3-yard line to start their second possession. The second drive was the C.J. Ham & Latavius Murray variety hour, as they both had big plays on the drive. Ham had a pair of big receptions for first downs, and Murray had a 24-yard reception on a third down play to get the Vikings near midfield.After Ham�s second big catch put the Vikings into Seattle territory, Kirk Cousins found Stefon Diggs for a 27-yard pitch-and-catch down to the Seattle 10.To start the second quarter. . .after the Seahawks only had the ball once and ran three offensive plays. . .the Vikings had third-and-goal from the Seattle 5, but Cousins was crushed for what appeared to be a sack by Bobby Wagner, but a defensive holding call on Seattle gave the Vikings a new set of downs. Minnesota took advantage, as Murray went over from a yard out to give the Vikings the lead. Strangely, the Vikings elected to go for two points Youth Stefon Diggs Jersey , and Cousins� pass for Laquon Treadwell fell incomplete to keep the purple�s lead at 6-0.The Vikings� scoring drive was 13 plays, 97 yards, for those of you scoring at home. Or, hey, even if you�re by yourself. They were also 5-for-6 on third downs on their first two possessions after the team went a combined 0-for-12 on third downs last week against the Jacksonville Jaguars.Seattle had a significantly better second possession, as Wilson marched his team into Minnesota territory with a series of completions. A run by Mike Davis then moved the Seahawks to the Minnesota 23-yard line. Danielle Hunter then buried Davis for a loss, but Wilson then found Brandon Marshall. . .yes, that Brandon Marshall. . .for a big gain to the Minnesota 6. Seattle finished the drive on the next play, as Chris Carson took a handoff and went in for a Seattle touchdown. Sebastian Janikowski. . .yes, that Sebastian Janikowski. . .connected on the extra point, and the road team moved out in front by a score of 7-6.Minnesota went three-and-out on the subsequent drive, and Ryan Quigley�s punt put the Seahawks at their own 47-yard line. It didn�t take them long to get into Minnesota territory, but the Vikings� defense stood up and held the Seahawks to a 35-yard field goal by Janikowski to make the score 10-6.The Vikings got a chance to practice their two-minute offense, starting their drive from their own 17-yard line. Laquon Treadwell played a big role on the drive, catching a 12-yard pass for a first down and then putting together a 27-yard catch-and-run on a third down to push the Vikings into Seattle territory.The Vikings� offense stalled, and Carlson came on again to attempt a 42-yard field goal. . .and he missed it, again. Wide to the left, again. Not what the Vikings need to see, and the score remained 10-6. That�s how we went into the locker room at halftime.Cousins got a lot of work in the first half, as he threw the ball 28 times, completing 17 of them for 182 yards. The Vikings also went 7-of-9 on third down, which is a vast improvement over last week, obviously. If not for the two missed field goals by the rookie. . .which is certainly concerning. . .the Vikings would have taken a lead into the locker room. Cousins connected with six different receivers, with Diggs leading the way with 51 yards on four catches.We�re at halftime at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Minnesota Vikings trail the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 10-6, and our rookie kicker apparently has a case of the yips now that he�s officially won the job. What will the second half hold? Join us and find out!