Vikings Treating Sunday's Game as Divisional Matchup
Vikings Treating Sunday's Game as Divisional Matchup
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — There are some opponents the Vikings simply know better than others because of how often they square off on the field.
There’s Green Bay, of course. And Detroit and Chicago. Not to mention Washington.
Wait, Washington? Yes, believe it or not, the Vikings have met up with the Redskins plenty over the years.
After Sunday, the teams will have met in 10 of the past 13 seasons, including seven of the past eight years. The only seasons in which they haven’t played since 2005 were 2008, 2009 and 2015.
The Vikings are 5-4 against Washington in recent meetings.
Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph said Wednesday that Minnesota is placing extra emphasis on the conference foe, a team that sports a 4-4 record but has finished above .500 in each of the past two seasons.“It seems like we play them every year,” Rudolph said. “Coach Zim’ mentioned this earlier, we’re kind of treating them as a division game.
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