Confident Vikings going for sixth straight road win at Carolina

If the Vikings don’t end up with home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, Mike Zimmer might not get too bent out of shape. The Vikings (10-2) have won five straight road games, their longest stretch in one season since 1974. They will go for six in a row Sunday at Carolina. “We don’t care where we play,” the Minnesota coach said when asked about the recent winning ways on the road. “We just care about how we play.” The Vikings have been up and down on the road since Zimmer took over in 2014. They dropped eight of their first 10, then won seven of eight and then lost six of seven before their current streak. There were no signs in Week 2 at Pittsburgh that the Vikings were about to become a juggernaut this season on the road. They were manhandled 26-9 in the first start by quarterback Case Keenum. Since then, everything has changed on the road for the Vikings, who now hold the potential No. 1 NFC playoff seed. They have won at Chicago, against Cleveland in London (Minnesota was officially the visiting team), at Washington, at Detroit and last Sunday at defending NFC champion Atlanta.