The Minnesota Vikings enter their Week 6 bye with a semi-surprising 3-2 record that has them very much in competition for the NFC North title and a playoff spot.
Za'Darius Smith finally has a new NFL home for the 2025 season.
The longtime NFL standout has been a free agent all offseason, and officially joined a team on Friday.
The NFC North wasn't always the best division in football. Most years in recent memory, the Lions or Bears (or both) stunk to the point where the division from top to bottom was rarely in the conversation as the league's best.
One-time Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Teddy Bridgewater had been having a very successful start to his high school coaching career, including a State Championship.