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USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Minnesota Vikings schedule 2025: Predictions, analysis ahead of NFL schedule release
We are just days away from knowing the entire NFL schedule as they are set to announce it this coming Wednesday. The entire NFL schedule will be known this week, with some games being announced each day on various outlets leading up to it. It all started on the Today Show when NBC's Mike Terico announced the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles would kick the season off against the Dallas Cowboys. From there, more details are expected to drop today and in the lead up to Wednesday's full announcement. The schedule will allow us to see what kind of start the Vikings could have and what the end of the season could look like. Some rumors and games are already being teased, leading up to Wednesday's official announcement on NFL Network. Here are some last-minute predictions and analysis of the schedule and the Vikings' opponents. What games could be played in Primetime? Philadelphia Eagles Anytime the defending Super Bowl champions are on the schedule, it is a must-watch game for the opposing team. For the Vikings, they will have a first-year starting quarterback going up against a veteran defense that just made Pat Mahomes look shell-shocked on the grandest stage. Seeing how he handles that game will be telling to what the Vikings can expect from the young man early in his career. Detroit Lions No team dealt more body blows to the Vikings in 2024 than the Detroit Lions. They had three losses in the regular season, the Lions gave them two of them. They lost the division to the Lions as well and seemingly were playing behind them from the moment the season started. The first game between these two will be very telling as to how this season will go for the Vikings. Washington Commanders Jayden Daniels is 2-0 against his fellow first-round rookie quarterbacks from the 2024 NFL Draft class, the only two he hasn't faced off against are Drake Maye and J.J. McCarthy. Obviously, there is a storyline because of this matchup and that stat behind it so this could be a perfect primetime matchup for fans to enjoy. What is the most challenging game on the Schedule? It seems like a cop-out answer, but the Lions are going to be the most challenging game on the Vikings' schedule in 2025. Both games will be difficult, both games will take a lot out of their teams, and it could decide who represents the NFC in the Super Bowl. What is the easiest game on the Schedule? In a rare instance, the easiest game for the Vikings could be a toss-up between the Steelers and the Giants. Neither one of them has a strong presence at quarterback, and the Vikings defense could take advantage of that. In the instance of the Steelers game, being internationally contested, it could add another factor to things where the Vikings could take advantage.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brittany Mahomes Celebrates First Mother's Day as a Mom of 3, Says Her Children are Her ‘Greatest Joy'
Brittany Mahomes is celebrating being a mom! The Kansas City Current co-owner, 29, marked Mother's Day this year with some garden fun with her children, Sterling, 4, Bronze, 2, and three-month-old baby Golden. The star shared some Instagram stories of her elder two children enjoying playing on a huge inflatable slide and later on a giant trampoline. Stealing and her little brother, Bronze, could be seen climbing up the slide and splashing down into the water section of the inflatable. The pair also enjoyed jumping on a giant trampoline, with Brittany sharing that she also loved to do that as a kid. A third Instagram story saw the mom of three lying on the floor while baby Golden adorably babbled beside her. 'Girl is telling me all about her day,' she captioned that frame. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Later on Sunday, May 11, Brittany reflected on motherhood, calling it her 'greatest joy.' Alongside some sweet snaps of her three children, she said that she 'thank[s] the Lord every day for allowing me to become a mom.' She added that her children bring her 'so much happiness.' 'I love every second of every day that I get to spend with them,' Brittany noted. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! And her husband, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick, 29, also took the opportunity of Mother's Day to pay tribute to his wife. Alongside an Instagram carousel of photographs of Brittany and their children, the sports star wrote, 'Happy Mother's Day! Love you!' adding a love heart emoji. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Patrick and Brittany welcomed their first child, daughter Sterling Skye, on Feb. 20, 2021, followed by their son, Patrick "Bronze" Lavon Mahomes III, 2, on Nov. 28, 2022. The couple recently added their third child, a daughter named Golden Raye, to the family on Jan. 12, 2025. The Mahomes' older daughter, Sterling, is Brittany's mini-me, trying to follow in her mother's footsteps, and on Feb. 26, she shared a snap on her Instagram Stories of herself and her daughter twinning. 'Twins,' Brittany's caption read as the boomerang captured her carrying Golden in a baby sling, while Sterling did the same with her toy baby doll. Meanwhile, on April 20, Brittany shared a carousel of the family's Easter activities, which included an egg hunt and a full family photo featuring their newborn. Read the original article on People
USA Today
01-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Baker Mayfield beat out Pat Mahomes in one area in 2024
Baker Mayfield beat out Pat Mahomes in one area in 2024 One of the biggest talking points heading into the Super Bowl this year was not Taylor Swift, okay, she may have been one. But the biggest for fans was the way the NFL and their referees were going to call the game. Everyone had been accusing the NFL and referees of protecting Pat Mahomes and giving him the benefit in a lot of penalty calls. As fate would have it, the league was well aware of the accusations, and they came to the NFL Scouting Combine with data of their own to share. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media shared this week that the NFL was presenting folks with data on the quarterbacks to draw the most penalties during the 2024 season. Ironically, Pat Mahomes was eighth on the list. Ahead of him at seventh overall was Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. According to the NFL's data presented above, Mayfield drew 3.6 penalties per 100 hits. Meanwhile, Mahomes drew 3.53 penalties. The league leader in this category was Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, which creates a different conversation considering his concussion history and the hits he takes. For now though, Bucs fans can rejoice they have Pat Mahomes beat in this category but also question why their quarterback draws so many penalties.
USA Today
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Eagles fans zing Patrick Mahomes with roasted pig
The Philadelphia Eagles had their Super Bowl 59 parade on Friday in front of the fans from the City of Brotherly Love. The gathered throng wasn't done cooking Patrick Mahomes over the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl loss. Some came prepared with a roasted pg that had No. 15 branded on it as a dig to the Chiefs' great quarterback. Pat Mahomes got cooked !!! These Eagles fans are going nuts! — Ducis Rodgers (@duciswild) February 14, 2025
New York Times
10-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Here's what you missed during the MLB offseason while you were watching football
Hello, football-drunk barbarians. You have buffalo sauce in your hair and a glazed look in your eyes. Did your fantasy team do well? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Oh, wow. By a single point on the last weekend, you say. Nobody cares. The idea is that this article is for the seasonal baseball fan or the baseball-curious, and hopefully I can get you caught up and excited about the upcoming season. I'm the person for the job because I've watched about six times more Pat Mahomes games than Patrick Mahomes games in my life, and that's a conservative estimate. We just need to get you to August, and then you can start focusing on your true love: Paying attention to the backup tight end battle in Panthers camp. You sick freak. Advertisement Last offseason, the Dodgers captured the full attention of a baseball-loving nation, committing nearly a billion dollars to sign both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, two of the most talented players Japan has ever produced. This offseason, right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki was the prize that every team wanted, and unlike last year, teams didn't need to commit a chunk of the franchise's value to get him. Because he didn't wait a full nine years to leave Japan as a free agent, he's limited to rookie-level salaries for the next three years, and he'll probably be underpaid for a couple of years after that. Even the Pirates would have been happy to pay him. The Pirates! So who did he choose? The Dodgers. It would appear that Sasaki values things like 'winning' and 'feeling comfortable' instead of the things he should have prioritized, like 'appealing to the quirks of baseball nerds' and 'seeing what Minneapolis is all about.' He'll make an already ridiculously talented team even better. This, combined with the Dodgers' lavish spending on former Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and a pair of expensive relievers, has caused a sizable portion of the baseball universe to lose their collective mind. There was an offseason poll on MLB Trade Rumors asking if fans would be willing to lose the entire 2027 season to a labor dispute if it meant a salary cap on the other side, and more than half the respondents responded they would. You can understand this, though. Can you imagine if one of the best basketball players on the planet joined the Lakers out of nowhere? Or what if a magic quarterback kept getting the same NFL team back to the Super Bowl and winning championships, year after year? You can't. Salary caps prevent that sort of thing. Advertisement With baseball, it's a little different, though. While it would take utter catastrophe for the Dodgers to win fewer than 95 games, that's what people thought about the Braves last year. And there's an undead clown sleeping under the bed of 11 of the 12 teams that make the postseason, and he'll start laughing and laughing and singing 'Ring Around the 'Rosie' to himself on Oct. 1, getting louder as the month goes on. He has big ol' pointy teeth, too. No sport makes it more possible for the best teams to fail when it matters the most. Of course, the Dodgers ignored all of this and won the World Series last year. So good luck, everyone else. They're even better this year. Remember when the Padres and Dodgers built up one of the best rivalries in the sport by engaging in a game of transactional one-upmanship? That was fun. It was just a few months ago that the Padres were one way away from ruining the Dodgers' season. Well, now they have Jason Heyward and Connor Joe. Take that, Dodgers. It's not just the Padres who went nuts on the free-agent market, either. The Phillies signed Max Kepler and Jordan Romano to one-year deals, and the Mariners signed Donovan Solano and Jorge Polanco. The Twins pushed everyone out of the way to sign Harrison Bader. The Brewers celebrated their NL Central title by signing Jake Bauers to a minor-league deal. It's getting crazy out there, folks. Maybe baseball needs a salary cap after all. It used to be the Yankees who struck fear into the hearts of the mild-mannered baseball fans. They didn't just keep their stars forever, like Derek Jeter, but they were forever lurking and ready to sign other stars around the league. This hasn't been as true for a while now, but the Mets' owner, Steve Cohen, shoveled the last pile of dirt on the narrative. For the first time, a superstar looked at similar contract offers from both New York teams and decided to go with the Mets. He knew which team was going to keep spending to win. Advertisement There are a lot of reasons why Soto was worth the money, including the fact that he's probably the only baseball player in history who makes a walk seem exciting, but you can dumb it down to two simple bullet points: • We already know that Soto is a near-lock to make the Hall of Fame. • He's younger than the player who won AL Rookie of the Year last season. Those players aren't exactly in stock at the corner store when you're in the mood. The only proper historical comp is Alex Rodríguez, who actually outperformed the contract, which made the Rangers panic and trade him to the Yankees. 'This player is making the salary of two All-Stars and producing like two All-Stars. We should exchange him for one All-Star and use the savings on other players. Maybe one of them will be an All-Star!', they said. The Yankees used Rodríguez to win a World Series. See how things used to work with them? Now it's the Mets' turn. In theory. Except their roster is a tier below the Dodgers, even with Pete Alonso back. Sean Manaea was a revelation last year and earned his likely Opening Day start, but he probably wouldn't crack the Dodgers' rotation with a healthy Ohtani. Still, all a mega-billionaire fanboy can do is give historic contracts to historic players, and the timing was perfect. (Before Yankees fans yell at me, yes, they reinvested the Soto money into Max Fried, Paul Goldschmidt, Devin Williams and Cody Bellinger. Maybe it will work! But, also, the Mets have Juan Soto now.) The A's will play in Sacramento because they're in baseball purgatory, and my guess is that it will be one of the biggest stories next season. From a Giants event that was held at the A's new home a couple weeks ago: 'There's … some work to do,' Giants right-hander Logan Webb said as he surveyed the ballpark from the suite level while attending the Giants' FanFest caravan stop in West Sacramento. 'I was excited to come see it. I thought it would be closer to done and … it is not close.' Advertisement If everything goes according to plan, there's a chance. The new sod, the drainage system, the clubhouses behind center field, all of it could work. Except plans have a way of going awry when things aren't rushed, with the law of unintended consequences forever lurking in the background. Now imagine what's going to happen in this situation, where permanence isn't a consideration, but cost and speed are. If the outcome isn't the funniest thing in recent baseball memory, it'll only be because someone gets hurt. The Rays will play at the Yankees' spring training home, George M. Steinbrenner Field, because of the devastation wreaked on Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton last October. Expect a lot of rain delays and a lot of left-handed home runs. There are a couple of ways a team can react to a division-wide snoozefest in the offseason. They can blow the other teams out of the water and build their roster with a sense of urgency, even if it isn't necessary. Or they can tread water and assume they'll be fine in the regular season, and start worrying about the postseason around the trade deadline. The Astros have very clearly chosen the latter strategy. Kyle Tucker is the best baseball player that casual fans haven't heard of. He's been an All-Star in each of the past three seasons, and he's going to get hundreds of millions of dollars as a free agent next offseason. The Astros don't want to pay any player that kind of money, so they traded him for players who aren't likely to be stars, but have a chance to be pretty darned good and make less money. Alex Bregman is still a free agent, even though he would make all 30 teams better (at a steep cost, but still). There's still a chance the Astros could re-sign him, but they'd have to do something to make room in the infield, like move Jose Altuve to left field or trade Isaac Parades, who was one of the headliners of the Tucker trade and has a perfect Minute Maid Park swing. If the Mariners had a pulse, this would be a concerning strategy. If the Rangers weren't still paying for a very loud and successful offseason a couple of winters ago, it would be a concerning strategy. As is, the Astros will probably be fine. If they aren't, though, remember the arrogance of this offseason. There aren't many teams that could lose two of their best players and assume it'll all work out. Looking over the Dodgers' roster, sure seems like they could squeeze Bregman on there. Might be the missing piece they need. Stop googling 'arena league football schedule' and 'when does Canadian football start,' you coward. Give in to the siren song of baseball. It's almost here, and it will be glorious. Wait, come back. (Top photo of Juan Soto: Al Bello / Getty Images)
