The Minnesota Vikings surprised everyone, both here at Vikings Wire and also at Lions Wire. This team looked night and day compared to what they had been in previous weeks. The defense looked like they were back to being trained assassins under the leadership of Brian Flores.

NFC North rivals will square off when the Detroit Lions (5-2) host the Minnesota Vikings (3-4) in an NFL Week 9 showdown. The Lions are coming out of their bye week full of confidence after winning four of their last five games.

After a week off, the Detroit Lions are back to work as they prepare to face division rival Minnesota on Sunday at Ford Field. On this week’s edition of Lions Game Day Live: The crew breaks down three things to watch for in the matchup,

Michigan running back Jordan Marshall filled in for the injured Justice Haynes and scored all three Wolverines touchdowns. Boilers backs Malachi Thomas and Antonio Harris were filling in for Devin Mockobee and scored the Purdue touchdowns.