After what’s been mostly a disappointing season, the Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers next weekend to close out 2025.

There won't be any real stakes next Sunday in Minneapolis, but that doesn't mean this rivalry game has nothing to offer.

The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers will wrap up the 2025 regular season at U.S. Bank Stadium next weekend. When those two teams take the field, they will do so knowing that there is nothing on the line for either of them.

Huntr/x, the trio behind Netflix’s Kpop Demon Hunters movie, joined Snoop for a pop rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas” and then Lainey Wilson followed with “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” arriving in a white sleigh. Andrea Bocelli later took the stage with his son Matteo Bocelli to duet on “ White Christmas .”

Looking back at some of those winnable games that went the other way, these are the three most glaring moments in which the playoffs slipped out of the Vikings' grasp. They're presented in chronological order.

The Minnesota Vikings have a chance to do the funniest thing next weekend when they face the Green Bay Packers in the final game of the season. Going into the game, the Packers were hoping they would be playing with a chance to win the NFC North.

The Vikings, who had started the season 10-0 before finishing 12-2, hosted the 10-4 Cowboys, who were the wild-card because the Cardinals (yes, the Cardinals) had won the NFC East. The Vikings led late, 14-10. It didn’t last.

Follow Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings live updates and score in an Christmas NFL game Thursday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium to start Week 17.