Jones made an early exit against the Packers after taking a cut block to the knee and did not practice all week.

The Minnesota Vikings have reached their regular season finale, which comes against the Detroit Lions in front of a national audience on Sunday Night Football. With everything to gain and everything to lose, they head into the final game of the season hoping to secure the NFC’s number one seed as well as a first-round bye.

On Sunday night, the #1 seed is on the line which carries the extremely valuable bye week. With the Lions having the earliest possible NFL bye this year in week five, getting a bye before the playoffs could do wonders for team health.

Vikings easiest solution to Sam Darnold problem is the franchise tag. It's an interesting problem for the Vikings' front office to figure out, but make no mistake, it's a problem