This is it. It’s time for the future of the Minnesota Vikings to take the stage. A very confusing and injury riddled series of events culminated through the first eight weeks of the Minnesota Vikings’ season. An odds defying 4th quarter comeback started the season against Chicago and was followed up by a massacre against the Atlanta Falcons.

Lions start from their own 28 for their second drive, but it goes nowhere as a false start from LaPorta gets them into a third-and-15 as Williams loses two yards on a screen pass. Jack Fox comes out for the first punt today as it bounces forward before being downed at the Minnesota 36. (7:48)

Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes in his third career start and the Lions struggled to sustain offensive possessions for the third straight game as the Vikings upset the Lions, 27-24, at Ford Field.

The Lions cost themselves the opportunity to retake the lead in the NFC North on Sunday with a 27-24 loss to the Vikings. With the Panthers upsetting the Packers at Lambeau Field, a win at home off their bye against a quarterback making his third career start would have propelled the Lions to the top of the division.

Detroit looks like the best team in the North, and both the Bears and Packers are fighting to prove this season is different

Detroit has won five straight against Minnesota and looks to exploit J.J. McCarthy's struggles behind a depleted offensive line as the second-year QB returns from ankle injury.

The Bears fell to 4-3, but are still right in the mix in the NFC North with two games against the division-leading Packers and the season finale against the Lions still in play. They'll travel to Cincinnati next week to take on the Joe Flacco-led Bengals.

After leaving the Twin Cities this weekend with roughly a million questions surrounding this particular group, the Vikings returned home with a 4-4 record following a 27-24 upset win over. The highly anticipated return of young quarterback J.