The Week 8 NFL schedule opens with a prime time cross-conference matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers on 'Thursday

Minnesota Vikings head coach, Kevin O'Connell, gave an update on left tackle, Christian Darrisaw's injury after Thursday night's loss.

If the Vikings lose to the Lions on Sunday (they opened as 8.5-point road underdogs), those odds will drop further. And with the NFL's trade deadline coming up on Nov. 4, just two days after that game, the Vikings might be thinking about the possibility of being sellers.

The Minnesota Vikings lost to the Los Angeles Chargers last Thursday night in a complete rout, 37-10. That's the long and short of it. In a game where the

The Minnesota Vikings are currently sitting at 3-4 with a decent shot at having their record get even worse with a very difficult schedule coming up in the coming weeks. That, paired with the embarrassing 37-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers,

The Minnesota Vikings are next up on the Detroit Lions’ schedule, and they are currently fighting through some adversity. They’ve lost three of their last four games, have a laundry list of injuries—particularly on their offensive line, where they’ve been missing both starting tackles and their starting center for much of the season.

With the NFL's hardest remaining schedule, it might take a heroic effort from J.J. McCarthy to save the Vikings from a top-10 pick in next year's NFL Draft.