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NFL scores, live updates: Vikings host Packers in massive NFC North showdown

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NFL scores, live updates: Vikings host Packers in massive NFC North showdown

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While the Lions and Eagles — and also likely the Commanders, plus the NFC North and South winners — will have their say in the matter, Packers vs. Vikings would be a dynamite NFC championship game. Both teams have been outstanding all year, and while Green Bay can’t win the NFC North, Sunday’s game still carries great meaning for both teams. The 13-2 Vikings remain in the hunt for a division title and the NFC’s No. 1 seed with a win. The 11-4 Packers are 11-0 against teams not currently ahead of them in the NFC playoff picture (Green Bay is 0-4 against Detroit, Minnesota and Philadelphia). If they’re going to the Super Bowl, they’ll have to win a playoff game in at least one of those teams’ home stadiums, so a good measuring stick for the club will be this afternoon’s trip to Minneapolis.

Also closing out the late Sunday afternoon window in Week 17 are the Miami Dolphins, in Cleveland taking on the Browns.

Live20 updates

  • Tyler Huntley pads Miami’s lead

    This 13-yard run was the first touchdown of the game and put Miami up by 10 early in the third quarter. He’s got 20 rushing yards in the game after this one, and has been very efficient through the air — 17-of-20 for 189 yards.

  • Will Reichard closes first half with a field goal after an adventure final play

    After Green Bay took an “ice the kicker” timeout, Reichard missed from 55 yards with zeros on the clock. One problem Green Bay was flagged for offsides. Reichard then knocked through a 50-yard attempt, through a chorus of whistles, as Matt LaFleur called a second timeout — something he was able to do because of the penalty — before the Vikings kicker finally made the 50-yard kick that went into the books and ended the half with a 13-3 lead.

  • Vikings take 10-3 lead

    Minnesota got into a goal-to-go situation, but was unable to come up with a TD, and Will Reichard knocked through his second field goal of the game to give the Vikings a one touchdown advantage.

  • Dolphins close first half with field goal to take lead

    A low-scoring game in Cleveland is at the half with Miami holding on to a 6-3 lead. Snoop Huntley has been efficient for Miami, in place of Tua Tagovailoa, going 13-for-16 for 143 yards in the first half. Tyreek Hill had five catches for 69 yards. Miami needs a win to stay alive in the AFC wild card chase.

    Tyreek Hill had five catches in the first half on Sunday against the Browns.

    Tyreek Hill had five catches in the first half on Sunday against the Browns. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

  • Vikings on the move after Packers’ failed 4th down

    The Vikings followed this up with a big run by Cam Akers to get it to a first and goal.

  • Packers fail to convert 4th down deep in Vikings territory

    Matt LaFleur chooses to go for it and comes up short on a 4th and 2, rather than going for another Brandon McManus field goal attempt. Score remains 7-3, Vikings, midway through the second quarter.

  • Sam Darnold hits Jalen Nailor for six

    When Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison get the bulk of the attention, it’s time for a No. 3 receiver to step up. Nailor has been filling that role all season, and now he’s got six touchdown catches on the season after this rainbow from Darnold to give Minnesota a 7-3 lead.

  • Aaron Jones cooking early for Minnesota

  • Packers take 3-0 lead

    After the Reichard miss, Green Bay marched it down into the red zone, but had to settle for a Brandon McManus field goal, late in the first quarter.

  • Dustin Hopkins gets Cleveland on the board with a field goal

    Points look like they might be hard to come by in Cleveland, with the Browns finally getting some points to make it 3-3 on a 25-yard field goal with just under 11 minutes to play in the first half.

  • Will Reichard comes up short for Minnesota, and game remains scoreless

    The Vikings’ kicker hits the crossbar from 57 yards and the game remains scoreless as the two defenses are in control in the first quarter.

  • Tyreek Hill trying to keep Miami in the playoff hunt 🐆

  • Vikings force quick three-and-out

    Minnesota’s defense has forced a fumble and a quick punt on the first two Green Bay series and has looked great for their first two trips.

  • Packers dodge a bullet, get a stop after a turnover

    Green Bay was able to get a confidence inspiring stop after a sudden change situation that could have gone south. Minnesota got out to a 28-0 lead in Green Bay the first time these two teams met, back in Week 4, on its way to a 31-29 win.

  • Miami Gets on the board first with Jason Sanders field goal

    Sanders got JUST enough of this one to bounce it off the crossbar and in.

    Sound up on this one:

    Snoop Huntley has been sharp early on, hitting six of his first seven throws for 63 yards

  • Josh Jacobs fumbles it away on Green Bay’s first drive

    Vikings’ defensive end Jerry Tillery knocked it out, and Minnesota is in business early after recovering the ball. The Vikings will start with good field positioning after their 31st takeaway off the season, which ranks second in the NFL this season.

  • Vikings and Packers are underway in Minnesota

    Green Bay won the toss and will start with the ball. They’re still fighting for wild card position in the NFC, and will need to win on the road in the playoffs if they’re going to make a run to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, and with Minnesota still in the hunt for the No. 1 seed, this will be a litmus test for the Packers, in a huge road game, late in the season.

  • Dolphins and Browns trade punts to open Week 17

    A couple of backup quarterbacks are running the show in Cleveland with Snoop Huntley starting for Miami — which is trying to keep some slim playoff hopes alive — against Dorian Thompson-Robinson for Cleveland.

  • Vikings-Packers Inactives

  • Dolphins-Browns Inactives

    Both Tua Tagovailoa and Jaylen Waddle are out for the Dolphins today.

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