A perfect 8-0 in international games, including exhibition matches, the Vikings will be the first team in NFL history to play back-to-back games across the pond -- facing the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin, Ireland in Week 4 and the Cleveland Browns in London, England, in Week 5.

Before you assume league has set Minnesota’s season alight like a funereal Viking longship, there is plenty of upside at stake for franchise.

The folks at FanDuel have released their odds for the first week of the season, and they show the Vikings as being a 1.5-point underdog to the Chicago Bears for their Monday Night Football matchup at Soldier Field.

NFL prime-time games are never distributed equally amongst the 32 teams. Several factors come into play, star players, team projections, marquee matchups and ap